Olympic Legacy Walking Tour with Open City Friends, Saturday 18 January 11am

Join Open City Core & Keystone Friends for a walking tour exploring the 2012 Olympic Legacy — assessing how much progress has been made 10 years on in the creation of a new area of Metropolitan City on the former industrial lands of the Lower Lea Valley.

This walking tour around the Olympic Park — led by expert guide Nick Edwards — tells the story of the post 2012 landscape and success of Legacy ambition. It will tell the story of the multi-billion regeneration project which has transformed 250 hectares of former industrial land in the Lower Lea Valley, covering the pre-Games, Stratford City metropolitan plans and Legacy masterplan proposals for five new neighbourhoods.

The tour will cover the planning, design and delivery of this new large-scale mixed use district which is now home to the Financial Conduct Authority, Transport for London, Cancer Research UK, UNICEF, British Council, Loughborough University, BT Sports and the Bartlett.

Landmark buildings featuring on the tour include Manhattan Loft Gardens by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), East Village (former Athletes Village) with towers by Hawkins Brown and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Chobham Manor - the first of the five Legacy Neighbourhoods, Michael Hopkins’ Velodrome, Lend Lease’s International Quarter, Zaha Hadid Architect’s Aquatics Centre, HOK’s London Stadium and Good Growth Hub by Turner Works, a temporary skills and job training centre with glimpses into the fringe neighbourhood of Hackney Wick.

The tour will visit 2012 Gardens South Park by New York based winner James Corner Field Operations and discuss the emerging East Bank - a new powerhouse for innovation, creativity and learning — where you will soon find the V&A, Saddlers Wells, BBC, London College of Fashion and UCL.

Key information