The largest new park created in Europe for more than 150 years, the design synthesizes centuries of British park tradition, the reality of post-industrial brownfields, advances in sustainability and resilience thinking to create a new type of park for the 21st Century. Focused around the restoration of the River Lea, the park includes a northern environmental park and a southern festival park that showcases the Olympic Gardens, which are themed around the countries who participate in the Games. The Transformation Plan set the framework for the park post-Games, replacing paving and sporting venues with park programming and additional habitat landscapes – creating a regenerated landscape that will inspire generations to come.
Photography by Robin Forster and Claire Borley
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Garten + Landschaft 06/16
