Much can be said about the Olympics, their effects on the urban condition or the city/state that host them, and the long-term effects that their legacy plans have of the host cities. It is a heavily discussed, debated and public topic within the world of architectural design and urban planning that hosts a variety of opinions on both sides of the table. However, and regardless, the Olympics go on with designers attempting new and untested conditions in hopes of finding a solution which betters their home country.
London Legacy was a brief research endeavor that analyzed the 2012 legacy plan set forth by the host nation after the 2012 Olympics. It isolated select locations within the legacy plan and proposed alternative solutions which focused on the merger of both east and west sides of the Olympic site which had been previously slated for housing developments and gated communities.
The below solution was, in fact, a reintroduction of displaced professions and trades as a result of the government acquisitions of the land. Providing facilities to cafes, artist warehouses, pottery studios, textile businesses and eateries which previously contributed to London initially winning the Olympic Bid and had later been displaced to promote the Olympic Games.
Aesthetically, the design of the alternatively proposed site draws inspiration from the layering of fabrics and contextual relationships explored through architectural mappings on both the particular site and various pieces of literature.
