4gamesandcounting Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Wow great pic. I've also noticed that the Stratford Underground station looks quite a lot like Oval Lingotto from a certain angle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 The Aquatics Center looks impressive. I didn't like the design originally but I admit it's growing on me. With regards to the MPC, would it have not been easier and more cost effective to have both the MPC and IBC at ExCEL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 We need the Excel for sports venues. So we'd have to bulid sports venues. ALso MPC/IPC is all part of the original legacy plans so it sort of makes sense. ExCel isn't big enough unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Found this great ariel footage of the park and the venues, the camera works pretty shaky but it gives a great feel of the size of the project. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2009...12-olympic-park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 That's an excellent film. Well worth watching. I might add a link to that in my signature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Another aerial shot of the park from Frans Zwart on Flickr: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Great photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Flythrough of the Olympic park site (Jonathan Edwards presents - official London 2012 video) http://89.234.19.19/twentytwelve/flythroug..._nov09_blog.swf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Stadium and aquatics centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meccaroad Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 For those who can a trip to the top gallery at St. Pauls cathedral gives you a great view of the construction site and also brings the location of the park, relative to the rest of London, into perspective. I'm really impressed with the pace of construction, great to see things coming together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Another nice aerial shot. From Jani Helle on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Went on a bus tour of the park today - check out my blog over this week for photos of venue construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Got it bookmarked. I tend to go to it most days to see if you've put anything new there. Just having a look at your latest posts now in fact. That media centre really needs to be decorated well during Games time to break up its blandness and make it blend into the scenery a bit more. Hopefully it'll have a green-roof as well, so it doesn't stick out so much in the aerial shots. It says it'll have a 2500msq "living roof", though I don't know what that means. Any ideas? Did they mention that on the tour? How did you get on the bus tour btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Any London resident can apply for the bus tour - its fun. The guide was nice and knowledgeable. A blue badge guide so good at guiding but not an Olympic expert. Most fun was seeing the venues and infrastructure up close. Things like the bridges, Velodrome, Energy Centre, Aquatics Centre and MBC particularly. Glad you like the updates - more to follow this week. On the MBC roof - nothing mentioned but I expect the will turf it - or something like the Salt Lake Conference Centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 I've just been digging around since my last post and found this: "The Media Centre, the 24-hour hub for about 20,000 journalists, will include a “brown roof” of gravel and moss (it’s being called a “living roof”), bird and bat boxes, and a combined heating and cooling plant." And it says on the official 2012 site that it'll be 2500sqm, so only 50x50m, so certainly not the whole thing. Brown roofs --------- Anyway, bit geeky all of that. Was everything as you expected close-up? What were you most and least impressed by at this stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Impressed by how quickly everything is going up and how organised everything seems to be. Also velodrome looks awesome. Not really disappointed about anything really - the MBC will need tarting up to look cool but otherwise rest of the venues look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 This is a week or so old now as it's all melted now but I've just found this snowy photo on the London 2012 site. More snow than Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Brrrrrrrrrrr! I feel cold just looking at that pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 What lovely weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 What lovely weather! Oh I know, maybe London should donate some of their snow and Arctic temperatures to Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 From egi news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Cool, the stadium really does look like a crown doesnt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matwin Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Can anyone shed any light as to what structures are being prepared on the basketball stadium site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 In what sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matwin Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 In what sense? Sorry, I should have clarified. It's only been in the past few days than any structural seems to have been constructed on the basketball site. Excuse my ignorance, but on the webcams, I have only seen the dug-out ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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