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[baron-pierreIV]

Hey, want cheaper options?

1. Do it a la Athens - skip the roof.

2. Do it like the US championships in 2004. Hold it in a parking lot and everything is temporary. That did the job.

Besides, how many medals will the UK win in Swimming anyway? 3?

[The Tower Bridge Fox]

adriane17, on Nov 28 2006, 11:14 AM, said:

i like the design and thank god london will have one new iconic venue designed by a world class architect. would have prefered the original - but there you go!

my main problem with this is that there is no overall architect in charge of the vision for the olympic park - instead you have a bunch of architectural practices (Foreign Office etc) fighting it out. also the main stadium really worries me. IMO the architects HOK just churn out bog standard stadia (such as the sydney stadium - sorry all you sydneysiders!). london will not get a calatrava or a herzog and meuron extravaganza! a lost chance if you ask me!

you can't do the olympics on the cheap - it costs money! i really feel that what we will get is a dumbed down olympic park with no aesthetics - just because its cheaper and less risky. i honestly feel that what will be delivered will be akin to an out of town retail park - which will be a lost opportunity for East London and the nation alike.

i read the other day that they ran an international competition for the velodrome only to tell the winning architect that the design was no longer needed as the cost was too high! so what will we get some sort of indutrial air craft hanger type thingy?

it's just symptomatic of governmental attitudes to design in the uk - ie the cheaper the better! this has been the same for every government since the war!

i understand that costs need to be kept in check - it is just a little dissappointing from an architectural point of view!

I don’t think the quality of a design is dependent on the amount of money spent on it.

I think adriane17 its right to criticize to much political involvement especially in creative processes,

But I don’t agree adriane17s apocalyptic prediction of the end outcome ,I know because I live next to a retail park by the north circular ,and I know the Olympic park isn’t going to look like that.

I also think that with facilities and a legesy that works for athletes being one of the Olympics main themes

Good design with a purpose isn’t a bad thing, and can looking more beautiful not less.

[its a bid of magic]

baron-pierreIV, on Nov 28 2006, 06:07 PM, said:

Besides, how many medals will the UK win in Swimming anyway? 3?

It's not the winning that counts, it's the taking part..... and if you believe that you'll believe anything lol

[The Tower Bridge Fox]

its a bid of magic, on Nov 28 2006, 11:51 PM, said:

It's not the winning that counts, it's the taking part..... and if you believe that you'll believe anything lol

ah

but without the taking part there can be no winning.

[Mainad]

baron-pierreIV, on Nov 28 2006, 06:07 PM, said:

Besides, how many medals will the UK win in Swimming anyway? 3?

Haven't you heard,the plan is to lower the water temperature to suit the Brits.It'll be much too cold for you Yanks and Aussies,you'll barely be able to swim a length! But us hardy Brits are used to the cold so we will prevail and will likely top the medal podium in all the swimming events!!

[Rafa]

London 2012 Aquatic Centre post 2012

[Colonel Iredale]

baron-pierreIV, on Nov 28 2006, 06:07 PM, said:

1. Do it a la Athens - skip the roof.

Err... whilst it is not as hot in London, compared to Athens, it does rain a tad more often, which might not look good on the cameras.

[RobH]

Mo Rush, on Dec 1 2006, 09:10 PM, said:

London 2012 Aquatic Centre post 2012

Beautiful.

[Rafa]

tottenham "not so hot" spurs.

[Colonel Iredale]

Mo Rush, on Dec 2 2006, 12:31 AM, said:

tottenham "not so hot" spurs.

I bet you spent half an hour thinking that one up, didn't you?