SPORT
The venue's exterior is covered in recyclable PVC fabric
The centre reopens to the public after the Games on 8 September
LEE VALLEY WHITEWATER CENTRE
CANOE SLALOM
The Lee Valley White Water Centre is located 30km north of the Olympic Park, on the edge of the 1,000-acre River Lee Country Park – part of the Lee Valley Regional Park. The centre has two separate courses: a 300m Olympic-standard competition course with a 5.5m descent, and a 160m intermediate/ training course with a 1.6m descent.
DESIGN AND BUILD: The centre was designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, and the courses by Whitewater Parks International. Landscape design was by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.
AFTER THE GAMES: The two courses and facilities building will remain, with the venue becoming a canoeing and kayaking facility for people of all abilities, and a leisure attraction for white water rafting. After the Olympics, the venue will be owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. It will also offer an extensive sports development programme, run in partnership with the British Canoe Union.
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The Basketball Arena has a seating capacity of 12,000
TEMPORARY BASKETBALL ARENA
BASKETBALL HANDBALL FINALS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
The new Basketball Arena is one of the largest temporary venues ever built for an Olympic Games event. It was created by a design con- sortium led by SKM together with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS.
It will be one of the most heavily- used Olympic venues, with events taking place almost every day.
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DESIGN AND BUILD: The venue’s frame is made up of 1,000 tonnes of steel and is covered in 20,000sq m of a recyclable white PVC fabric that will form the canvas for spectacular lighting displays during the Games. On the inside, the venue features black and orange seats representing the colours of a basketball. Behind the scenes, the Arena
shares some facilities with the Velodrome and BMX Track to opti- mise space and resources. These includes two courts in tempo- rary accommodation and areas for catering, security, waste manage- ment and the media.
AFTER THE GAMES: The Basketball Arena will be taken down and parts of it are expected to be reused elsewhere.
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