Hey! A word about downsizing.

So, I hope that y'all are enjoying this awesome cold 3-day weekend. I have a mountain of work to get through before the weekend ends..

Anyway.... 

One of the cardinal ideas of building an olympic stadium in these days is downsizing after the Olympic event is done.  It goes without saying that we need a downsizing plan as we construct the project.

DOWNSIZING

Back in the day when our plan was to construct an Olympic stadium in London for the 2012 event, I did some research on stadiums and made some important discoveries.  Here are the notes. I'm a little short on time, so excuse my sloppiness. 

The point of posting my notes here is to spark your thoughts. These notes are relevant to downsizing; just put these abstract ideas together---you'll find downsizing here.

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So things to consider 

I was doing research at 2:00 AM in the morning. This is what I’ve come up with. It’s very disorganised, but you can email me if you want to clarify some things. 

Retractable roof

What is known

-So, the London Stadium currently existing has planned a membranous one.

-That one would not be reusable once the stadium is downsized from 80,000 seats to 25,000 to 30,000 after the Paralympics

-London is rather rainy and windy… so this is a must 

Idea

+ Totally random… In Batman Begins, we are introduced to the idea of memory fabrics when Lucius shows Bruce his new cape. This cape gets a bat wing bone structure that holds up when an electric current runs through it. What about applying the concept to the roof? Waterproof, wind resistant fabric, which is environmentally friendly. Thinking about Colosseum Awning… Tensile structure

Must consider--- the time to extend and the time to retract. How much energy is needed for this structure to be up? Cost? Technology?

 

Communications path

-It’s hugely important to set up a solid communications path; circuits and bandwidth and systems

• Security
• Necessity, for logistics, etc.

 

+What technologies are necessary for this? How are they implemented?   

Fan zones

-locate big screens for additional spectators outside of the stadium, proven successful for the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany for a variety of reasons

• More spectators--- brings in prospects of $$$ from advertisements
• Eliminates the need for kitchens within stadium
• Party concourses outside of stadium, no food outlets inside the 80,000-seat arena, which reduces the need for kitchens and higher levels of fire protection 
• Less tension to plan for more seats, or a bigger stadium which would pose a big problem after the Paralympics (downsizing)

 

Outside Open space

-Spacious open area outside of stadium to implement “fan zones”.

-Garden…. Full of trees…

-Available to convert to residential, or commercial area after the 2012 event

-Plumbing, draining system, it rains a lot in london….

 

World-class venues and transport

-Train station, or tube, as they call it. Javelin shuttle.

-Crowd control

      +How it works…?  
 

LEED, and now UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations ?

-Plans after 2012

• athletics stadium with a sports training, science and medicine centre
• Neighboring football clubs interested in moving in? West Ham United, or Chelsea…
• If the latter is considered, then in addition to incorporated the design of the stadium with LEED criteria, consider this  UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations

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Okay. That's the end of that. See y'all on Monday. :-)