The renovation of the Palau-sacosta athletics track, from construction to the first race.
With camera and drone we followed the renovation of the athletics track at the GEiEG stadium in Palau-sacosta, phase by phase, from the start of the works to the finished track: eight lanes and World Athletics certification. One video for each stage and this final teaser. The track was inaugurated on 4 July 2026 with the Catalan Senior Championships.
Sportan, the installer, wanted to present the renovation of the GEiEG track as a top-level technical project: the Diamond Lock Track SW CIR «RENUVA» system, certified by World Athletics, and a five-layer process. The works had to be followed for months without missing a single phase.
The script is organised into title cards: Sportan (experience and prestige), The system (21% bio-based materials, 34% recycled material and a 20% smaller carbon footprint), The process (the five work phases) and The result (an eight-lane competition track). Each chapter has its own on-screen titles and rhythm.
“Designed to last. Built to compete.”
The graphics draw on cartography: Girona contour lines drawn from elevation data and a Google Earth Studio flight that descends from the Mediterranean to the track, with the coordinates on screen. We also captured the old track in 3D with Gaussian splatting before it disappeared.
Google Earth Studio: the flight starts over the Mediterranean.
Approaching Girona and Palau-sacosta.
Contour lines for the titles.
Gaussian splat of the old track.
A fixed Brinno timelapse camera throughout the works, low-altitude drone for the applications and a Sony A7S III for material details. At the end, a session with a club athlete to christen the track.
The first start on the new track.
Detail on a long lens.
Edited chapter by chapter with fades between sections, titles animated in After Effects and, from the process chapter onwards, ambient sound and a second, livelier music track, as agreed in the client review. The same top-down shot, before and after the works.
One video for each phase of the works, released as they progressed, and this final teaser. The track was inaugurated on 4 July 2026 with the Catalan Senior Championships.