London Olympic Stadium Roof

The brief was for a stadium of 80 000 capacity to host the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games with the flexibility to transform into a smaller 25 000 capacity venue for the legacy.

London olympic stadium roof.

Olympic design design brief. Stadium operator london stadium 185 stadium operator. The bbc has been allowed inside london s olympic stadium to film the construction of the arena s new roof. The roof consists of a 900m long ring truss supported on a series of inclined.

The new structure is one of the largest of its kind and unlike its predecessor will cover. The legacy of the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games was not just about creating sporting history but also in reshaping a large part of the host city. Media caption up above the stadium s new roof structure. During london s bid for the games promotional materials featured a main stadium with a roof designed to wrap itself around the venue like muscles supporting the body however at that time there had been no formal design brief agreed.

The olympic stadium was completed within budget and handed over three. At twice the size. While the bidding process was ongoing west ham had talks with the oda about contributing to the development of a multi purpose. When populous designed the london 2012 olympic stadium it was with an ethos of embracing the temporary in the knowledge that.

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