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t the end of last month, I was delighted to be invited up to take a tour of the phenomenal development proceeding at a rate of knots at London’s Olympia. Eliot Postma of Heatherwick and Trevor Morriss of SPPARC took me round this packed and yet deftly distributed mixed use scheme, displaying a compelling amount of enthusiasm for the current onsite results of their collaborative design work.
Above and around the existing, refurbished historic halls there are over half a million square feet of offi ces, in a stunning new set of lozenges of various heights that will be topped with trees, and faceted glass facades echoing the Victorian Grand Hall. The new offi ce – One Olympia – will be visible across London as a clear sign of investors Yoo Capital and Deutsche Finance International’s aspirations for this new BREEAM and WELL- accredited workspace in a competitive market.
There is also a major new theatre and separate concert venue, a CitizenM hotel, and a host of retail and F&B outlets surrounding a new roof garden at second fl oor level. Given that this is a compact site with a range of listed buildings, a Hyatt Hotel, performance art school, and restaurant and smaller venue have been located in existing, reused Victorian buildings.
The big story is the raised circulation level, providing 2.5 acres of public space connecting the site horizontally and linking its new additions, and providing new connections into the scheme from the roads around the site. This public space includes Heatherwick’s signature canopy, with more faceting and a playfulness intrinsic to a large shelter which is open at both ends, blending outside with inside.
This raising of the circulation is an obvious allegory for what the scheme is going to do for Olympia, previously a ‘hermetic,’ locked-in site, which you could only enter if you were wearing a lanyard, or popping to Pizza Express. It was a place which had been created for its community, but over the years, like so many things, was turned into a clogged and dysfunctional place by being solely led by its chief goal; selling exhibitions.
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That has remained as the core driver for the client, none of the exhibitions have been harmed – all shows have been continuing during the project, and the halls are retained, but enhanced by a wide range of other uses. This is now going to be a place to visit and meet, watch a show, or shop, have dinner, and stay overnight, and looks to be an epic result for the team, one that respects its surroundings above all else.
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OLYMPIA, LONDON Heatherwick and SPPARC collaborate on an epic transformation of a historic London site into a broad mix of uses plus elevated public realm
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