24.12 10/2012 London 2012

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London 2012
The legacy of the Olympic Garnes has become synonymous with oversized, grandiose arenas, deserted parks and gentrified neighbourhoods. London urbanists are trying to break this vicious circle. From the outset their focus was an the time after the Garnes — using the mega-event as a catalyst for good place-shaping that eisures communities well beyond the Olympic Park fence can reap the rewards.
TOPIC - LONDON 2012
02 Gold for London? Brigitte Schultz, Friederike Meyer .de
04 Go for Gold! The Olympic Park 2006-2011 Photos by Gesche Würfel
12 London Renaissance Cordelia Polinna
18 What Mark Brearley and Peter Carl predict for London's future
20 London 2012 — an ambitious promise Oliver Wainwright
28 Strategies for the Fringe of the Olympic Park Douglas Murphy
34 Where Liza Fior of muf architecture/art practices crop rotation
38 What East architects understand by stitching and mending
42 How Stephen Taylor rediscovers spaces in Sugar House Lane
44 How Tom Holbrook wants to save the landscape of the Lea River Park
48 The other side of the coin: Reading the Riots Jeremy Till
54 London's answers to the August 2011 civil unrest Cordelia Polinna
56 How Maria Smith and Je Anh of Studio Weave teil stories
58 Shaping an the back of infrastructure Tabias Goevert, Adam Towle
The German point of view 1 When asked what Bauwelt means to him, Tony Fretton once said: "For me Bauwelt has a certain quality which British people associate with Germany: an indissoluble connection of intellectual and political action and a sense of inclusiveness in society. That may be an Illusion from the German point of view, but makes it absolutely valuable from an Anglo-Saxon point of view." In this sense, our issue "London 2012", which was published in German before the Olympic and Paralympics Garnes, was an attempt to merge the enthusiasm we experienced when talking to British urban planners and designers with our particular, apparently internationally appreciated, German point of view. We are very happy that now, after the Garnes, we are able to share our thoughts about the lasting urban legacy of the event with all English readers and would like to thank the British Council and the London Legacy Development Corporation for their support in making this English edition happen.
 

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