London 2012 Olympic Stadium Post Games Conversion London, Uk

TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD A LEGACY

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC STADIUM POST GAMES CONVERSION LONDON, UK

BuroHappold Engineering has been outside the stadium, movable seating, and CLIENT working with Populous Architects since a modified bowl that enables the stadium London Legacy Development Corporation / late 2011 to develop a design for the to function in all modes of operation. Balfour Beatty conversion of the London 2012 Olympic Another challenge that we faced was DURATION Stadium. The legacy plan originally that a new roof was required to support Completed in 2016 involved reducing the stadium’s capacity the multipurpose use of the stadium, to host mainly track and field events, but and our client was keen for the original SERVICES PROVIDED BY the proposed adaption of the stadium into Olympic Stadium steelwork to be reused. BUROHAPPOLD a multipurpose sports and entertainment Our interdisciplinary team applied their Structural engineering, building services venue led to a change in brief and required engineering, ground engineering, extensive knowledge in the sports and a far more substantial transformation. sustainability, fire engineering, facade entertainment area to find a solution. The engineering, security consultancy, inclusive The aim of the conversion was to enable result is an innovative, gravity-stressed design the venue to host Premiership football and cable net concept that utilised the original rugby matches in one mode, and cricket, steelwork, which supports the largest baseball, and track and field events in cantilever roof in the world. another. The stadium and its immediate BuroHappold collaborated with the surroundings also needed to be able to architect to carry out the detailed accommodate ongoing community sports design work necessary to transform and events and occasional large concerts. futureproof the iconic London Olympic In response, our engineers worked closely Stadium. Because of our input, it is now with the architect to develop a design destined to become one of the world’s that incorporated key features to facilitate finest multipurpose outdoor sports and these transitions. These include substantial entertainment venues, and the new home new spectator accommodation within and of West Ham United FC. Images © Robert Greshoff Photography