A WALK

AROUND
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC
PARK
A WALK
AROUND
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC
PARK
CONTENTS

QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK 11

London’s new district 12

Creating a local destination 14
Linking to the Greater London region and beyond 16
Building neighbourhoods inspired by London’s heritage 18
Connecting to east London’s vibrant communities 20
Securing a lasting sports legacy 22
Creating jobs, skills and enterprise 24
Ensuring sustainability 26

PLANNING FOR AN OLYMPIC LEGACY IN EAST LONDON 28

Design in the Olympic Fringe 30

Olympic Legacy Masterplan 32
Parks and waterways 34
Neighbourhoods 38
Connections 40

A WALK AROUND THE PARK 44

North Park 48
South Park 56
Sweetwater 70
East Wick 84
Chobham Manor 96
Marshgate Wharf 112
Pudding Mill 128

HOW WE GOT HERE 141

Olympic context 142

Lea Valley context 146
London context 150
The Legacy Corporation’s Priority Themes 158

MAKING IT HAPPEN 172

Programme 174
Implementation strategies 182
Acknowledgements 190
Awards 191
Credits 192
 FOREWORD

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park aims to In September 2012, the Legacy

become a global centre of international Communities Scheme received Outline
distinction, a thriving new metropolitan Planning Permission, setting the stage for
district in London, and an anchor in the social building new neighbourhoods in the Park
and economic regeneration of east London. and enabling the long-term socio-economic
It will be a place unlike any other in London, regeneration in the area. A key measure of the
offering the best in sporting and cultural plan’s success will be its ability to overcome
amenities in world-class venues and parks, significant physical barriers to forge a network
and at the same time creating places to live of pedestrian, bicycle, and street connections
that are rooted in the ethos and fabric of east to its surroundings, providing safe and inter-
London’s diverse and vital communities. connected London-inspired streets, blocks
and buildings for a range of uses.
With the conclusion of the 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Games, the transformation Just as the great estates of London have
of the Olympic Park has begun, building on delivered neighbourhoods of high quality
the success of the Games, and preparing and distinction by enabling the gradual
the site to fulfil its promise for the future. evolution of whole new parts of London,
The Olympic Legacy Masterplan builds on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park aims to be
the unprecedented combination of the 21st Century model of this great
concentrated public investment in land, tradition. The scale of the site, coupled
transport, infrastructure, housing, and with the critical fact that the majority of
sports amenities at the Olympic Park, as the site is under public ownership, make
well as significant private investment from possible this unique form of development,
Westfield Stratford City, the largest urban land management, long-term value creation
shopping centre in Europe. The challenge and exemplary design aspiration.
of the Masterplan is to capitalise on these
built assets in the unique setting of the This document presents the ideas and
River Lea, and create a piece of the city, concepts that underpin the Masterplan
built on London’s ‘unique DNA’. for the Park.

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 London Legacy Development
Corporation

The London Legacy Development The purpose of the Legacy Corporation is:
Corporation, which came into being on 1 April
2012, is a Mayoral Development Corporation “To promote and deliver physical,
responsible for Queen Elizabeth Olympic social, economic and environmental
Park and surrounding areas, cutting across regeneration in the Olympic Park and
four borough boundaries – Hackney, Tower surrounding area, in particular by
Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Newham. maximising the legacy of the Olympic
The Legacy Corporation continues the work and Paralympic Games, by securing high-
of planning and delivering the legacy of the quality sustainable development and
2012 Games. It guides the development investment, ensuring the long-term
of new neighbourhoods, manages venues, success of the facilities and assets within
maintains parkland, and delivers socio- its direct control and supporting and
economic regeneration programmes. The promoting the aim of convergence –
Legacy Corporation is also the planning raising living standards so that in 20
authority for the area under years east London communities have
its remit. the same social and economic chances
as their neighbours across London”

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 Waltham Forest

Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

Hackney
VeloPark

QUEEN ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC PARK

Copper Box

Aquatics Centre

Stadium

Tower Hamlets
Newham

London Legacy Development Corporation boundary

Legacy Community Scheme boundary
Borough Boundaries

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 QUEEN
ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC
PARK

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LONDON’S NEW DISTRICT

Tradition and innovation, side-by-side in a It will be a place where the 2012 Olympic and
landscape of great buildings, sporting venues Paralympic heritage provides the impetus for
hosting local and international events and a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, anchored
vibrant open spaces: Queen Elizabeth Olympic by sports and active living.
Park will offer all of this and much more. It will
be the crowning glory of London’s eastward Its homes and streets will be inspired by
shift, establishing a new hub for business, London’s heritage but served by cutting edge
leisure and life. infrastructure fit for the digital and carbon
reduction needs of the 21st century.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will define
the next generation of living and working Over the next 25 years, the Park is expected
in London. It will be a place where global to deliver 11,000 new homes (including the
attractions co-exist with emerging and East Village) and 7,000 new jobs along with
expanding east London neighbourhoods, education, health, and community facilities,
combining the best of city living in making a significant contribution to London’s
one district. housing, employment and community needs.

It will cater for Londoners who want to live

and work without a long commute and raise
a family in a stable urban community.
 Enfield

Waltham Forest
Haringey
Redbridge Havering

Hackney
Barking and Dagenham
QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK
Islington
LEGACY CORPORATION BOUNDARY
LOWER LEA VALLEY REGENERATION AREA

OLYMPIC HOST BOROUGHS

Tower Hamlets Newham

City of London

Southwark
Greenwich

Bexley

Lewisham

Bromley

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 CREATING A LOCAL
DESTINATION
Wembley Stadium

Parks, Waterways and Visitor Attractions London Zoo

The River Lea, the Lee Navigation canal and

the adjacent open spaces provide a physical
setting for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park British Museum
unlike any other in London. This system of
National Galler
open space and waterways structure the site
and define its character. The plan responds to Buckingham Palace
this by envisioning vibrant public waterfronts Victoria and Albert Museum
Natural History Museum
and active use of the parks and waterways. Science Museum
Tate Britai

Rivers and routes come together at the

centre of the site establishing a place of
unique topography that marks a change
in the character of the open space from
north to south.

The south park, set within three branches

of the River Lea and anchored by the
Stadium, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, and the
Aquatics Centre, will entice millions of
visitors and provide year-round opportunities
to participate in programmes, events,
and festivals in its venues and beautifully
landscaped grounds.

The North Park, with its river valley landscape,

residential edges, and family-focused facilities
will be a gathering place for surrounding
residents, extending the amenities of Hackney
Marshes and the River Lea into the site.

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 QUEEN ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC PARK

m
St Paul’s Cathedral
City Airport
Tower of London O2 Arena
ry
Tate Modern
London Eye
Museum of
London Docklands
Imperial War Museum Royal Docks
n

National Maritime Museum

Greenwich Observatory

The Stadium and Aquatics

Centre will complement
the unique landscape
and waterways of the
Lower Lea.

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 Metropolitan Line London Midland First Capital Connect Northern Line

Jubilee Line

Bakerloo Line

LINKING TO THE
Central Line GREATER LONDON
REGION AND BEYOND

St. Panc
Willesden Junction
Euston
An unprecedented convergence of
transport infrastructure will ensure that
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be one Paddington
of the best-connected places in London.
The rail and tube connections, either
Crossrail already in place or planned over the next
few years, mean the Park is less than seven Victoria
minutes to St Pancras International /London
Kings Cross, less than 35 minutes to all of
London’s other major railway terminals
(Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Charing
Cross, Waterloo, Paddington, Marylebone
and Euston), just an hour to Heathrow
Airport and 20 minutes to London Clapham J
Heathrow
City Airport.
Piccadilly Line
In addition to this citywide, regional and
international access, the Masterplan aims
to create a network of safe and robust
connections to surrounding communities
transforming the site from an industrial
backyard into a shared and welcoming place.
Networks of streets, paths and bridges will
connect the site through and across its edges,
providing a clear and legible movement
pattern, both east-west and north-south.

South West Trains

 First Capital Connect National Express East Anglia Central Line

A12

Romford
Crossrail

National Express East Anglia

LEYTON STATION District Line

HACKNEY WICK STRATFORD INTERNATIONAL

STRATFORD Eurostar

PUDDING MILL
cras King’s Cross

Liverpool Street DLR

Fenchurch Street City Airport

London Bridge
Waterloo
Crossrail
DLR

Southeastern
Victoria Line DLR
Junction

A12

First Capital Connect The convergence of

Southeastern multiple modes of
Southern transport makes the
Park one of the best
connected places
in London.

Croydon 17
 Upper Clapton
Upper Holloway
Stoke Newington

Highbury

BUILDING
NEIGHBOURHOODS Central Hackney

INSPIRED BY Dalston

LONDON’S HERITAGE

Five distinctive new neighbourhoods are

planned for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Haggerston
Park, extending the life and character of
Barnsbury surrounding communities into the site.
Active public places are planned as focal Islington
points for each neighbourhood. Nurseries,
schools, community centres, convenience
retail and major sporting venues provide Shoreditch
amenities for residents. Facilities and
amenities are typically planned at the edges
of the site to enable them to bring together
existing, as well as, new communities, making
them central to wider, more integrated
neighbourhoods. Bethnal Green
Bloomsbury
London’s great tradition of family housing
based on the terraced house has created some
of the city’s most attractive and memorable
neighbourhoods and provides inspiration for
new housing in the Park. Three of the five
new residential neighbourhoods in the Park
are based on interpretations of the terraced Whitechapel
housing type, allowing for the creation of a
variety of unit sizes and meeting the needs

City

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Southwark
 Leytonstone

LEYTON
Clapton Park

Forest Gate
Homerton

Maryland
HACK
HACKNE
CKNEY
NE Y WI
WICK
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ST
TR ATFORD

South Hackney

FISH
SH ISL
SLAN
AND
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West Ham

PUDDIN
PU NG MIILL
Bow

Bromley-by-Bow
Mile End

Each legacy neighbourhood

provides variety and
residential choice from
terraced houses to
metropolitan apartments.

Stepney

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 CONNECTING TO EAST
LONDON’S VIBRANT
COMMUNITIES

HOMERTON
HO
OMER

The dynamic, young, diverse and creative

energy of the surrounding communities will
bring life into Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Park residents will enjoy strong physical,
economic and social links with their long
established neighbours in Hackney Wick,
Leyton, Fish Island, Bromley-by-Bow and
Stratford. Vital connections will open up
opportunities for shared amenities and
facilities including schools, enterprise, jobs
and training, and collaborations in the arts
and entertainment.
SOUTH
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SO
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KN
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The success of the Park as a new piece of east

London will depend on how well it integrates
with its neighbours and on its ability to stitch
together previously disconnected and isolated
places. The new street network within the
Park will rely on the thoughtful design of a
number of streets, bridges, footpaths, and
cycleways across the physical barriers around
the site. In addition to physical connections,
socio-economic initiatives will be critical to
this process of integration.

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East London’s growing

cultural and economic
communities will be
fully integrated into
London’s rich tapestry
of neighbourhoods
BOW
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 SECURING A LASTING
SPORTS LEGACY

Five Olympic and Paralympic venues: the

Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Copper Box,
VeloPark, and Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis
Centre (Eton Manor), will remain after the
Games and be converted for community
and elite sports use. A top priority of the
London Legacy Development Corporation is
to ensure that the long-term development
and management of these venues creates one
of the premier sports destinations in London
and the UK, balancing high performance sport
with community use. The Lee Valley Regional
Park Authority will own and operate the
VeloPark and the Lee Valley Hockey and
Tennis Centre.

In addition to the venues, the design

and management of the open space and
waterways surrounding the venues will be
an equally important component of the
wider sporting offer. Emphasising cultural,
education, sports and leisure uses, an active
and vibrant public realm will also contribute
to preserving the Olympic and Paralympic
heritage, promoting healthy, active and Active participation in
sports will be centred
sustainable living for all.
around the retained
venues as well as in
the open spaces and
waterways that
connect them.

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LEE VALLEY HOCK
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 CREATING JOBS, SKILLS
AND ENTERPRISE

Three key areas in Queen Elizabeth Olympic

Park – the Press and Broadcast Centres,
the waterfront adjacent to Stratford City
and Pudding Mill – will add to the growing
employment base in the wider area. Together
with commercial development in adjacent
Westfield Stratford City and The International
Quarter, the wider area will transform into
a major metropolitan destination in
east London.

The Park will provide high quality facilities

and infrastructure for the new and emerging
sectors of London’s economy including
research, innovation, education, digital media
and technology, and creative industries.
Support for social enterprises, new clusters of
businesses and skills training will contribute to
London’s competitive advantage and support
the regeneration in east London and the
wider goal of convergence. Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park will fulfil its potential as a major
investment location and a key economic asset A variety of employment
in London. opportunities will be
created over the coming
years through the
realisation of the North
and South Parks, iCITY at
the Press and Broadcast
Centres and the legacy
neighbourhoods.

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 Press and Broadcast Centres:
Media, Education &
Digital Enterprises

East Wick: Office

Hackney Wick: Westfield Stratford City:
Light & Creative Industry & Office Retail & Office
Sweetwater: International Quarter:
Office Office Stratford:
Retail and Office
Marshgate Wharf:
Retail & Office

Fish Island:
Light & Creative Industry

Pudding Mill:
Light & Creative Industry & Office

Sugar House Lane:

Industry & Office

Three Mills: Film Studios

 Transfer Station

ENSURING
SUSTAINABILITY

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will embrace a

holistic definition of sustainability, integrating
environmental responsibility, economic
viability, social welfare and efficient resource
utilisation. The primary goal of the new
district is to promote a healthy and
sustainable lifestyle as a model for urban
living, encouraging walking, cycling through
safe and pleasant access to a mix of uses for
residents and workers. Green building and
innovative infrastructure design are expected
to deliver carbon reduction in line with current
regulations, exceeding them where possible.

Significant sustainable infrastructure built for

the Games will remain for use in the legacy
development and enable the Park to meet
its targets. This includes Combined Cooling,
Heating and Power (CCHP) plants sized for
legacy development, sources of non-potable
water (ground and canal/river water), a
high-level of flood protection, biodiversity
and habitat protection as part of the Games
landscape and existing infrastructure for waste
reduction, reuse and recycling.
Legacy development will
build and expand on the
substantial inherited green
infrastructure from the
2012 Games.

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 Transfer Station
Recycling Centre (HWRC)
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)

• Over 100 ha of Metropolitan

Open Land (MOL)
• 45 ha of Biodiversity Action
Plan (BAP) habitat
• 3.5 ha of intensive green roofs

Energy Centre (CCHP)

Energy Centre (CCHP)

Transfer Station
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
(subject to feasibility)

Old Ford Lock Water Centre

Transfer Station 27
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
 PLANNING FOR
AN OLYMPIC
LEGACY IN EAST
LONDON
M

Home
Ho mert
rtton

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is located on

both sides of the River Lea within the Lower
Lea Valley. From west to east, it extends from
the Lee Navigation canal (Hackney Wick /Fish
Island) to Temple Mill Lane (Leyton edge).
From north to south, it extends from the
A12 corridor (north of the VeloPark) to
Stratford High Street in the south. The
site that constitutes Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park excludes the Lee Valley Hockey and
Tennis Centre, Westfield Stratford City, the
East Village and the International Quarter.

While the Park is the primary focus of

new development, the London Legacy
Development Corporation’s remit and
Victoria Parrk
Vi
planning authority extends beyond its
boundaries and includes existing
communities in Hackney Wick, Fish Island,
Bromley-by-Bow, Leyton and Stratford, as
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well as the new developments in Stratford na
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has been influenced by the numerous r d
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“fringe” plans and projects that have been, H er
and continue to be, developed in these
areas ensuring that design proposals in
the wider area are coordinated and work
towards shared goals.

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 DESIGN IN THE Leyton Links

OLYMPIC FRINGE The Leyton bird-boxes sign forms part of the wider
public realm enhancements along Leyton High Road
and the east-west links. The sign commemorates the
beauty and identity of this space, and provides a new
front door to Leyton.

The overarching ambition for the Olympic

Fringe programme was to capture the
momentum of the Games to deliver
benefits for areas in Newham, Waltham
Forest, Tower Hamlets, and Hackney
immediately surrounding the Park. The
2012 Games intensified the speed and
focus of change in the Lower Lea Valley
and catalysed the initiation of a number Wild Kingdom
Wild Kingdom at Three Mills is a spectacular and
of projects at diverse scales. Design for unique outdoor playground. It uses fallen trees,
London, and now the London Legacy stumps, nets, ropes, and climbing frames to
Development Corporation has delivered encourage imaginative play.
a series of projects in the wider area,
setting the stage for high design quality
and on-the-ground rejuvenation of
communities and places. Focusing on
the public realm, these projects make
strategic and legible connections to the
Park from surrounding areas.

The White Building

In July 2012, the Hackney Wick Fish Island Cultural
Centre, known as The White Building, was opened.
The building, a former print works, with studio space
for artists, event spaces for community use and a
locally owned cafe with canal side seating, has
already proved to be a magnet in the area.

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A new visitor centre and community
leisure centre at Hackney Marshes
Streetscape improvements along Leyton High
Road enhancing links from Leyton to the Park
Public Realm improvements in Hackney Wick
and Fish Island developed through intensive
community consultation and the creation of
a cultural hub at the White Building
Redesign of Meridien Square at Stratford
Station to improve accessibility
Three Mills Green - a new park that connects
the Lea Valley to surrounding communities

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1 The river valley park in the north will be the
destination of choice for residents who will come
to picnic on its slopes, kayak in its waterways and V lo
VeloPa
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walk along its wetlands.

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best of London’s great tradition of urban family
housing into Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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playing fields along a canal-side pathway will be a EAST
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major new amenity for communities on both sides
of the Lee Navigation. Co
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is just one piece in a complex system of energy
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infrastructure that will allow the Park to achieve
Road
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its sustainability goals.

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7 New and upgraded bridges will connect the Park
to Hackney Wick and Fish Island. Two new primary
schools, playing fields, pedestrian and cycle routes,
Sttad
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bio-diverse planting, and amenities will bring life to FISH
FI
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H ISL
SLAN
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the canal edge.

8 The Stadium will be a key anchor at the base of the

Park, symbolising the legacy from the Games. It will
remain in public ownership, open for a range of uses
GREE
GR EEN
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WAY
from football to athletics to entertainment.

9 New connections across the barrier of the railway

corridor will connect Pudding Mill and communities
from the south to the heart of the Park.
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A1

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A12
A1 10 The VeloPark with the Velodrome, BMX, road
circuit, and mountain bike trails will be one of
Drap
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the UK’s premier cycling destinations.

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11 The all-age 1,800 pupil Chobham Academy,
opening in September 2013, will be the first step
mp

in enhancing the area’s educational offering. Two

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additional primary schools and a secondary
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school are also proposed within the Park.

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13 London’s great tradition of terraced housing will

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d be the inspiration for Chobham Manor, a new

a
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14 The Athletes Village – now transformed into East

Village – with approximately 2,800 homes, will
eventually embark on second phase of 2,500
homes providing a total of 5,300 homes.
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15 The North Park Hub and Playground will be a major

new destination for local communities and the
emerging neighbourhoods within the Park
West
sttfiel
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Quuarter 16 Westfield Stratford City, Europe’s largest urban
shopping centre, has brought 300 shops, cafes,
restaurants, hotels, and over 9,000 new jobs to
the area.
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A connected park system in the Lea Valley

The Lea Valley provides a unique and

memorable setting to Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park. Extending for 26 miles,
the 10,000 acre Lee Valley Regional Park
follows the course of the River Lea from
Ware in Hertfordshire through Essex and
northeast London to the River Thames.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is an

important connective open space in
the Lower Lea Valley, which extends
from Hackney Marshes in the north,
to the East India Dock Basin on the
Thames. In this role, the Park must
complement and fit within the vision
and emerging plans for the Lower Lea
Valley as a whole. It must strive to
overcome physical barriers and
establish continuous connections
that allow regional users to experience
the Park as part of a larger system.

At the same time, the river valley and

open spaces within the Park provide
the setting for active sports venues,
international attractions, and new
Lee Valley Regional Park:
residential neighbourhoods and will A 26 mile long ecological
be used intensively in the tradition of corridor extending from
London’s great urban parks. Hertfordshire to
the Thames

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Lee Valley Marina,
Stanstead Abbotts

Broxbourne Sailing Club

Broxbourne Old Mill and Meadows
and Lee Valley Boat Centre

Lee Valley Park Farms

YHA London Lee Valley

Lee Valley White Water Centre

Gunpowder Park &

Sewardstone Marsh

Lee Valley Leisure Complex

Lee Valley Golf Course

Tottenham Marshes

Lee Valley Marina, Springfield

Lee Valley Ice Centre
Hackney Marshes
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A hierarchy of open spaces within
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

2 distinct park areas along the River Lea A variety of open spaces within
• A river valley park to the north combining neighbourhoods
wetland habitat and active play with a new • Squares and plazas for shared
community hub and playground at the community use
southeast corner • Active public spaces at the entry
• A south park framed by the Stadium, points to each venue
the Aquatics Centre, and the ArcelorMittal • Front gardens, private back
Orbit for large events, festivals, and gardens and roof terraces
civic gatherings

6.5 kilometres of improved waterways

• A linear Canal Park with walkways, playing
fields and community amenities along the
Lee Navigation
• Walkways, towpaths, and cycle paths along
the River Lea

A diversity of landscapes
• Over 100 hectares of metropolitan open
space in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
• Approximately 45 hectares of Biodiversity
Action Plan area
• Over 6 hectares of woodlands, hedgerows,
wildlife habitat
• Children’s play areas, civic plazas,
neighbourhood squares and gardens

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 NEIGHBOURHOODS
7,000 new homes in five distinctive
new neighbourhoods

5 new neighbourhoods in the Park

• Sweetwater: A residential area east
of Fish Island
• East Wick: A mixed residential and Mews House

employment area east of Hackney Wick Terrace House

Stacked maisonettes

• Chobham Manor: A family-focused Terraced Apartments

Atrium Block

neighbourhood west of Leyton

Urban Block

Hybrid Type

• Marshgate Wharf: An urban high-density

quarter along Stratford’s waterfront
• Pudding Mill: A mixed-use district adjacent
to the Greenway and Pudding Mill

3 areas of focus for employment

mews houses linear apartment
and enterprise
• A new digital cluster centred around the terraced house atrium block

refurbished Press and Broadcast Centres duplex house urban block

• Ground floor retail and restaurants in apartment terrace tower
Marshgate Wharf, adjacent to Westfield
Stratford City and the International Quarter
• Mixed use and creative light industrial uses A variety of dwelling types inspired by
in Pudding Mill London’s heritage
• 3-storey terraced houses
Social infrastructure • 4-storey terraces with two maisonettes
• 2 primary schools, 3 form entry • 2-storey mews houses
• 1 secondary school, 6 form entry • 4-6 storey mansion blocks with apartments
• A library, nurseries, community centres • 6-10 storey urban blocks with apartments
and health centres • Taller buildings in selected locations

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 Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Leyton

VeloPark

CHOBHAM MANOR

NORTH PARK

East Village

Press and
Broadcast
Centres

EAST WICK

Stratford
International

Hackney Wick
Copper Box
Westfield and Stratford
International Quarter

Energy Centre

Hackney Wick

SWEETWATER Stratford

SOUTH PARK
Aquatics
Centre

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Fish Island
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Active Frontage
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 CONNECTIONS
Safe, accessible, and legible
routes into and around the Park

A network of new and upgraded streets A hierarchy of neighbourhood streets

and bridges • Secondary and tertiary streets form a
• Key active routes weave the Park back into basic block pattern
the fabric of east London • Mews streets in block interiors provide
• White Post Lane and Carpenters Road a shared intimate public realm
• Monier Road from Fish Island to • Front doors, generous pavements, and
Stratford City ground floor active uses in selected
• Eastway from Hackney into the Park locations animate streets
• East-west link from Leyton to Hackney
• Waterden Road from the A12 to
Stratford City
• Temple Mill Lane from Leyton to the
East Village
• A loop road from Waterden Road to
south of the Stadium
• 30 new bridges and underpasses in place
for and after the Games, in and around
the Park retained links which
existed prior to Games
• Public realm design based on the principles
permanent links delivered
of Lifetime Neighbourhoods. as part of the Stratford
City development
permanent links delivered
as part of the Games and
legacy
bridge link
underpass link
key routes between
existing neighbourhoods
and Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park

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Pedestrian and cycle paths weaving the
Park back into adjoining communities

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• Pedestrian and cycle connections across At grade signalised crossing
the Lee Navigation to and from Hackney with cyclist facilities
and Fish Island. At grade crossing with care
• Pedestrian connections across the (shared with pedestrians)
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Mill to the Park R Ramp (cyclist dismount)
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chobham manor Over the next few pages we will explore
the evolving character of Queen Elizabeth
north park Olympic Park’s two distinct park areas, 6.5
kilometres of improved waterways and five
new neighbourhoods,
east wick
The North and South Parks each have unique
identities. The north park with its residential
edges is an active river valley landscape,
sweetwater while the south park, framed by iconic
Olympic venues and attractions, becomes
south park an international visitor destination.

marshgate wharf The waterways structure the site into

islands and define the character of the open
space. They are also the means by which we
experience the park as part of a network of
open spaces along the Lea Valley.

The five neighbourhoods overlook and frame

pudding mill the park areas. At the same time they respond
to adjacent existing communities and play
a role in connecting them to the heart of
the Park.

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 NORTH PARK

The northern parklands of Queen Elizabeth

Olympic Park is a riverine ecological landscape
created for the 2012 Games and expanded
for legacy to an eventual size similar to St.
James’s Park. The North Park, anchored in
the north by the VeloPark and framed by
new residential neighbourhoods, is designed
to balance recreational use with bio-diverse
planting and habitat. The North Hub building
located in the southeast corner of the Park
is integrated into the topography of the
park providing a sheltered gathering place
and amenity for users. An inspiring and
challenging playground forms a memorable
part of this corner.

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 North Park

With its gentle slopes, riverside walkways,

natural habitat areas, play spaces, hub, and
world-class cycling facilities, the North Park
will become a new destination not only for
new Park residents but for communities and
families from the surrounding areas as well.
The Park will remain in the ownership of
the Legacy Corporation and Lee Valley
Regional Park Authority and be maintained
and managed on behalf of the Legacy
Corporation as part of its estates
and facilities.

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Bounded by residential,
the North Park will have
safe and active areas for
recreation and play. It will
be a distinctive addition
to the Lower Lea Valley’s
network of open spaces.

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 North Park Hub & Playground

An international competition for the design

of a North Park hub building and playground
was held in 2011, with the aim of adding
a further amenity to the beautiful valley
landscape of the northern parklands seen
during the Games. The winning proposal by
Erect Architecture and Land Use Consultants
provides a single story 470 square metre
café and multi-purpose community building
surrounded by an imaginative and stimulating
play landscape with climbing areas, water
play, bug hotels, tree-top platforms, den
making, and opportunities for learning about
habitat and ecology. The design is integrated
into the landscape and easily accessible from
the wider pedestrian and cycle network of
the Park.

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 Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Eton Manor hosted the Paralympic
Wheelchair Tennis competition during
the 2012 Games. After transformation,
it will be the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis
Centre – a new sports venue with two
world-class hockey pitches and 10 tennis
courts, which will be owned and run by Lee
Valley Regional Park Authority. It has already
won the right to host the first major sports
championship on Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park after the Games, the 2015 European
Hockey Championships and is bidding for
the 2014-16 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Championship. The centre will combine
community, club and grass roots use with
major events.

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These images from
the Games capture the
character of the valley
landscape in the North
Park, from actively used
paths and lawns to more
densely planted and
natural areas.

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 SOUTH PARK

The South Park is the gateway to and heart

of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, planned to
become a compelling and memorable visitor
destination. Within a spectacular peninsula
setting on the River Lea, the proposed design
for the Park creates a lively setting of outdoor
rooms to allow diverse activities and events to
occur, evoking the tradition of historic urban
Pleasure Gardens and their multi-faceted
character. A South Park Hub providing
ticketing and visitor amenities will be located
at the southern end immediately east of the
ArcelorMittal Orbit.

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 South Park

The South Park will be an international

destination framed by world-class venues
and animated by installations and amenities,
designed to stage a year-round programme
of events including performances, exhibitions,
and festivals.

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 South Park & Hub

A team led by James Corner Field Operations

designed the winning proposal for the South
Park international design competition. The
proposal includes a landscape masterplan
for the South Park and a 1,200 square metre
visitor centre and hub designed by Make
Architects. The design responds to the Legacy
Corporation’s plans to activate the southern
park with a range of events supporting the
expected high visitor turnover, the diverse
attractions in the area and events in
adjacent venues.

The landscape concept for the South Park is

based on a tree-lined promenade extending
from the ArcelorMittal Orbit along the length
of the peninsula, linking a series of outdoor
rooms and spaces, which provide diverse
settings for a range of programmed
events, performances, fairs, and functions.
Benches, kiosks, pavilions, overlooks, and
sheltered spaces will allow markets, festivals,
food and beverage concessions, and
public art to thrive. A series of lawns
and gardens oriented to the west and
south will accommodate passive use and
enjoyment by visitors and keep the park safe
and active even when there is no event on.

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The South Park will be
distinguished by the iconic
architecture of the Aquatics
Centre, the ArcelorMittal
Orbit and the Stadium,
unified by a public realm
designed as a vibrant
and active civic place
of gathering.

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 The Stadium in Legacy

On 14 December 2012 LOCOG handed over If a football use can be agreed, the stadium
the Stadium to the Legacy Corporation. Its would be reconfigured to provide a
transformation will be managed by the Legacy retractable /moveable seating solution so
Corporation and Newham Council, using a there could be a quick change over between
dedicated special purpose vehicle called E20 athletics and football use.
Stadium LLP. The partnership, announced
in July 2012, will help secure extensive The Legacy Corporation is now in the process
community benefits including jobs and sport of procuring a stadium operator to manage
and education activity, with community the venue, coordinate community and
access to both the stadium and the new sporting use, and to bring in various concerts
400m community track. As the new national and events whichever option is eventually
competition stadium for athletics, it will host pursued. It will also start procurement of a
major athletics events including the 2017 contractor to undertake agreed adaptations
IAAF World Athletics Championships. and is exploring the feasibility of opening the
Stadium for events in summer 2013 before
West Ham United’s bid for a concession the adaptation works get underway.
to play at the Stadium is also under
consideration, and negotiations remain Under all options the stadium will remain
to be held with the club on final commercial a publicly owned asset.
terms for them to move to the stadium.

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 The ArcelorMittal Orbit
and its setting

The ArcelorMittal Orbit, at 114 metres, will

be London’s tallest sculpture and its newest
landmark. Flanking the southern edge of the
South Park and located in the centre of an
arc between the Stadium and the Aquatics
Centre, it has the potential to become an
internationally recognised symbol of the
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A survey of other existing tall attractions in

urban settings (including the Eiffel Tower)
points towards the compatibility, even
desirability, of dense urban blocks in close
proximity to the monument. Adjacent
development south of the ArcelorMittal
Orbit could enhance the experience of
scale and drama of the tower and provide
complementary uses nearby such as shops
and cafés in the ground floors of adjacent
mixed-use buildings. A new hub will be built
at the foot of the tower, integrating ticketing
facilities, café and visitor amenities for all the
attractions in the South Park. In the near-
term, an events lawn in this location will take
advantage of the spectacular location and
attract visitors to the area.

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View north along the eastern bank of the City Mill River towards the stadium

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 SWEETWATER

A canal that was a boundary between two

islands, transformed into a unifying central
amenity; an active canal front with continuous
pedestrian and cycle routes; amenities for
local residents; a new primary school and its
playing fields; new bridges for pedestrians,
cyclists and vehicles connecting Fish Island
with its neighbours to the east and to Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park beyond.

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A new canal-side public Energy Centre

space along the full western
edge of Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park sets the
precedent for developing King’s Yard
public amenities at the
edge of the Park to serve
both existing and new
communities.
Lee Navig
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The existing east-west

connection through White k
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 The river edge of the new neighbourhood
retains a more naturalistic character with
vegetation on slopes and higher-level
plazas, streets and buildings overlooking
the river and Stadium.
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Stadium

A new neighbourhood of apartments

and terraced homes is anchored by a
new primary school. The school playing
fields are located at the heart of the
community, accessible to families on
Playing both sides of the canal.
Fields

A continuous tow-path, marked by a

black poplars along the canal, responds
in character to the diverse communities
and activities along both the east and
west sides of the canal. Front doors,
cafés, schools and other active uses
animate the canal edge.

School

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 hydrography
canal
swales
water recycling

navigation
towpath
bridges
detour path
waterways
connections

Canal Park
active
recreation space
performance areas
The Canal Park runs along the entire 50m incidents for seating
sports facilities
western edge of Queen Elizabeth Olympic community hubs
Park adjacent to the Lee Navigation. It will visitor attractions
be a local park and a critical piece of the swims/angling
moorings
public realm to connect the Park and its
play
associated development with the existing coppicing
neighbourhoods of Hackney Wick and Fish propagation
Island. It varies in width from 5m to 120m and
will accommodate a varied set of landscapes,
vegetation, programmes, and routes
patchiness - ecological structure
providing a consistent and active edge to the woodlands
canal. The emerging design for the Canal Park meadows
is founded on extensive engagement with the trees
local community and responds to the ecology, reed beds
green roofs
history, and diverse heritage of the Lower coppices
Lea Valley. swales
green walls
soil remediation

picturesque - aesthetic structure

making a scene undercroft
meadow
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yard
manor
lake
bank
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 London’s canals provide the inspiration
for the Lee Navigation offering a model
for housing, pathways, and landscape
to animate the water’s edge. The quirky
and vibrant character of Fish Island will
be reflected in the architecture and land
use of the new neighborhood across
the canal.

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Carpenters Road is a key route across the Park from Hackney Wick to Marshgate Wharf

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The buildings on the belvedere at the crossing of rivers
mark the transition between the north and south parks

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The Monier Road Bridge is a key link between Fish Island and Sweetwater

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 EAST WICK

A hub of businesses, jobs and enterprise in

the refurbished Press and Broadcast Centres
extending Hackney’s creative vitality into the
Park; a hub of cultural and community facilities
clustered in and around the Copper Box, with
a school, health centre, library and shops; a
wide promenade along the canal linking playing
fields and gardens; a crescent of terraced homes
overlooking the new north park inviting families
to inhabit and animate the park edge; The new
East Wick neighbourhood, across the canal from
Hackney Wick will be a diverse, mixed-use and
vibrant addition to east London.

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The new Gainsborough
School pedestrian bridge
is one of three connections
across the canal. The
proposed bridge will
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access to the playing fields viga
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as well as to other uses and eN
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park amenities.

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Centres

Park users arriving from

Hackney Wick station and
local Hackney residents
will be invited into an er Box
Copp
emerging community hub
centred around the Copper
Box and its surrounding
buildings and from there
into the area’s parks,
venues, waterways, and
neighbourhoods.
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Ci
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 The new district is built around a core of
employment-oriented uses centred on the
site of the Press Centre and a refurbished
Broadcast Centre. Waterden Road is a
major north-south street through this
area for residents, workers, as well as
visitors to the Park, Westfield Shopping
Centre and Stratford City.

to VeloP
ark and
Eton Ma
nor

New homes frame the park edge,

evoking the residential perimeters at
Highbury Fields, Victoria Park, Clapham
Common, Primrose Hill and Regent’s
North Park ea
erL Park. Mews houses, terraces and small
Riv apartment buildings frame streets with
excellent access to adjacent parklands,
transport infrastructure and local
community facilities.

A major arrival point into the Park is

envisioned along the new proposed
east-west link extending through the
Park from Hackney Wick to Leyton; a
new canal-side primary school is
to Ea located along this route.
st Vi
llage
and
Leyto
n

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London’s great parks, streets and mews
provide the principles for the extended
Hackney Wick area: front doors opening
on to streets and open spaces making
them safe and active throughout the day
and night.

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 Press and Broadcast Centres

After a lengthy and thorough evaluation As part of the iCITY campus, British Telecom
of the potential of the Press and Broadcast (BT) will become the anchor tenant of the
Centres, the Legacy Corporation has selected Broadcast Centre, taking 73,000 square feet
iCITY as the preferred bidder for the site. to house its new BT Sport channels. The 10-
The iCITY digital campus will bring together year lease will see BT refit the space to create
new businesses, entrepreneurs and the a production centre including TV studios, a
organisations that invest in them. The Press control centre, 20 edit suites and an audience
and Broadcast Centres will be refurbished to holding area. The BT operation is expected to
host a wide range of animators, production generate around 250 jobs as part of the iCITY
teams, broadcasters and digital pioneers. A campus, which will eventually create around
data centre, media studios, a university, a 4,000 jobs.
digital academy and a new business incubator
are planned in the proposed technology
cluster. The plaza between the two buildings
will be designed to host a variety of public
events as well as provide outdoor amenity
space for people working in iCITY.

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The Copper Box

The Games-time Handball arena, the Copper The Copper Box will be a major anchor in the
Box, will be adapted to become a multi use emerging community and cultural hub at
arena for community use, athlete training the Hackney Wick edge of Queen Elizabeth
and small- to medium-sized events including Olympic Park. With a full programme of
exhibitions and conferences. It will cater diverse events, the new venue will play a key
for a wide range of indoor sports, such as role in bringing together people from both
basketball, handball, badminton, boxing, sides of the canal and from further afield to
martial arts, netball, table tennis, wheelchair enjoy a revitalised part of the city.
rugby and volleyball. It will also include a
health and fitness club and a cafe for use The east-west street proposed in the Olympic
by the local communities. Retractable Legacy Masterplan runs alongside the Copper
seating will create a flexible capacity of up Box and strengthens its role as an important
to 7,500 seats, allowing the venue to be destination for the wider community. New
used for activities ranging from international development around the venue is also
competition to community sports. planned to build on its energy with a mix of
uses including family homes, retail and related
community facilities.

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A residential crescent frames the western edge of the North Park

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An internal mews street creates a neighbourhood with a variety of dwelling types

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 CHOBHAM
MANOR
A new neighbourhood of family homes
nestled between the VeloPark and the
East Village, where wide tree-lined avenues
intersect with intimate streets and mews,
offering an unexpected environment of quiet
terraced homes and neighbourhood squares.
Imagine walking your children to school
before catching the train to work; imagine
living in a 2-storey mews house and being
able to walk to a great park, a swimming
lesson, a concert, or Europe’s largest urban
shopping centre.

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 Improvements to Draper’s Fields, and an Chobham Academy, an all-age 1,800 pupil
east-west street between them extending school will be built by 2012 and be an
through the Park and into Hackney important anchor for the expansion of a
Wick, provides the setting for the new family-focused community in the area.
neighbourhood south of the VeloPark.

Le
yt
on

The grain of Leyton’s

residential blocks, Draper’s Fields Chobham
together with the Academy
strength of its high
street, provides a local
model and important
urban design principles
for new family
neighbourhoods
in the Park.

Velodrome

The landmark Velodrome

with its main entry
plaza facing the new
neighbourhood is a
visually stunning and
active focal point in the
new district. Residential
buildings will be set back
from the Velodrome
entrance across a multi-use
public open space.
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A north-south street links the The proposed east-west street extending
neighbourhood to the structure of the all the way to Hackney Wick, stitches
wider area connecting the VeloPark to the together the neighbourhoods on its
Westfied Stratford City shopping centre. two sides - the 10-storey East Village
Street corners along this important route and the lower scaled terraced buildings
will be designed to accommodate active to its north.
corner shops and other public uses.

Stratford
International

East Village

rd
atfo
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St
to

to H
ack
ney
North Park wic
k

Within the framework set by the two

cross streets, a hierarchy of intimate
residential streets, mews and squares
create blocks of terraced housing with
smaller units in block interiors and taller
buildings framing key edges to the Park,
the VeloPark and the East Village.

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 The urban terraced house is the
building block for many of London’s
most memorable neighbourhoods.
From a mews house to a terrace with
more than one dwelling unit, it is
London’s most adaptable building
type. With its continuous frontage on
street and park, it creates a safe and
active public realm and serves as the
model for the new neighbourhood to
the north-east of the Park.

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 Green roofs keep things cool,
build resilience against flooding
and create more open space. PVs
provide electricity.

Streets and public realm are

designed to favour pedestrians
and cyclists.

Sustainable urban drainage is

incorporated into the design
of footways.

Homes are connected to the

low carbon distribution heating
system providing affordable heat
to residents.

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Materials have low
embodied carbon.

Electric charging points for

cars are provided.

Local shops and community

facilities are located nearby to
ensure daily needs are met.

Walking, cycling and public

transport are the primary
ways to get around. Compact
streets encourage slow moving
local traffic.

Conceived as a family-focused
residential neighbourhood with
a high proportion of 3-storey
terraced family homes,
4-storey duplex maisonettes,
and 2-storey mews housing,
this neighbourhood sets itself
apart from the denser character
of the adjacent East Village
and provides a new residential
typology in the Park.

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 East Village

The Athletes Village was built to provide planning approval. This area will be served by
accommodation for the Olympic and new bus routes adding to the existing Central,
Paralympic athletes and officials during the Jubilee and DLR lines and the 24 existing bus
2012 Games. In legacy, it will be a residential routes that currently serve Stratford. East
community, called East Village, with a new Village will be owned and managed by Qatari
educational academy for 1,800 students, Diar and Delancey, with Triathlon Homes
community and healthcare facilities and over managing the affordable homes.
10 hectares of open space.
The 10-storey buildings of East Village will
The first phase of the East Village, built in time give way to a lower-scale neighbourhood
for the Games, delivered 2,818 units; of these of terraced houses and mews to the north
50 percent will be affordable units. A second creating a diverse mix of housing types
phase of approximately 2,500 units has and a concentration of family homes in the
north-east quadrant of Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park.

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VeloPark

The 6,000-seat Velodrome hosted the The Velodrome with its distinctive roof,
Olympic and Paralympic Track Cycling events reflecting the geometry of the cycle track
in 2012. Following the Games, a purpose-built inside, is a stunning architectural landmark
road cycle circuit and mountain bike trails will in the area. It has a 360-degree glazed
be added to the Velodrome and BMX tracks concourse offering views across the Park
to create the UK’s leading VeloPark – a mixed and to the London skyline. The Velodrome
cycling centre in London for elite athletes as includes a café, changing rooms, a cycle
well as community use. The venue will also be workshop, gym, storage for 300 bikes,
connected into the London and national cycle and a bike hire centre. The VeloPark will
route networks. be owned and operated by Lee Valley
Regional Park Authority.

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A typical neighbourhood square in Chobham Manor

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Residential buildings frame the eastern side of the North Park and highlight views of the Velodrome

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 Apartment

Maisonette

Chobham Manor

Chobham Manor will be the first of five new Mansion block

neighbourhoods to be built after the Games
on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The
London Legacy Development Corporation
has appointed Taylor Wimpey and London &
Quadrant as development partners for the
area. Chobham Manor will have 850 new
homes, of which more than 75 percent will be
family homes, and more than 40 percent will
be houses with their own front doors on the
street. The homes will be built in three phases
over six years and are expected to break Mews

ground in 2014. Nurseries, a health centre,

a new community centre, as well as local
commercial space will be provided.

Townhouse

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Typology blocks sketch

Illustrative zonal masterplan

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 MARSHGATE
WHARF
A vibrant and active eastern edge to the
South Park, drawing the energy and vitality
of Stratford City to the River Lea; active
ground floor uses and residences on upper
floors in contemporary buildings with
outstanding views; a riverside promenade
with shops, restaurants, cafés, and other
visitor amenities keeping it alive throughout
the day and into the evening; a place for
international visitors as well as local residents;
a high-energy metropolitan edge to London’s
newest destination.

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 Stratford’s waterfront will have a vibrant
and active public frontage on to the
south plaza and will be the main retail
destination within the Park. Typical
buildings will be 8-10 storeys high with
ground floor retail and residential above.
There may be taller buildings in
selected locations.

Westfield
Stratford City

Stratford
International

International
Quarter

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Carpenters Road will

provide the vehicular
entrance to Stratford
Waterfront from the
south. To the north will be
new office and residential
development within
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the London Continental

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Railways (LCR) land and

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that the wider district
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integrated way.
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 Millions of potential visitors from
Stratford station and Westfield Stratford
City shopping centre will arrive at the
foot of the Aquatics Centre for their first
glimpse of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
This axis will be an important visitor
gateway into the Park.

Stratford

Aquatics
A number of pedestrian,
Centre
cycle and vehicular
connections into the Park
from the communities to
the south of the site are
ArcelorMittal
Orbit being proposed across the
greenway and the
rail corridor.

South Park

r
ive
Mill R
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Cit

Stadium

The Aquatics Centre, the ArcelorMittal

Orbit and the Stadium frame the southern
edge of the plaza and anchor a major new
international visitor destination in
east London.

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Stratford’s new waterfront
overlooking the vibrant
South Park will provide
exemplary new housing
in contemporary buildings,
taking inspiration from
the most successful
international examples of
waterfront development.

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 LCR/LEND LEASE RESIDENTIAL

AQUATICS
CENTRE

RESIDENTIAL
COURTYARD

CARPENTER’S ROAD
RETAIL
CAR PARK
RETAIL
WATERFRONT

The challenge for Stratford’s waterfront will be to

encourage people destined for the shops and offices
in Stratford City to cross over an expanse of as-yet
undeveloped land (owned by London Continental
Railway) and Carpenters Road to the edge of the River
Lea in the Park. Interim uses and the provision of a
safe and animated route to the Park, a compelling
programme of events within the Park, and lively
ground floor shops, restaurants, and attractions are
essential to achieving this vision.

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The eastern edge of Marshgate Wharf faces the new
commercial developments of Stratford City across
Carpenters Road and a railway corridor. The challenge
for new building and streetscape design will be to
mitigate the impact of the infrastructure and provide
a safe and appropriate ground floor environment,
especially for pedestrians and cyclists.

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 The Aquatics Centre and Gateway
to the Park

With two 50m pools, the Aquatics Centre Over the next few months, the Aquatics
doubles the amount of Olympic - sized pools Centre will be transformed for legacy use,
in London, providing an exceptional facility losing the two wings of temporary seating,
in the area. The pools have movable floors replacing them with glass windows, and
and booms that can alter depths and size for revealing the original design of the building.
different kinds of swimming activities – or to
create a dry space for occasional events. There The foreground of the Aquatics Centre at
is also a separate diving pool in the venue. the bridge leading into the South Park will
be one of the most important arrival points
With an anticipated 800,000 visitors a into Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. While the
year, the Aquatics Centre will be a thriving Aquatics Centre itself will be programmed as
community asset where individuals, families, a community and elite swimming facility, it
disabled people, school children and the will be critical to activate the surface of the
UK’s best sporting talent can all swim and bridge in order to make it a safe and appealing
train under the same roof. If London is entrance into an important destination.
successful in its bid, the Aquatics Centre
will be the venue of the 2016 European
Swimming Championships.

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 Westfield Stratford City

Westfield Stratford City, one of Europe’s 600 hotel rooms. It attracts over one million
largest urban shopping centres, planned prior visitors per week and provides 9,000 jobs.
to London’s bid for the Games, has been Located between the Park and Stratford and
instrumental in bringing significant private Stratford International Stations, Westfield
investment and infrastructure into plays an important role as a major gateway
the site. Completed in 2012 before the to the Park.
Games, Westfield has 300 shops, over 50
restaurants, a 17-screen cinema, and over

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International Quarter

The International Quarter, Stratford City new jobs. Designed on nine hectares and
is a new business district built as a joint located between Westfield and the Park,
venture between Lend Lease and London and the development brings a high-density
Continental Railways. It is planned to have commercial district to the doorstep of Queen
four million square feet of flexible workspace, Elizabeth Olympic Park, influencing the scale
350 new homes, a 275,000 hotel, and 52,000 of Marshgate Wharf, and expanding the area’s
sq ft of neighbourhood retail and community metropolitan character.
facilities. It is expected to create up to 25,000

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The Aquatics Centre is a highlight of Marshagte Wharf’s river promenade

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Views of the Stadium and the ArcelorMittal Orbit have been
carefully considered in the massing of Marshgate Wharf

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 PUDDING MILL

A quirky, hidden new neighbourhood along

the Greenway; new buildings inspired by
the area’s industrial heritage sit alongside
refurbished older buildings; energetic and
creative small enterprises find a home here –
a local bakery, a workshop that builds pianos,
a place that fabricates custom furniture;
around the corner are new residential
buildings along the water’s edge creating a
mix of uses that fit in perfectly with the new
personality of Pudding Mill.

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 In the southern part of Pudding Mill, the Greenway
will be framed by residential development as well
as a new secondary school. A taller building will
highlight the junction with Stratford High Street,
while the scale and massing of terraced apartments
will overlook the open space.

to
Str
atf
ord

Framed by the Waterworks River,

the Greenway and the rail corridor,
terraced houses, duplexes and
terraced apartments maximise
views and overlooking while
creating a new public space along
the Greenway. To the north, the
allotments will be an important Allotments
community resource.

East London’s walking and cycling

artery, the Greenway, breaks
here and meanders through the
site further adding to its unusual
and interesting character. New
waterway connections under the
Bow flyover to the south and an
improved access to the Greenway
to the east are also proposed
and will improve the area’s links
to the wider network of
recreational routes.
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Pudding Mill is expected to benefit from a new
junction at Stratford High Street and better links
to the south connecting it with the proposed
development at Sugar House Lane and Three
Mills. This will also link it to the district centre and
underground station at Bromley-by-Bow. There will
also be improved links to the recreational space at
Three Mills Green and the Fatwalk, a three-mile linear
park, continuing down to the Thames.

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The yards and lanes

in Pudding Mill are
proportionately similar
in height and width to
the existing yards and
lanes in the immediate
light industrial context.
While sharing a character
of informality, their
scale varies from narrow
lanes to light-flooded
neighbourhood spaces.

Pudding Mill DLR Station is

being rebuilt and relocated
through the Crossrail
works. There will be a new
high-quality station square
which will link the key
routes to the Greenway, the
Stadium island, Stratford
High Street and beyond,
acting as an important
gateway and arrival point.

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The inspiration for Pudding
Mill comes from the
industrial heritage of the
area, from the emerging
new landscape of small
creative businesses and
a mixed living-working
district.

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Marshgate Lane is one of the key routes connecting Sugar House Lane to Pudding Mill via Stratford High Street

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A typical neighbourhood square in Pudding Mill

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The Greenway is a key pedestrian and cycle route, connecting
Fish Island to Pudding Mill and beyond

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 HOW WE
GOT HERE
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 OLYMPIC CONTEXT

“By staging the Games in this part of the • the Stadium is 150m long and 44m to its
city, the most enduring legacy of the lighting rigs
Olympics will be the regeneration of • the Athletes Village (now East Village)
an entire community for the direct buildings are all nine storeys tall
benefit of everyone who lives there.” • the ArcelorMittal Orbit is 114m high
London’s Olympic Bid File, 2005 • the public spaces are scaled to
accommodate millions of visitors for
The Olympic and Paralympic Games have a festival event
altered the way the scale of the Lower Lea
Valley is perceived. It has opened up the Many Games concourses struggle after the
valley, perceptually and visually, through event, their life dwarfed by their monumental
a series of landmark buildings and access scale. While the Olympic Park in London
points. Five venues are retained and was relatively compact, the legacy ambition
remodelled for legacy use – the Copper Box, to create new urban quarters requires a
the Stadium, the Velodrome, the Aquatics careful judging of scale to create a lively
Centre, and the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis place out of this context. A balance must
Centre. The northern parklands, the southern be struck between providing enough space
concourse, and the ArcelorMittal Orbit are to attract visitors and provide a foreground
also integrated into legacy plans. These for the venues, and enough development
inherited venues and spaces are of a surrounding it to allow the Olympic Park to
grand scale: properly integrate into a piece of the city.

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 River walks
The north-south river valley paths need to be
continuous and close to the wilder landscape
character of the River Lea. They form part of a
regional sequence and tend to be used for longer
journeys, on foot as well as bicycles.
A Three Level Landscape

The topography of this part of the Lea Valley

is one of the defining features of Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park. It extends from a low
point along the banks of the River Lea to high
points nearly 12 meters above the river where
the site meets adjacent neighbourhoods.
It is critical that connections through the
Park recognise these level changes and form
a network of linked walks. An intelligent Urban canal walks
A more built-up character of pathways make up the
wayfinding strategy will be key to the urban canal network. At a higher level than the river
successful use of these paths. bank, they help negotiate the level between the river
and the surrounding neighbourhood streets.

City terrace walks

The paths that connect the Park into the network
of open spaces to its east and west, such as Victoria
Park and Wanstead Park, follow landscape and
water routes, but connect to bridges and links over
waterways, rail lines, and highways. These elevated
paths serve the local neighbourhoods and play an
important role in making the Park accessible to and
an integral part of the surrounding communities.
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City Terrace Walk
Canal Walk
River Walk

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45
 LEA VALLEY CONTEXT

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park lies within

the floodplain of the Lower Lea Valley, which
is crossed by multiple watercourses. The
lush river and marsh landscapes are at the
core of the identity of the Lea Valley, highly
valued by its users. Over time many of these
watercourses have been engineered for
navigation or drainage, and have a man-
made character. Nonetheless there are also
extensive stretches of river that follow an
ancient alignment with natural riverbanks.

The site for the 2012 London Olympic

and Paraympic Games is located within a
historically disjointed part of the city. The
confluence of regional infrastructure and
water courses within the valley flood plain
and the exaggerated profiling of the
landscape, resulting from the Channel
Tunnel construction, have combined to
create one of the most fragmented areas
in London.

The investment of the 2012 Games and the

commitment of the Masterplan to improving
connectivity at a local level means that for
the first time the site has the opportunity to
transform from an industrial backwater to a
connected and central part of east London.

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 Warwick Reservoir

Hackney Marshes

Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park

Three Mills Green

Victoria Park

Canary Wharf

The Queen Elizabeth

Olympic Park is an
important link, hitherto
missing, in the chain of
green spaces connecting
the Lower Lea Valley to
the Thames.

Lee Valley Regional Park

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 Places of Exchange

The distribution of existing centres in the

wider area around Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park is primarily along the network of high Hackney Wick
streets, mainly of medieval origin. They vary
in both size and distance from the River Lea.
Hackney and Stratford are the two largest
centres in the vicinity of the site. There are
other important high streets and clusters of
facilities at Bethnal Green, Mile End campus,
Roman Road, Bow, Homerton, Leytonstone
Road and Leyton High Road, most of them,
at most 3km or a 15 minute cycle ride away.

The connectivity studies conducted as part

of the Masterplan design process suggest
opportunities for shared, sociable focal points
through the creation of neighbourhood
centres, or ‘Places of Exchange’, within the
Park. Located at the thresholds between
the existing communities and new
neighbourhoods within the Park, new
public spaces, schools, community buildings
and faith spaces can gradually become hubs
Roman Road
for the wider community. These places
orientate new neighbourhoods towards the
existing neighbourhoods that adjoin them,
rather than solely to the interior of the site.

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 Leyton

Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park

Stratford

Sugar House Lane

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 LONDON CONTEXT

New neighbourhoods will follow the principles A key challenge in implementing this vision
embodied in London’s most successful and will be to create contemporary versions of
beloved residential areas in terms of housing the London residential terrace. Traditionally,
types and their relationship to the public these dwellings consist of 3, 4 or even 5-storey
realm and the scale and configuration of houses, many of which have now been
urban blocks. They will provide: converted into 2-3 separate dwellings per
house. Drawing lessons from this adaptability
• A diversity of housing types from and innate sustainability of the urban terraced
traditional terraced houses and mews in house, new homes in the Masterplan will
the north and along the canal to higher explore ways to build maisonettes or terraced
density apartment buildings framing the apartment buildings, which retain the scale
South Park but update the dwelling unit, while adhering
• A clear and legible network of primary, to modern codes of practice.
local, and mews streets providing the
right settings for a variety of homes from Another challenge for the Masterplan is
2-storey mews to 3-4 storey terraced to ensure that the terraced building type
houses, maisonettes and apartments can co-exist with taller adjacent buildings
• A distinct London character, with such as East Village and the sports venues,
terraced houses forming park edges, front and some complex urban edges such as
entrances on streets and mews, and a Waterden Road and White Post Lane. Height
hierarchy of open spaces variations, setbacks, and landscape treatment
• Easy walking access to neighbourhood will play an important role in ensuring that
amenities such as small public squares, compatibility between buildings of varying
community and health facilities, parks, scales is achieved.
schools, and retail
• Strong physical as well as socio-economic
connections to adjoining neighbourhoods

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Top
Study of terraced houses and ‘stacked
maisonettes’ mediating the change
in level from Lee Navigation to
development platform. A traditional
terraced block structure is being
explored with front doors and
domestic living areas ‘overlooking’ all
public routes and spaces.

Bottom
A compact neighbourhood of cross-
streets, mews and a park edge street
is proposed. This structure is intended
to create a living, residential park
edge similar to those found, for
example, at Highbury Fields, Victoria
Park, Clapham Common, Primrose
Hill and Regent’s Park. Mews houses,
terraces and small apartment
buildings frame streets which support
a wide variety of family-oriented
housing types, all of which have
good access to adjacent parklands,
transport infrastructure and local
community facilities.

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 House Typologies

mews houses terraced house duplex house

No. of bedrooms No. of bedrooms No. of bedrooms

3-4 4-5 3 per maisonette
No. of storeys No. of storeys No. of storeys
2 3 4
Entrance Entrance Entrance
Own front door Own front door Own front door to each
Open space Open space dwelling
Private patio at ground Back garden Open space
level, potential terraces at (9m deep typically) Lower house: back garden
upper levels Parking Upper house: roof terrace
Parking On street, parallel to pavement Parking
On plot (in garage or courtyard) On street

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 Mews House

Terrace House

Stacked maisonettes

Terraced Apartments

Atrium Block

Urban Block

Hybrid Type

apartment house atrium block urban block

No. of bedrooms No. of bedrooms No. of bedrooms

1-4 per unit 1-4 per unit 1-4 per unit
No. of storeys No. of storeys No. of storeys
4-6 4-6 6-10
Entrance Entrance Entrance
Shared lobby to upper flats, Shared lobby to upper flats, Shared lobby to upper
front doors on street to ground potential front doors on street flats, front doors on street
floor flats and maisonettes to ground floor flats to lower flats
Open space Open space Open space
Front garden to ground Private balconies, potential for Communal courtyard and
floor unit, private terraces front gardens to lower flats private balconies, front
to upper flats Parking gardens to lower flats
Parking Communal parking in Parking
On street and under rear block at ground or basement Parking in block at ground or
of block level supplemented by on- basement level, on-street bays
street bays to lower units
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 Studies for house and
street character

The urban blocks of London’s great estates offices

demonstrate that it is possible to create
new pieces of London that are able to adapt Millman Street

Goodenough
and endure. The ability of these blocks to

apartments
apartments houses cafe
accommodate houses with gardens, flats,
maisonettes, shops, workspaces, and schools,
workshops
all set within well-proportioned and humanly
scaled streets and squares sets a benchmark

Guilford Street
Mews
for new communities within Queen Elizabeth Doughty

houses, flats, offices

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Olympic Park. nd worksp
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Design studies by various
architectural practices
have focused on the
scale and quality of new
neighbourhoods, some
of which are reproduced
here. 3 -5 storey buildings
frame main streets and
waterways. Frequent
front doors, generous
pavements, and tow-
paths provide a safe and
active setting for new
communities.

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 THE LEGACY CORPORATION’S
PRIORITY THEMES

Design Quality Policy

“Well designed homes and neighbourhoods High quality design has an important role to
create better and healthier places to live and play in ensuring that this investment leads to
build strong communities. They can reduce the creation of neighbourhoods and places
crime and provide homes that keep their that are loved and used by people. Moreover,
value.” It All Adds Up, RIBA, 2011 design quality that is being targeted at Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park is not one associated
Attention to design at both the strategic and with exclusive commercial or residential
detailed scale is critical to the future of the enclaves. Rather, it is one that is derived
Park. The many iterations of the masterplan from neighbourhoods, parks, and visitor
(from the Legacy Masterplan Framework destinations in London and elsewhere, where
to the Legacy Communities Scheme) all people are made to feel welcome and safe,
have added refinements with the ultimate a place they will choose to come back to again
objective of establishing a sense of place. and again.
Most importantly, this work has been done in
collaboration with a number of stakeholders
to ensure that the foundation for a legible,
permeable, memorable, and sustainable
place is laid.

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DESIGN
QUALITY
POLICY

SEPTEMBER 2012

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 Environmental Sustainability

When the London 2012 Games bid team Places that sustain parkland, waterways and
promised a sustainable Games in 2005, walkable neighbourhoods, preparing for a
they recognised the opportunity to use the changing climate.
power of the world’s greatest sporting event The Legacy Corporation will continue to
to drive a legacy of positive change. This populate the Park with biodiverse green
laid the foundation for building sustainable spaces, clean, usable rivers and canals, and a
infrastructure to enable sustainable lifestyles. network of walking and cycle paths. All five
new neighbourhoods will have sustainably
The Legacy Corporation will build on this designed homes, venues that host events in
vision to realize a thriving new district based high-performance buildings, and extensive
on three key themes: People, Places recycling initiatives.
and Performance.
Performance based on sustainable
People enabled to live sustainable, low procurement and long-term
carbon, resource efficient and healthy lives. environmental management.
Following the Games, the Legacy Corporation In the lead up to and staging of the Games,
will use the regeneration of the Park to the Olympic Park has inspired new standards
inspire and enable sustainable lifestyles for for venue construction and across the
residents, employees and visitors. The Legacy catering and hospitality sectors. The Legacy
Corporation and its development partners will Corporation will continue to inspire new
work to making this kind of lifestyle desirable standards in construction (mostly residential
and, together with Park events and projects, developments), in the events sector and in its
help spread sustainable living to the Park’s operation of venues and parklands.
surrounding communities.

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YOUR
SUSTAINABILITY
GUIDE TO
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC
PARK 2030

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 Inclusive Design Strategy

Inclusive Design places people at the heart The Legacy Corporation is committed to
of the design process. It is an approach that ensuring that inclusive design principles
considers the widest possible audience, are adopted and implemented in projects
addressing the needs of people who have within its boundaries. Key principles include:
been traditionally excluded or marginalised acknowledging and designing for diverse
by mainstream design practices. Good design populations, offering choice where a single
should meet the needs of diverse populations design solution cannot accommodate all
and should remove the physical barriers that users, providing flexibility in use, creating
can segregate and exclude. communities that offer plenty of services
and amenities, and designing buildings
and environments that are convenient
and enjoyable to use.

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INCLUSIVE
DESIGN
STRATEGY

SEPTEMBER 2012

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 Sport and Healthy Living Policy

“A world leading community sports system The Legacy Corporation is committed to

will be at the heart of the London 2012 its outstanding Olympic and Paralympic
community sport legacy” facilities, to the redevelopment of the Park
Sport England Strategy 2008-2011 as a community asset and to the provision of
high quality, innovative sports facilities. This
The Sport and Healthy Living Policy sets out policy aims to address many of the needs of
how the Legacy Corporation will seek to local people and to align with the strategic
promote and deliver community sport, high outcomes of key partners nationally and
performance sport, events, healthy living, locally. It sets out the Legacy Corporation’s
active lifestyles, leisure, recreation and play expectations for the principles of venue
opportunities on the Park. It also recognises operation including the requirement to offer
the necessity to support the Host Boroughs sessions at prices similar to facilities in the
in delivering change as a lasting legacy of the local area, and to target active use by the
2012 Games. communities surrounding the Park.

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SPORT
AND
HEALTHY
LIVING
POLICY

SEPTEMBER 2012

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 Socio-Economic Policy

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park sits at the and around the Park through a combination
heart of east London and will play a key of standalone projects and through their
part in transforming it into an area of huge integration into core work programmes.
economic and social opportunity. Whilst the The objective of the policy is to establish
Legacy Corporation has direct responsibility high quality new neighbourhoods, promote
for the Park itself, it is also committed to economic development, create new jobs, and
regeneration and convergence in the wider build careers for local people by providing
area. By making the right physical, social and access to jobs, apprenticeships, and
economic connections, and by linking the training programmes.
opportunities associated with new homes,
social infrastructure, jobs and supply chain
opportunities with the people and places that
surround the Park, the Legacy Corporation
will make a positive and lasting impact on this
part of London.

The socio-economic policy sets out how the

Legacy Corporation will deliver social and
economic benefits for the communities in

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SOCIO-
ECONOMIC
POLICY

OCTOBER 2012

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 Equality and Inclusion Policy

For the people of east London we now have Resources are limited, the economic climate
a once in a lifetime chance to create a place is challenging and there are many competing
which embeds the positive Olympic and interests for the time and money available
Paralympic heritage and promotes equality hence it is essential to maximise impact and
and inclusion over the longer term. The invest wisely. It will be through developing
Legacy Corporation’s task is to ensure that positive partnership with the boroughs,
the future communities and neighbours of operators, tenants, supply chain, stakeholders
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park come to live in and communities that the aims of this policy
a vibrant new area which embodies the best will be achieved. In turn it will be the richness
principles of accessibility and inclusion. This of the diverse communities of east London
policy sets out how the Legacy Corporation that will flood the Park with life when it
intends to work towards this in its first reopens after the Games.
few years.

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EQUALITY
AND
INCLUSION
POLICY

MAY 2012

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 Community Engagement Policy

In successful and safe places individuals Key engagement objectives for the future
take ownership of their surroundings and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park are to develop
communities thrive. Working with existing a local sense of ownership and responsibility,
and emerging communities will be vital to support successful community initiatives,
ensuring that old and new communities feel share information, communicate clearly,
a sense of ownership and responsibility for and, develop strong relationships and
the places being created in and around lasting partnerships.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Community engagement is at the heart of the

Legacy Corporation’s philosophy and activity
because of its role in helping build long term
stable communities. The relative strength or
success of any community will have knock on
effects in all quality of life indicators such as
safety, crime, anti-social behaviour, health,
well-being, education, employability, attitude
and perception. Ultimately, the Legacy
Corporation aspires to help shape successful
neighbourhoods and to achieve that, working
with people is essential.

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COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
POLICY

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 MAKING IT
HAPPEN
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 PROGRAMME

In September 2007, planning permission Outline planning permission was granted

was granted for the Olympic, Paralympic in September 2012. A phased re-opening
and Legacy Transformation* Applications. of the Park is underway.
The 2007 applications did not include a
legacy phase development. However an In 2013, the Legacy Corporation will
obligation required the London Development begin its first main phase of legacy
Agency (LDA) to prepare and publish a neighbourhood development.
Legacy Masterplan Framework (LMF) and
to subsequently submit a ‘master’ outline
planning application for the site.

In 2010, several Transformation planning

applications submitted by the Olympic
Delivery Authority (ODA) were granted
planning permission. Following the set up of
the Olympic Park Legacy Company in 2009,
it was agreed that the obligation to prepare
an outline legacy planning application would
pass onto the Legacy Company after the land
transfer of the site. The Legacy Company
conducted a review of the draft LMF and
developed a revised Masterplan.

* The transformation period refers to the phase of deconstruction and change immediately after the Games to
the re-opening of the Park in 2013.

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Olympic Park site in 2007

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 2007 Olympic, Paralympic and Legacy Transformation
Planning Applications granted Planning Permission
(Olympic Delivery Authority)

2009 Publication of the draft Legacy Masterplan

Framework, People and Places: A Framework for
Consultation (London Development Agency)

2010
Transformation Planning Applications granted
Planning Permission (Olympic Delivery Authority)

Review of Olympic Legacy Masterplan (Olympic

Park Legacy Company)

2011 Submission of Legacy Planning Application and

subsequent Consultation period (Olympic Park
Legacy Company)

2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Outline Planning Permission granted for Legacy

Communities Scheme

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Olympic and Paralympic Games Masterplan

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 Reopening of the core elements of Park following

2013
completion of Transformation works

North Park opens in July

First phase of Chobham Manor

development commences

2014 South Park Opens

First Phase of Canal Park complete

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Transformation Masterplan

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 2020 Second phase of Legacy neighbourhood
development commences

2030 Third phase of Legacy neighbourhood

development commences

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Olympic Legacy Masterplan

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 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

Estate Management

The Estates Management Strategy for Queen New neighbourhood areas, identified in the
Elizabeth Olympic Park has been influenced by Legacy Communities Scheme Plan, will be
the principles of the Great Estates of London, the responsibility of selected development
emphasising the importance of well-managed partners. Each development partner will have
public realm, parks, and common amenities. the option to establish its own management
The Legacy Corporation recognises that long- strategy, or to contract services from the
term stewardship of the land and facilities will Legacy Corporation’s EFM contract for the
help define and promote high quality design retained estate.
within the Park and the wider area.

As a significant landowner within Queen

Elizabeth Olympic Park, the Legacy
Corporation will retain ultimate responsibility
for management and maintenance of the
parkland, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the Aquatics
Centre, and the Copper Box. The Legacy
Corporation has already awarded contracts
for Estates and Facilities Management (EFM)
services which includes cleaning, building and
grounds maintenance, repairs and security.
The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority will
manage the VeloPark and the Lee Valley
Hockey and Tennis Centre.

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Visitor Attractions, Events,
and Programming

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be a vibrant By 2016, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
new district in London, with 7,000 new is expected to attract nine million visitors
homes, over 250 acres of open space, and five annually from the surrounding areas, London,
Olympic sports venues open for community the UK, and abroad. Major visitor attractions
use as well as for hosting international such as the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the South
sporting competitions and events. In addition Park, the Stadium, and other venues will
to building new neighbourhoods and initiating support the growing visitor economy and
socio-economic regeneration programmes, make the Park a compelling and popular
the Legacy Corporation will also provide destination. By 2020 the Legacy Corporation
and manage a varied calendar of events in expects the Park to be one of London’s Top 10
venues and open spaces throughout the visitor destinations.
Park. Large-scale entertainment and cultural
activities such as concerts, markets, carnivals,
exhibitions, and open-air theatre will be
focused on the South Park and its venues
while the quieter North Park will host smaller
scale community events.

Two Park hubs – in the north and south – will

provide visitor amenities, a café, and multi-
purpose areas. The beautiful Park landscapes
and gardens, river and canalside spaces, and
neighbourhood squares will always be open
for informal play , excercse, and enjoyment.

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 Interim Use

The Legacy Masterplan will be fully realized It is the Legacy Corporation’s aim to be
over a 20-year period during which active proactive in the protection of the Park’s
open spaces and lively sporting venues will character, quality and safety throughout
operate alongside emerging residential all phases of its build-out.
neighbourhoods and vacant future
development plots. The Legacy Corporation Dents in the Fence
sees these development parcels as a The Legacy Corporation has commissioned
significant opportunity for interim uses. a detailed assessment of all opportunities
The Legacy Corporation is in the process for local communities who live and work
of developing and finalising an Interim Use around the Park, to begin to engage with the
Strategy to bring life to indoor venues and future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park starting
outdoor spaces throughout the Park. immediately. Proposals include information
and activity centres at the Park edge,
The strategy has identified a number of temporary use of sites and structures for
specific locations in a variety of sizes that may managed interim uses, and tours through the
be suitable for interim uses such as artists’ Park starting with the construction phase.
workshops, pop-up restaurants, creative
installations, micro-breweries, educational
and research facilities, sports-related activities
and street markets. The Legacy Corporation
will invite external parties and event owners
to make proposals for the sites identified.
It may also sponsor design competitions
for temporary uses. These proposals will be
evaluated against the Legacy Corporation’s
criteria including design and sustainability,
with high standards expected even for interim
temporary uses.
Union Street Urban Orchard designed
by Wayward Plants

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 Brick Fields by Clare Woods
Inspired by her time living in east London, Woods’
influence for these these large scale tiled works was
the landscape and waterways around the Park. Tiles
were chosen as the site next to the Aquatics Centre
was part of the original Bow Tiles Factory.

Arts & Culture

The Legacy Corporation’s Arts and Cultural

Strategy builds upon the existing creativity in
the area, influencing both the ‘look’ and the
‘feel’ of the future Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park and its surroundings, and providing a
cultural legacy of the London 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Games. This promotes art
Floating Cinema Pilot Project
commissions that link the industrial heritage,
Designed by Hackney-based architects Studio Weave,
waterways and pioneers of the Park. The five programmed by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie
objectives for Arts and Culture in the Park and produced by UP Projects, this temporary project
are to: in Summer 2011, navigated the waterways of London.
The Floating Cinema has been commissioned for
another three years by the Legacy List with a new
• Animate public spaces through cinema designed by Duggan Morris Architects.
installations, events and programmes
• Help establish a distinct look and character
for the area through public art and built
infrastructure
• Make creative and imaginative use of
meanwhile spaces for diverse communities
• Enable world class and east London artists
and creative enterprises to strengthen their
impact and presence in the area
• Support and engage the participation of
the many and diverse communities of the
area as part of enhancing education, life- RUN by Monica Bonvicini
long learning, skills and pleasure. Internationally renowned artist Bonvicini’s inspiration
for RUN came from musical references for this flagship
artwork for the Copper Box. By day the letters will act
as a mirror reflecting their surroundings, and at night
they will glow with complex internal LED lighting.

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 A New Local Planning Authority

In October 2012, the London Legacy

Development Corporation became the
PREPARING YOUR LOCAL PLAN
YOU CAN HELP SHAPE
planning authority for Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park and the surrounding Mayoral
Development Corporation area. Any planning
application relating to land within this area,
YOUR COMMUNITY
which straddles the boroughs of Hackney,
Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Newham,
must be submitted to the Legacy Corporation.

The main planning functions of the Legacy

Corporation will be to determine applications
for planning permission and for consent for
works to listed buildings and works within
conservation areas. The planning team
will also prepare a Local Plan setting out
the spatial strategy for development and
regeneration within its area and setting
out the planning policies and designations
BIT ITT HE
that will be used when making decisions on
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applications for planning permission.

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The Legacy Corporation will set up a Planning

Decisions Committee, which will be supported
by a dedicated Planning Policy and Decisions
Team. The Committee will comprise of six
members from the Legacy Corporation Board
and five members from the four Boroughs.

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The Quality Review Panel

The London Legacy Development Corporation The following disciplines are represented
has established an independent Quality on the 16-member Panel:
Review Panel to support its new planning
work and promote high quality design. • Architecture
The Panel will review and test fundamental • Landscape architecture
design principles of planning proposals both • Urban design and masterplanning
at pre-application stage and as part of the • Environmental sustainability
application process itself. The Panel will also • Inclusive design
be available to provide design advice in a • Civil engineering
workshop setting at very early stages of • Economic viability
a project. • Development and delivery

The Legacy Corporation’s main objective in

establishing the panel is to ensure that its
own design delivery is of high quality, to
promote high quality design in the area
under its remit, and to provide support
and advice to the Planning Authority in its
negotiations with the Legacy Corporation
and other developers on design issues.

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 London Legacy Development Corporation Projects

Included in the Legacy Communities Scheme (LCS)

PDZ1 – Marshgate Wharf (within LB Newham) Up to 1,787 homes

Up to 29,650m2 of employment uses
Up to 1,430m2 of community uses, including
a nursery
PDZ2 – Marshgate Wharf south of the ArcelorMittal Up to 878 homes
Orbit (within LB Newham) Up to 1,603m2 of employment uses
Up to 440m2 of community uses, including a nursery
PDZ4 – Sweetwater (within LB Tower Hamlets) Up to 651 homes
Up to 3,641m2 of employment uses
Up to 8,410m2 of community uses, including a
primary school, a primary care centre, a nursery and
a library
PDZ5 – Eastwick (within LB Hackney) Up to 887 homes
Up to 13,726m2 of employment uses
Up to 5,646m2 of community uses, including a
primary school, two nurseries and Safer
Neighbourhood Team space
PDZ6–Chobham Manor (within LB Newham) Up to 960 homes
Up to 2,599m2 of employment uses
Up to 1,141m2 of community uses, including a walkin
health centre, two nurseries and Safer
Neighbourhood Team space
PDZ8 – Pudding Mill (within LB Newham) Up to 1,303 homes
Up to 38,463m2 of employment uses
Up to 1,482m2 of community uses, including two
nurseries, a walk-in health centre and Safer
Neighbourhood Team space
PDZ12 – Land near Rick Roberts Way (within LB Up to 405 homes
Newham) Up to 550m2 employment uses
Up to 11,600m2 community uses, including a 6 form
of entry secondary school

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Not included in the LCS but part of the Legacy Corporation’s remit:

The Olympic Stadium Major international visitor destination

National Athletics stadium
Employment, training and supply chain opportunities
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, including the New regional park facilities acting as a gateway to
North and South Park Hubs, South Park Plaza and Lee Valley Regional Park to the north and Lea River Park
102 ha of new parkland to the south. Employment*, training and supply chain
opportunities
The Aquatics Centre and Copper Box Regional swimming facilities for community and elite
use, which will offer two 50 metre pools and a diving
pool after the Games, together with seating for 2,500-
3,500 spectators; a 6,000-7,500 seat arena.
Employment, training and supply chain opportunities
The Press and Broadcast Centres Together comprising 50,000m2 of studio space and
more than 38,000m2 of office space employment (3,629
jobs), training and supply chain opportunities
The ArcelorMittal Orbit Major tourist attraction to the Park with employment
(38 jobs), training and supply chain opportunities
Three Mills Studio and 4 ha of nearby land Employment, training and supply chain opportunities
New Park infrastructure including 30 New connections within the Park boundary and
new bridges beyond to and from existing local communities.
6.5 kilometres of new and revitalised waterways Allowing opportunities for transport for freight,
passengers and enhanced leisure and recreational
opportunities as well as improving the overall
environment and managing flood risk.
The Energy Centre Low carbon energy to support the entire proposed
scheme and allow for energy efficient and affordable
heating and energy systems.
A multi-storey car park Serving the offices (Press and Broadcast Centres)
and other legacy venues
Interim uses programme Local jobs, training and volunteering opportunities
are anticipated. Will also help to encourage local
communities to ‘own’ the Park.
*estimated job numbers and skills requirements will be generated through the Legacy Corporation’s Labour Forecasting Model

Related development outside the Legacy Corporation’s remit but within the mdc boundary:

The Velodrome and associated cycling facilities Nationally and regionally important cycling facilities,
providing around 23 jobs.
The Eton Manor sports centre and parts of the Lee Hockey and tennis sporting facilities for elite and
Valley Regional Park community use
Stratford City, including Westfield Shopping Centre 31,000 new office jobs and retail jobs
and Chobham Farm and proposed new office Around 6,000 new homes
developments (Stratford City Zone 2) Sustainable energy centre
New travel and transport connections.
Hackney Wick AAP area 620 new homes (including part of the LCS area)
800 new jobs (including part of the LCS area)
Fish Island AAP area 2,800 new homes (including part of the LCS area)
3,500 new jobs (including part of the LCS area)
Bromley by Bow Masterplan SPD area 1,500 – 2,500 new homes (outside LCS area)
New employment provision (outside LCS area)
Sugar House Lane and Three Mills Introduction of new homes whilst retaining a strong
employment focus
Greater Carpenters Revitalised neighbourhood

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The ideas and proposals in this report were In addition to the designers of the permanent
developed by a design team in collaboration venues, numerous practices have contributed
with the London Legacy Development to the design process of the Legacy
Corporation. We gratefully acknowledge Masterplan since the conception of the
their contribution: Olympic Bid in 2003, including:

Allies and Morrison Architects with EDAW Consortium

Maccreanor Lavington Architects and KCAP Architects and Planners
Witherford Watson Mann Architects AECOM
Panter Hudspith Architects
Caruso St John Architects
Vogt Landscape Ltd
West 8 Urban Design and Landscape
Arup
Atkins
Buro Happold
Camlin Lonsdale
LDA Design Hargreaves Associates

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 AWARDS

The following practices are currently New London Awards 2012

contributing to the ongoing design process Overall Winner 2012
of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: Legacy Communities Scheme

Adams & Sutherland Masterplan Award 2012

Allies and Morrison Architects Legacy Communities Scheme
Artificial Studio
Arup Public Spaces Award 2012
Assembly Studios Stitching the Olympic Fringe
Churchman Landscape Architects
David Kohn Architects Estates Gazette Award 2012
dRMM Architects Outstanding Contribution to Property 2012
East Architects (awarded to LLDC)
Erect architecture
Gustafson Porter London Planning Awards 2012/13
HASSELL Best Conceptual Project
Karakusevic Carson Architects Legacy Communities Scheme
Kinnear Landscape Architects Limited
J & L Gibbons Mayor’s Award for Planning Excellence
James Corner Field Operations Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Land Use Consultants
LDA Design
Maccreanor Lavington Architects
MAKE Architects
Meadowcroft Griffin Architects
muf architecture/art LLP
NORD Architecture
PRP Architects
Strootman Landschapsarchitecten
We Made That
Witherford Watson Mann Architects
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