Edificios Olimpicos Londres 2012/ Olympic Buildings London 2012

Por: Milagros Olazábal M.

Debo confesar como que como ex atleta gozar de la fiebre olímpica que nos rodea actualmente me emociona muchísimo ya que disfruto sin medida de cada competición y cada nuevo record mundial que se supera. Debe ser por eso que en vez de abatirme con cada nuevo reto y nuevo obstáculo que se presenta en mi día a día profesional como Arquitecta pienso en cómo teníamos que entrenar en la playa a diario y sacar lo mejor de nosotros mismos siempre. “Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar” (Antonio Machado).

Por otro lado tomo con gracia que debido a este ambiente olímpico parece que todos aquellos que no son nuestros colegas profesionales nos creen a los Arquitectos los eruditos que se saben al dedillo todos los detalles arquitectónicos sobre cada edificio construido para las Olimpiadas de Londres 2012, es esta razón que  hoy queremos compartir con vosotros un breve resumen de los edificios olímpicos más destacados para que salgáis airosos  de cualquier situación:

(English version)

As a former athlete, I enjoy the Olympic Games very much because they make me remember the hard training we had to undergo in order to achieve our goals. This memory and the feelings associated to it have helped me to get through many important challenges with courage and enthusiasm in my daily work as an Architect. “Fellow walker there is no road; the road is made by walking” (Antonio Machado).

On the other hand, some people make me laugh when they ask architects about every detail about the Olympic buildings as if we were an open encyclopedia for architectural knowledge. It is true that we know a lot about space, structure, history and materials. However, most of the time, we cannot master every field of our profession.  For that reason, today we want to share a summary with all of you of the most important buildings that you are going to see in these London 2012 Olympic Games. 

Olympic Stadium

Architects: Populous

Cortesy by Populous

Cortesy by Julian Jones

Olympic Aquatics Centre

Architect: Zaha Hadid

Cortesy by Zaha Hadid Architects

Cortesy by Julian Jones

 Cortesy by Julian Jones

 Cortesy by Zaha Hadid Architects

Olympic Velodrome

Architects: Hopkins Architects 

All pictures above are cortesy of Hopkins Architects

Olympic Basketball Arena Building
Wilkinson Eyre & KSS Design Group

All pictures above are cortesy by Wilkinson Eyre & KSS Design Group

All pictures above are cortesy by Julian Jones

More DETAIL here

Olympic Handball Arena
Make Architects with PTW and Ove Arup and Partner

All pictures above are cortesy by Make Architects

Queremos hacer una mención especial a nuestro amigo Julian Jones por dejarnos compartir sus fotos. ¡Gracias Julian!

We want to thank Julian Jones for sharing his photos. You rock Julian!