Inside Olympics Athletes’ Home

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Check out the design of 2012 London Olympics Athletes’ home.  The sustainable technology, and community-embracing design of the homes fit well into London Olympics’ vision and theme. Does it trigger an idea for your next home renovation?

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England required the construction of a mini-city within a city. The compact design allows most of the sporting venues and the athletes’ village to be within walking distance of one another.

The Olympic Athletes’ Village comprises of 11 apartment blocks with 2,818 apartments to accommodate the 16,000 athletes and officials who stay there during the Games.

After the Olympics, the apartments will provide affordable housing for Londoners.

The rooms for the athletes are simple and modern with balconies overlooking the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London skyline.

Athletes can enjoy all their meals in a dining hall which can seat up to 5,000. A wide selection of food is served 24 hours in this massive temporary structure.

A hair salon, a mini-recording studio, a games room, a cinema room, the Globe social club and other communal spaces are available for athletes to mingle and relax.

The site of the Village is on ground above a disused rail goods yard. A huge amount of demolition and decontamination of the land had to take place before construction could begin.

After the Games, the Village provides 2,818 new homes for East London and there are also plots for future developments which will provide even more housing. Triathlon Homes has purchased 1,379 of these which will become available as affordable homes. An education campus and a medical centre were also built by the ODA.

The apartments have large balconies, winter gardens and floor to ceiling windows, making the most of the natural light and giving views across the open spaces.

Athletes will have wonderful views over the Park. Their apartments will have Internet access and wireless networking. All the apartment blocks will be fully accessible and equipped with modern lifts.