WEYMOUTH AND PORTSMOUTH
SAILING
Located on the south coast, Weymouth and Portland provides some of the best natural sailing waters in the UK, with facilities on land to match.
DESIGN AND BUILD: The site
already had world-class sailing facili- ties, but enhancements were needed to ensure the venue was suitable for the Olympic Sailing competition. The improvements to the existing National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) included a permanent 250m slipway used for launching and landing boats and 70 new moorings. A new commercial 560-berth marina has also been built near the Academy and 250 of these berths will be used during the Olympic Games. The enhancement project was fin- ished more than three years before the Games. It was the first Olympic sporting venue to be completed.
The WPNSA has already started a community programme
AFTER THE GAMES: The National Sailing Academy will benefit from the improved facilities, providing a state-of- the-art facility for elite training, competition and community use.
The venue has already hosted the Olympic Windsurfing discipline, RS:X class World Championship in 2009, and the IFDS (Paralympic Sailing) World Championship in 2011.
WATER POLO ARENA
WATER POLO
This temporary venue, designed by David Morley Architects, was built in just 13 months. The Water Polo Arena is easily distinguishable by its silver- coloured wrap and an inflatable roof, made from recyclable plastic. It holds almost three million litres of water in the warm-up and competition pools. The building will stage the men’s and women’s water polo competition during the Games. Afterwards, the venue will be taken down, with ele- ments reused elsewhere. The venue is based at the main
The construction of the venue was completed in April 2012 ISSUE 3 2012 © cybertrek 2012
eastern entrance to the Olympic Park next to the Aquatics Centre, in one of the most compact areas of the 500-acre site. To make the best use of space, the two buildings share a number of back of house facilities. l
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