NON-TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES
TEMPORARY VENUES
River zone venues
• ExCeL London
Olympics: boxing, judo, fencing, taekwon-
do, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling
Paralympics: boccia, powerlifting, table
tennis, judo, wheelchair fencing
• The O2
Above: Artist’s impressions of fencing at ExCeL and equestrian at Greenwich Park (below) Olympics: basketball, gymnastics
Paralympics: wheelchair basketball
effective portfolio that demonstrates Lon- organic or hi-tech feel and make people • North Greenwich Arena 2, temporary arena
don’s design capabilities, meets our vision feel invited in, not held back and how Olympics: badminton, rhythmic gymnastics
for sustainability and provides a model developing additional transport solu- Paralympics: volleyball
from which other cities can learn when tions is an important part of overlay. • Greenwich Park, temporary arena
they plan major events in the future.” “At ExCeL – where seven Olympic and Olympics: equestrian, modern pentathlon
Just a few items on the list of things five Paralympic events will take place – a Paralympics: equestrian
to consider include: catering for 20,000 one-way rail system is being planned with • Royal Artillery Barracks
media representatives in the main press spectators coming to one and leaving at Olympics: shooting
centre and international broadcast the other of two Docklands Light Railway Paralympics: shooting, archery
centre as well as 17,000 athletes and of- stations that already serve the venue.
ficials and 70,000 volunteers; the supply Three additional carriages per train
Central and other London venues
of 200,000 temporary seats, countless should increase the railway’s capacity by • Lord’s
metres of temporary fencing and tonnes 50 per cent and shuttle buses are being Olympics: archery
of sand; and then there’s the additional planned to ferry spectators from nearby • The Regent’s Park
power and public transport to facilitate underground mainline Canning Town.” Olympics: cycling
the events to take into consideration. • Hyde Park
Building Challenges Olympics: triathlon, 10km open water swim
Design Issues Mike McNicholas, project director for • Horse Guards Parade
John Barrow, senior principle at Popu- London 2012 at engineering services Olympics: beach volleyball
lous design practice, which has been provider Atkins, explains how increas- • Earls Court
chosen to provide the architectural ing the capacity of existing venues also Olympics: volleyball
and overlay design services lead for the provides major engineering and con- • Wimbledon
Games, says: “To mix the traditional Brit- struction challenges. “How, for example, Olympics: tennis
ishness of London with the hi-tech world do we provide Horse Guards Parade
of international sports design, while with enough electricity to put on beach
Outer London venues
looking after customers from all over the volleyball for 15,000 spectators, competi- • Hadleigh Farm, Essex
world in the way they would expect re- tors and the world’s media?” He asks. Olympics: mountain biking
quires a great deal of design flexibility. “Do we upgrade the local grid or bring • Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre
Olympics: canoe slalom
To mix the traditional Britishness of London with the
• Eton Dorney, near Windsor
hi-tech world of global sports design, while looking after
Olympics: rowing, canoe sprint
Paralympics: rowing
international customers requires a great deal of flexibility
“Greenwich Park is a heritage site, in our own generators – and what effect Phase One
much of which has remained unchanged will this have on noise levels? Similarly, According to James Bulley, LOCOG, the
since it was built by great architects like what increase in power capacity will a Olympic Delivery Authority and their
Inigo Jones in the 17th century,” Bar- venue like ExCeL need? What kind of partners are already understanding the
row explains. “It must be treated with contingency and resilience do we need nature of the sites and venues. Layouts
a light touch so that its essence remains to put in place and what modifications have been mapped out and operational
untouched for many years to come after will need to be made to ensure optimum plans are being delivered with input from
the 23,000-seater temporary dressage air flow, temperature and lights? the police and transport organisations.
arena and accompanying support struc- “Of course, it also goes without saying “The temporary structures will start to
tures are taken down.” that we have to be very aware of mini- go in eight months before the Games,
He explains how temporary fencing malising our carbon footprint at all the although some venues have other events
around the venues should provide an venues,” he adds. during this period, so we have to work
around their schedules,” Bulley explains.
Tendering for furniture and equip-
ment is already underway. For
commodities and project management
the process begins next year, while ten-
ders for other miscellaneous work will be
issued throughout 2010 and 2011. ●
Crispin Andrews is a freelance writer
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