Olympic Park 2012

Click on these small images to see larger pictures of the aquatics stadium designed by Zaha Hadid for the 2012 Olympics.

These photos were taken on 15th November 2009, just four days after the completion of the framework for the 160m sweeping roof. They really show the design coming together into the shape of a “stingray”.

The feel of her typically fluid architechtural syle is starting to come through. The British Design Museum characterises her work like this – “Hadid creates the solid apparatus to make us perceive space as if it morphs and changes as we pass through.”

This slideshow runs over the year from December 2008 to November 2009…click on the slideshow or here to see the larger photos on my picasa site.