Students consult on Olympic Park designs

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) ran a day-long workshop at the Royal College of Art (RCA) with almost 50 students from the Royal College, London Metropolitan University and the University of East London.

The students were looking at gabions - support structures usually made from a wire mesh cage and filled with stones - suggesting how they could be used as design features in the Park both during and after the Games. Gabions will be used as more sustainable alternatives to walls or concrete, for example as river walls.

ODA Head of Design Jerome Frost said: ‘This is a great opportunity for the designers and artists of tomorrow to have an input into the design and planning for Europe’s largest new urban park in 150 years. We are hoping their creativity and inventiveness will help us create public spaces that have a fresh, contemporary feel and reflect our sustainability and ecological ambitions.’

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