zekekelso Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 7 hours ago, Palette86 said: I went to Tokyo today and here are some photos. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 Here are the final renders released before construction begins in 5 days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 I Can't Wait For Construction of The Redesigned Olympic Stadium To Start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Guess who's building a wooden stadium in rural England? Zaha Hadid Architects! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-37862411 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiyez Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Wow. That one looks much nicer, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 So Zaha Hadid had to kick the bucket for her Architect firm to make something actually pleasant instead of repeating the same stuff everytime? Either way I can't help but think they were very inspired by the new Tokyo stadium design. Anyway, Tokyo stadium has a very good balance. It's not an over the top stadium but its pleasant to the eye and very Japanese due to its minimalism. And it will certainly be a more memorable venue than the Joao Havelange stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 3 Days Left Until Construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 19 hours ago, Ikarus360 said: So Zaha Hadid had to kick the bucket for her Architect firm to make something actually pleasant instead of repeating the same stuff everytime? Either way I can't help but think they were very inspired by the new Tokyo stadium design. Hmmmm. I wonder if it ever will be built in reality. This looks like a cunning publicity move on the part of Forest Green Rovers' main sponsor, the "green energy" firm Ecotricity. The £5 million or so they've just pumped into the club is nowhere near enough to pay for a new stadium, but easily enough to pay for a design contest. Sorry, not relevant to Tokyo except in a general "get real about the build cost of fancy stadium designs" way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 22 hours ago, Ikarus360 said: So Zaha Hadid had to kick the bucket for her Architect firm to make something actually pleasant instead of repeating the same stuff everytime? Nah, the club is owned by a green energy firm and wants an eco stadium at the centre of an eco-park they're trying to build. The usual concrete and steel stuff Hadid Architects comes out with wouldn't have fitted the bill so they had to think differently in this case. And actually, this design was pretty much done before she died anyway. Look at all the other shortlisted designs and they're all similar - you can see it was the requirements of the club that determined the materials etc. I just thought it ironic that after the Tokyo debacle, Hadid Architects won a competition to build a wooden stadium! Anyway, this is a tangent...sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted December 2, 2016 Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Quote 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium construction starts The construction of the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has begun, more than a year later than originally planned. NHK has learned that the Japan Sport Council obtained construction permits from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday, and construction began on Thursday. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on December 11th and construction is scheduled to be completed in November, 2019. Architect Kengo Kuma created a plan for the new stadium. In July last year, the government scrapped an initial design by a different architect that was criticized for its high projected cost. Under the original plan, construction would have started in October last year. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20161201_27/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 That stadium design just doesn't excite me. Yeah, it's nice, and modest and zen-like, but you need to make a statement with an Olympic stadium!! I think they should hold another round of design selection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Tokyo breaks ground on new 2020 Olympics National Stadium TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday for a $1.5 billion National Stadium to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and other dignitaries launched the construction at the site of the demolished National Stadium, which was used during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, by putting their hands on a glass sphere that rotated through pastels of the colors of the Olympic logo. The ceremony ended with a video replete with computer graphics showing how the stadium is expected to look and function once completed by November 2019. Work on the stadium in the center of the city fell behind schedule because the government abandoned the original design amid spiraling costs and complaints over its scale and appearance. Koike, Tokyo's first female governor, took office in July pledging to use her platform to host a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly 2020 Olympics. She has lambasted organizers of the 2020 games for failing to keep costs under control. An expert panel she appointed put the price tag of the 2020 Games at over $30 billion, barring drastic cost-cutting measures, a more than a four-fold increase from the initial estimate when the city was awarded the games in 2013. Fans of the old stadium, built in the late 1950s, had lobbied to keep and renovate it. But in the end the government opted to replace it with a more modern facility. Kengo Kuma, the architect of the new, open-air stadium, chose a wooden lattice design that echoes traditional styles seen in Japanese shrines and pagodas. It is intended to blend in with surrounding parkland and will be structured to minimize costs for heating and cooling. The structure will use Japanese-grown larch in its wood and steel composite roof and prefabricated panels to help speed the work along and contain costs. AP https://apnews.com/ffe82151144b4ce5b360a71aac8d9d58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Here is the above mentioned video with some great views of the stadium that we've never seen before. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 We Have 3 Years For Construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 47 minutes ago, TeamBlakeUSA said: We Have 3 weeks left for logo submissions and voting for the logo comps. GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners Cup - Pools A & B GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners Cup - Pools C & D And the winners of this year's original logo comp will be voted on and announced early in the New Year! 10th Annual GamesBids Olympic Logo Design Comp Right again, Blake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiyez Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 11 hours ago, phandrosis said: I'm pretty sure that javelin throw was illegal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Going by the more environmentally-conscious handling of the Flame in Rio, my guess is that in the OC they will have a small, portable cauldron in the middle of the field. Like London, they would then transfer that to a higher pole in the middle of Olympic Park. That way, there can be a central focus in the Park and it can be seen by everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 I Don't Whete Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Cauldron Will Be At. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 5 minutes ago, TeamBlakeUSA said: I Don't whether to choose between poutine or empanadas? Or escargot or herring? Vote in the Semi Finals of the GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners' Cup to decide: Semi Finals - GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners' Cup Or enter a new logo in this year's Comp: 10th Annual GamesBids Olympic Logo Comp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 I say if in doubt Rols - always go for the taco... Or a Japanese spin perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I saw that there may be a possibility that there is a study being conducted as to whether a full roof is technically possible after the Olympics. I don't see this happening but it is interesting... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 I Don't Whete Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Cauldron Will Be At. I Might Happen With The Roof To Be Shut After The Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, TeamBlakeUSA said: I don't know Whete to choose between poutine or empanadas? Or escargot or herring? Vote in the Semi Finals of the GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners' Cup to decide: Semi Finals - GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners' Cup Or enter a new logo in this year's Comp: 10th Annual GamesBids Olympic Logo Comp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 The Roof Will Take About Several Years To Be Fully Closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, TeamBlakeUSA said: The Poll will have about four more days left until it's closed: Now We Have 4 Cities Left For These Logos in the gamesBids Logo Winners' Cup comp, and three cities to decide logos for in this year's traditional logo comp. Vote in the Semi Finals of the GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners' Cup: Semi Finals - GamesBids Olympic Logo Winners' Cup Or enter a new logo in this year's Comp: 10th Annual GamesBids Olympic Logo Comp Edited December 17, 2016 by Sir Rols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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