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Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —
Adaptive Retrofit — Humanising Infrastructure — Making better places — Architecture — Public Realm — Spatial Strategy — Creative Reuse — Urban Transformation — Decarbonisation —

Olympicopolis— London

Client(s)

London Legacy Development Corporation

Collaborator(s)

Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios / Coffey Architects / DRDH Architects / David Kohn Architects / Expedition / Gardiner & Theobald / Atelier Ten

5th Studio were shortlisted to design a new cultural quarter at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, dubbed ‘Olympicopolis’ - now rebranded as ‘East Bank’. The practice was part of a team formed of Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios, DRDH, Coffey and David Kohn Architects, together with Expedition, Gardiner & Theobald, and Atelier Ten. The project sought to establish new east London locations for The Victoria & Albert Museum, Sadler’s Wells, University of the Arts London (London College of Fashion) and the Smithsonian.

Other buildings in the Olympic Park are objects standing in landscape – we propose an inversion of this condition: a public landscape established between objects. The element that unites all the institutions is also the space that is central to the site: a continuous walk linking the different levels, with views across the park, which becomes the context for events and cross-institutional collaborations: a unique space in the world.

The V&A, Sadler’s Wells, and UAL are neighbours, each have their own ‘front door’ and specific relationships to the new terraces, off which four towers are also set: The residential towers at the north are markers for the overall development, two smaller pavilions for the Smithsonian sit next to the water. Active frontages along Carpenters Road are created for the V&A, Sadler’s Wells and UAL combining servicing arrangements with active workshops and entrances.

An ‘earthenware’ and ‘glassware’ language was proposed, providing a strong material language for the specific architectural proposals developed to test each building’s brief.

Olympicopolis (red) set in the context of the regeneration of the Lee Valley
Institutions open onto an interconnected public space linking the levels across the site. Residential towers mark the northern end
The volumes of the Institutions arrayed across the terraces of public space, with the residential towers marking the northern end of the site
Riverside Piazza to the art school offers a programmable space for events
View of the ground floor of the art school with its entrance, social and exhibition space
Study model of the arts college
The buildings develop their individual characters in a language of ‘earthenware’ and ‘glassware’ facades which help to characterise the public spaces

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