The historic GreenwichPark will stage the Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian events and two of the five Modern Pentathlon events at this year’s Games. The 23,000 seat temporary venue, designed by Team Populous, sits immediately to the south of the Queen’s House, centred on the Grand Axis which runs through the park, with the skyscrapers which cluster at the Isle of Dogs, creating a striking backdrop.

The Equestrian event runs through the whole park, with Dressage within the arena itself and Cross Country on a temporary course of approximately 6km across the park. A run course of 1km in length has been laid through part of the park and arena as part of the Modern Pentathlon Run/Shoot event.

After the games the venue will be disassembled and the park will revert to its original public leisure use.

Temporary Overlay:
Team Populous:
Populous www.populous.com
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands www.lifschutzdavidson.com
Allies  and Morrison www.alliesandmorrison.com

Contractor:
Drivers Jonas Deloitte (Construction Programme Management) www.djdeloitte.co.uk/

Engineering:

Atkins www.atkinsglobal.co.uk
BDSP Partnership (Services Engineer) www.bdsp.com

Completion date:
July 2012

Lifespan:
Temporary

Capacity:
23,000

Key materials:
Compacted gravel, steel-aluminium scaffold, steel.

Built area:
6km cross country Equestrian event, 1km run course for modern pentathlon and run/shoot event.

Site area:
9,450sqm field of play

Location:
Greenwich, London SE10 8QY