The Olympic Village in London - C.F. Møller. Photo: Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
13.3.2012

The Olympic Village in London

C. F. Møller is one of the 16 international architectural firms that have helped to create the new Olympic Village in London, first to house the athletes and then be home to 10,000 people and revitalize one of the rundown areas of the city. An exhibition in London's Centre for the Built Environment shows how.
The Olympic Village in London - C.F. Møller. Photo: Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
The Olympic Village in London - C.F. Møller. Photo: Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
The Olympic Delivery Authority has put sustainability at the top of its agenda, and the intention behind the new Olympic Village for athletes and officials has been to regenerate one of London's neglected urban areas. The new area of dense apartment buildings create 2,800 new sustainable city dwellings as well as shops, restaurants, and parks on street level. 434 competing firms C. F. Møller was appointed for the project - from a total of 434 international companies in the initial design competition - to design one of the 11 plots. C. F. Møller's project, totalling 185 sustainable housing units, sits in a prominent position and forms a gateway to the new East Village. The design uses the variation in scale and height to create a visual identity for the four interlinking apartment buildings, at the same time ensuring maximum flow of daylight for all housing units. Code for Sustainable Homes The housing units will achieve the English Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, this due to the low energy consumption and further energy saving measures such as heat recovery systems. At the same time sustainability is ensured by choice of good quality and durable materials that age beautifully and require minimum maintenance as the Petersen brick facades. The exhibition titled 'East Village - a lasting legacy for London, was initiated by the association New London Architecture and will be on display till 31st of March.

 

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