The making of the
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park / by John C. Hopkins, Peter Neal.
John Wiley & Sons,
Chichester, West Sussex [etc.] : 2013
287 p. : il.
ISBN 9781119940692
Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje A-712.25 MAK
This is the story of The Making of the Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park by the Olympic Delivery Authority. Situated in
east London adjacent to Victoria Park, one of the world’s earliest public parks
built in the 19th century, the Park provides an innovative blueprint for
contemporary urban park design and is recognised as an exemplar sustainable
development for the 21st century. As a primary legacy of the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Park was conceived as a new piece of
sustainable city, transforming a largely neglected, contaminated,
post-industrial district, into a new community for up to 20,000 residents,
shifting the centre of gravity of London eastwards.
Written by those at the heart of the project, it draws significantly on
contributions from the many experts who have shaped and guided the creation of
the Park, including interviews with the key players responsible for delivering
the project. It provides the only authoritative account of the planning, design
and construction of the Park beginning with the bid to host the games, setting
out its historical, philosophical and physical context; describing the
strategic fit within the Thames Gateway, Lower Lea Valley and Stratford City;
explaining how One Planet Living principles developed by WWF and BioRegional
underpinned sustainability throughout the project; and concludes with a ‘Walk
in Park’ capturing its essence for both Games and Legacy.
Richly illustrated, it
is a unique reference for those involved in the planning, design, delivery and
management of sustainable urban parks and new communities on post-industrial
and other land, and those seeking to host future Games and other large-scale international
events.
John Hopkins DipLA MLA FLI ASLA
is a landscape architect, environmental planner and urban designer. He was
project sponsor for the parklands and public realm at the Olympic Delivery
Authority from 2007 to 2011 and is currently visiting professor of landscape
architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Greenwich.
Peter Neal BA (Hons), DipLA,
MDes, Dip Ecology, FLI is a landscape architect, environmental planner and
urban designer. He was head of public space at the Commission for Architecture
and the Built Environment from 2003 to 2011 and has acted as an adviser to the
Olympic Delivery Authority for the Parklands and Public Realm since 2006. He
currently runs his own landscape planning and design consultancy specializing
in urban parks and the public realm.
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