The designs for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, were revealed today, and according to the press report this new stadium marks a new approach to the design of sports stadia. “Why?”, you ask? Well…because it has a capacity of 25,000 permanent seats that will be surrounded by 55,000 detachable temporary seats that will vanish together with the Olympic spirit at the end of the games.
What’s not innovative is that (and I cite the London 2012 website) “it will be a sustainable and vibrant facility, attracting other
businesses and investment and acting as a hub for the communities
living in and around the Olympic Park”. Now I’ve been to many stadia around Europe, both for watching games and just during the day, and I haven’t seen one that’s vibrant outside the tension of a sports competition or music concert, not even considering a stadium could be a hub for communities living close to it. If you know of any, please let me know, cause I’m desperate to find the first one!
Here’s a slick sales video of the design…or you might consider a more critical voice by Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian.
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November 12, 2007 at 1:58 pm
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