Olympia
Olympia is a new cultural neighbourhood for London, designed by Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC. For 140 years, this site has been a showcase for the arts and commerce. While carefully restoring the site’s heritage, the studio’s new scheme reimagines Olympia as a creativity-led district. Crowned with a curved glass canopy, an elevated public realm connects new theatre and music venues, hotels, offices, restaurants, a school and the historic exhibition halls. Heatherwick studio developed the masterplan for this £1.3 billion project, as well as designing in detail selected buildings and its new rooftop route of streets, squares and gardens. Unusually for a project of this scale and complexity, the programme also had to ensure the site could remain open throughout construction. Our starting point for the masterplan was the idea of public spirit. When it opened in 1886, Olympia aimed to bring the marvels of the day to Londoners. The studio’s designs have been guided by this same ethos of opening up Olympia to everyone. The venue’s expansion over the decades had meant that its 14-acre site (the size of 8 football pitches) had become inaccessible to people without an event ticket.
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