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Analysis | Olympics | Basketball Arena

IN DETAIL DATABASE BASKETBALL ARENA CONCOURSE PLAN A 1 2 5

1: PVC membrane skin 2: Commentator (below) 3: Field of play 4: Olympic family seating 5: Public seating 6: Corner scoreboards 7: Spectator toilets 8: Steel portal frame 9: Press 10: Commentator control room 11: Link tunnel 12: Back of house 13: Blackout PVC membrane roof 14: Membrane hopper terminates in syphonically drained roof gutter

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15: Primary steel frame superstructure

16: Secondary arched tubular frame bracing steels

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17: Blackout fabric attached to rear of setting to form plenum

18: Temporary seating system 19: Stainless steel gutter at base of fabric

20: Backlit polycarbonate sheeting 2 KEY

Architect: Wilkinson Eyre, KSS Olympic use: Basketball and handball final, Paralympic wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby Legacy: Large capacity sports venue, location unknown Best: The dynamic power lines of the coloured seats and the PVC hoops breaking down the building’s scale Worst: The ‘bin liner’ inner skin

A SECTION A 13 14 1 15 6 8 1 3 7 4 5 9 10 11 12 16 17 18

SECTION B

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IN NUMBERS: 16,000m2

frame, 20,000m2

building, £43m value of project; 12,000 capacity, 35m high, 115m long, 1,000 tonne steel white PVC

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