Award for Sports or Leisure Structures Winner
London 2012 Velodrome
Structural Designer: Expedition Engineering Ltd
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The 6000 seat London 2012 Velodrome will serve as an Olympic and Paralympic stadium for track cycling during the Games. In legacy use, it will take its place as the centrepiece of the VeloPark, a unique community cycling venue that will provide pleasure and employment to generations of Londoners and visitors from all over the world.
Described by quadruple Gold Medal winner Sir Chris Hoy as “magnificent, better even than it looked on the drawing board”, the venue is testament to the success of Client, Design Team and Main Contractor collaboration and has been delivered on time and on budget. The 13,000m² roof is supported by a doubly-curved cable net formed of cables stressed between a perimeter ring beam, which is integral with the curved steel supporting bowl.
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Client:
Olympic Delivery Authority
Architect:
Hopkins Architects
M&E Engineers:
BDSP Partnership Ltd
Contractor:
ISG
Other sub-contractors
N/A
Location:
London, United Kingdom
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Judges’ comment
"The judges all agreed that the London 2012 Velodrome is a project worthy of winning the Supreme Award. As with so many Supreme Award winners before it, there is a sense of "rightness" to this building that is a rare but undeniable quality. It is a gem amongst several jewels in a development that the whole UK can be proud of. It demonstrates outstanding creativity and uniqueness in its combination of the art and science of engineering."