Governments hosting prominent sporting occasions like the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup are consistently slammed for developing huge, unsustainable locations, frequently deserted in the years following the huge occasion.
In 2012, London intended to alter that story, applauded at the time by environment activists for leading the way for sustainable architecture.
“I think it was desperately sad to look at venues in other Olympic cities that aren’t delivering a legacy, that had their week of glory during the Games, but haven’t delivered in the long-term,” stated Shaun Dawson, president of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, a government-appointed body which runs 3 of the London Olympic locations still in usage.
“That public investment hasn’t delivered for those communities, and it is an important lesson to learn that you can get it wrong if you don’t design these venues correctly.”
To make sure that the London 2012 Olympics would not make the very same error, strategies remained in location from the start so that the Olympic Park — situated in the east of the city — might adjust from an area developed to host countless viewers to a park for the regional neighborhood, and locations that might satisfy a range of requirements.
The concentrate on the future suggested that for every single £1 invested developing the Olympic Park, a quarter was invested entirely for the Games, while the staying 75 cent was allocated for its tradition.
Nearly a years after the occasion, how are London’s Olympic locations being utilized and repurposed? Watch the video above for more information.
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