An amphitheatre for cycling: the design analysis and construction of the London 2012 Velodrome

摘要

The Velodrome has been well received by the client, the ODA, and also by the legacy user, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. The building is a combination of simple technologies that cumulatively have produced an exciting building with cycling at its centre (Figure 26). Structurally, the lessons the team has taken onboard for subsequent projects are:1. an increased use of testing, both physical and computational, provides confidence to the wider team when working in areas with little precedent 2. where appropriate bring in specialists not normally on the design and construction team, and do not expect to be able to answer all design questions with the same attention to detail 3. the time and effort involved in writing bespoke software can be easily justified Ultimately, the building would have been very different had it not been designed and built by a truly collaborative team with all designers and contractors providing suggestions and solutions to all hurdles. For the structure, the relationship between architect and engineer was never so strong or so blurred - a bit like Sir Chris Hoy may be on his final approach to the line in August!