Scope of works:

Application for the erection of temporary structures for the purposes of hosting Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Olympic Hockey and Paralympic Football Centre, details being:

1. Laying of temporary surfaces in back of house areas
2. Installation of a temporary Hockey/Football 7-a-side pitch and erection of a 16,000 seat stadium for the purposes of the Olympic Hockey event and Paralympic Football 7-a-side event
3. Installation of a temporary warm-up Hockey/Football 5-a-side pitch and erection of a 3,000 seat stadium for the purposes of the Paralympic Football 5-a-side event
4. Erection of temporary front of house structures
5. Erection of temporary back of house structures
6. Erection of temporary security fence
7. Associated temporary ground works and utility connections in the area forming the application site
8. Laying of surface water conduits
9. Construction of hard paved concourse areas to provide pedestrian circulation
10. Laying out of open space hardworks
11. Laying out of open space softworks

The IBC/MPC and Hockey Centre should collectively be know as the fugly corner.

Eesh.

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So they're not going to bother wrapping these stands either? wow, austerity isn't the word! Let's hope when the renders of the final design are a little more appealing, drawings never give me a sense of final projects *fingers crossed*

Great to see some hand drawings in an architectural presentation! I'm bored with 3dsMax renderings. The design though looks pretty shocking, but certainly something to be expected from a temporary stadium focusing on a bit on a non-event.

The emphasis of the drawings is on the surrounding landscape - the trees and the canal. Hiding an ugly building with trees is one of the oldest tricks in the book... and people usually fall for it :)

This is a failure on so many levels.

Nobody can disput the temporary stands. They can't look much different, and I am in no way suggesting a different temporary stand design.

BUT from design, to access, to the layout, its all just ridiculous.

Spectators entering basically along the side of the warm up track?
No roof?
No seating at the second field? What happens when the schedule is a bit messed up and they need to use both fields...16,000 seats at the on, 100 at the other?
Is a media area really necessary adjacent to the IBC and MPC?
Can't the stands be wrapped in a similar fashion to the Water Polo venue?
Where is the branding?
Which part of this design acknowledges the setting?

Why are temporary buildings spread out around the site?
Can't concession be integrated into the temporary stands as they have before? Why must the block views across the park?

Is that roof really sufficient for media using laptops, computers, equipment?
Why is the back of house layout so inconsistent with the guidelines of previous Games?


Its a bit of a mess.

This is a failure on so many levels.

Nobody can disput the temporary stands. They can't look much different, and I am in no way suggesting a different temporary stand design.

BUT from design, to access, to the layout, its all just ridiculous.

Spectators entering basically along the side of the warm up track?
No roof?
No seating at the second field? What happens when the schedule is a bit messed up and they need to use both fields...16,000 seats at the on, 100 at the other?
Is a media area really necessary adjacent to the IBC and MPC?
Can't the stands be wrapped in a similar fashion to the Water Polo venue?
Where is the branding?
Which part of this design acknowledges the setting?

Why are temporary buildings spread out around the site?
Can't concession be integrated into the temporary stands as they have before? Why must the block views across the park?

Is that roof really sufficient for media using laptops, computers, equipment?
Why is the back of house layout so inconsistent with the guidelines of previous Games?


Its a bit of a mess.

Don't worry - it'll never get past CABE looking like that!!



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Don't worry - it'll never get past CABE looking like that!!



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you forget the IBC got through CABE after they were paid to be nicer once they added "squares" to the facade.

Architect: presenting the IBC..MPC
CABE: horrible, its a shed, hideous, we are concerned, horrific
Architect: add squares to IBC, add yellow panels to MPC
CABE: ok we are now happy.

and out the door went CABE's credibility

it'll only be up for a few months... whats the point

and out the door went CABE's credibility

It's a little more complicated than that, actually.

Of course it is, but how does one trust the opinion of a body which totally rips apart a building, and when squares are added, do a complete u-turn and are satisfied...?

They then redeem themselves with their reviews of Tottenham Court Station, the Aquatic Centre landscaping, and Water Polo arena.

Of course it is, but how does one trust the opinion of a body which totally rips apart a building, and when squares are added, do a complete u-turn and are satisfied...?

They then redeem themselves with their reviews of Tottenham Court Station, the Aquatic Centre landscaping, and Water Polo arena.

Sadly with CABE, the quality of the review always varied with the individuals you get doing the reviewing.

I had one scheme where the 'lead' reviewer was someone we'd beaten in the competition to do the scheme they were reviewing. They went first with the comments along the lines of "I wouldn't have done it like that", which clouded the whole review.

Still a real shame that they've been culled though. They were still a force for good.

Sadly with CABE, the quality of the review always varied with the individuals you get doing the reviewing.

I had one scheme where the 'lead' reviewer was someone we'd beaten in the competition to do the scheme they were reviewing. They went first with the comments along the lines of "I wouldn't have done it like that", which clouded the whole review.

Still a real shame that they've been culled though. They were still a force for good.

Well I'm glad you agree because I thought I was going mad reading CABE's first comment on the IBC and then there second review after the "squares"...well rectangles to be correct.

Then you get the Water Polo venue where they actually understand what they are talking about and making meaningful suggestions to the architectural quality and clarity of the venue.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/9371221.stm

anyone with thoughts about leyton orient moving in after the games? how will it be done?
personally i just think its a lot of hot air right now.

do they mean the temporary hockey stadium, or the purpose built one in Eton Manor?

Hey at this rate why not get Southend FC to move into the Aquatic Centre! In fact just sell of the whole project to football, obviously that's the only way the future is now.

I thought Orient were annoyed that Spurs/West Ham will be moving in and 'encroaching their territory', wont moving into the hockey stadium just mean they'll be even closer to the olympic stadium?

I just think it's Barry Hearn looking for even more attention. He's already made his feelings well known about Tottenham or West Ham (especially West Ham) moving to the Olympic Stadium.

yeah.. i think it is just hearn looking for attention. it gets people talking, and leyton have not had this much attention in a very long time, might even help them with attendance tonight against MK dons.... thinking of going myself

i'm sure they'll cover all the back stads with look of the games banners and etc...

Hockey players will compete on blue pitches for the first time ever at an Olympic Games following an announcement from the London 2012 Organising Committee today.

Traditionally hockey is played on a green surface but Locog have approved the move to blue, which should provide a striking contrast with the white ball and pitch markings.

In a further break with the tradition, the pitch run off areas will be coloured pink, to offer what Locog describe as a "striking and dynamic look" to the Hockey Centre.

The venue, which is a temporary stadium based at the northern end of the Olympic Park, will be completed in the spring of 2012. The main pitch will host all the 76 matches played between July 29 and August 11.

Team GB hockey international Alex Danson was involved in the colour testing and backed Locog's decision to go with blue.

"The London Blue pitch is great," she said. "It provides a really strong contrast for players against the white ball and white lines and I quickly adapted to the change.

"I really like the pink surround as well. It's another great example of hockey's willingness to lead the way and try new things. It will certainly make the sport stand out in 2012."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8410959/London-2012-Olympics-Hockey-Centre-pitches-will-be-blue-Locog-announces.html

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I think playing on blue will actually make the game appear more interesting and easy to watch.

I like the idea. In fact I like the general theme of colouring normally mundane items differently, as in the proposal for the tango running track in the Olympic stadium.

Like many other people, I disliked the official logo on its unveiling, but I've really come around to it as part of a wider marketing concept with many possibilities for brand awareness and tie-ins.

I'm aware how annoyingly marketing-speak-ish that all sounds... but it's true.

Revised Concept

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Awesome!

The 3/4 bowl looks much more sturdy, and more symmetrical so overall it looks less 'cheap' as a temp. structure. I also like the angular blue 'fabric chevrons' as they call them, they are not at all intrusive to the image of this stadium, but they stop it from being completely broing, as well as being in keeping with the blue playing surface.

It would be naive for anyone to expect something prettier for a temporary venue, it's just about the right level of interesting.

If the structure has some decent under lighting like the render suggests, it can well be conceived as a more permanent stadium than such a temporary structure. It's what I like about the park, none of the temporary structures are made to look like they should be taken down straight after the games (the aquatic centre wings being an exception)

they should of done something like this for the aquatic centre's temporary area's.

they should of done something like this for the aquatic centre's temporary area's.

The Aquatic Centre's wings needed to be enclosed mainly due to fire regulations by having concession stands within them. These ones don't, plus they have the vomitories coming out of them, which the Aquatic Centre obviously doesn't (people would end up in the river).

he didn't say exactly, he said "something like this". Meaning more colour, more thought and less mediocrity

he didn't say exactly, he said "something like this". Meaning more colour, more thought and less mediocrity

Thanks! :) but yes something a little more inventive the aquatic centers temporary parts needed to contrast with the buildings permanent architecture and I don't mean just a temporary ZAHA like shape in bland flat elevations which we have at present.

Great to see some hand drawings in an architectural presentation! I'm bored with 3dsMax renderings. The design though looks pretty shocking, but certainly something to be expected from a temporary stadium focusing on a bit on a non-event.

nothing much here, still in the ground:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5856898533_afdbd23fa0_b.jpg
this is the site for the stadium

Spot the pitch (you can't really miss it)!

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from davepatten on flickr

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isnt that supposed to be Leyton Orient's new home ground? ....

Any SSCers who are interested, London Prepares tickets back on sale for the Hockey today:

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/londonpreparesseries

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Does anybody have any renders of what the legacy venue will look like?

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At Eton Manor at the moment there are extra tennis facilities and aquatics training. There wouldn't be room for the hockey pitches there. Once these have been removed the hockey pitches will be moved up to Eton Manor and the area in the Olympic Park restored to Parkland.

Logistically I'm guessing it was decided it was better to have a 15,000 seat venue inside the main Park boundary (for many reasons; logstical as well as from a spectator experience pov). I suppose the alternative would have been to build the pitches where they'd be in legcy, but that would mean spltting the Games-time tennis facility in two and building a temporary training facility smack-bang in the middle in the Olympic Park.

The current arrangement is much better for Games-time and I expect it isn't too onorous or costly to move two pitches post-Games.

The title of this thread should be changed to Riverbank Arena really.

You can really notice the flood lights from Leyton so I guess it makes sense as a possible future home of Leyton Orient.

Riverbank Arena seeing plenty of action today in the test event. The colour is brilliant and really pops out in person and on TV.

You can really notice the flood lights from Leyton so I guess it makes sense as a possible future home of Leyton Orient.

That's precisely what Barry HEarn's gunning for when he opposes West ham getting the main stadium - he wants this site. Waltham Forest did look into at some point but I think I'm right in saying that they dismissed it?

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Visa+International+Invitational+Hockey+Tournament+RWFt23xdzMtl.jpg

Colours look amazing so vibrant.

^^ It has quite a Wimbledon feel, like courts No 2 or No 3.

Nice try!good job london!

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Colours look amazing so vibrant.
Was chatting to a fellow gamesmaker yesterday who tells me The Team GB players have nick named the pitch "Smurf Turf" lol

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From Friday - Overall the Olympic Park is amazing - transport a breeze. Basically everything verging on perfection!

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Riverbank Arena in 360 degrees:

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/360pictures/Day10/360-henry-stuart-hockey-1/tour.html

I read today that one of the pitches is moving to Sheffield.

I thought they were both being moved to Eton Manor after the Games, or have I misremembered?

I read today that one of the pitches is moving to Sheffield.

I thought they were both being moved to Eton Manor after the Games, or have I misremembered?

Yeah, that's what I thought would happen (render was produced before the blue/pink pitches were announced):

http://s12.postimage.org/qok4kzo4d/m_img1b.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

And here's our answer:

LBC 97.3 understands the iconic blue and pink London 2012 Hockey pitch is so damaged its not suitable for the European Championships being held on the Olympic Park in 2015.

The so called 'smurf turf' is being taken up today and taken to Sheffield instead.

We're told two new pitches will now have to be laid at the new Hockey Centre at Eton Manor - at what's thought to be at an extra cost of half a million pounds.

"Right at the start LOCOG were saying they wanted a surface, a system even, that could be lifted and re-located after the Olympics was over. Unfortunately what they chose was a surface that would do the job for the Games but not good enough to be re-laid at a hockey venue of any note," Bryn Lee told LBC 97.3 who runs his own consultancy, BLC-Sports, focusing on synthetic turf.

He says London 2012 organisers went for a short term option. "The surface chosen wasn't the latest more durable type of surface. It's not a good investment, its probably got 1 or 2 years live left in it. Which is very short from the 10 years plus that you get out of a more modern surface."

The blue artificial turf with its brilliant pink surround was one of the stand-out images of the London 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford and it will now make the 163 mile journey north from the Riverbank Arena to its new home at Abbeydale Sports Club and installed by the Spring. The search for a new home for Olympic pitch began shortly after the Games with over 40 applications submitted by providers in a position to install a specialist hockey surface. The Sainsbury's 2013 School Games will be the first major event to be hosted on it.

Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair said: "We always intended to re-use as much as we could of our Games facilities and equipment. This is an example of the legacy of London 2012. We were delighted to donate the famous blue pitch and its pink surround to such a good new home at the Abbeydale Sports Club. The pitch will be used by both the local community and elite hockey players as well as for the School Games. It will also give the Club a piece of Olympic history."

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority - which will run the Hockey Centre at Eton Manor - told LBC 97.3 "Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre will still be a world class centre, benefiting from two new hockey pitches and offering one of the finest hockey facilities in the country for elite athletes to grassroots clubs. We were the first London 2012 venue on the Olympic Park to secure a major tournament - the 2015 EuroHockey Championships."

http://www.lbc.co.uk/games-damage-means-olympic-hockey-pitch-removed-for-good-63341

Seb trying to put his spin on it. Oh well, at least one of 'em will still get some use. Hopefully someone with common sense will make sure the ones at Eton Manor will be more modern pitches that last longer.

Well this is really nice and good infrastructure made that it would be really change the shape of the city.This is really a good thing that we should work on the things and make our city polish by the time as it would be really helpful for us and best for our city to compensate..