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The challenge of urban design in securing post-event legacies of Olympic Parks

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  • Renata Latuf de Oliveira Sanchez
  • Stephen Essex

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Olympic Parks demand a very distinctive built environment in order to function for their primary purpose, namely to host major sporting competitions. These spaces, however, require substantial reconfiguration in the post-event mode to ensure viable, mixed use and liveable places. This paper evaluates the challenges of transforming Olympic Parks, using evidence from four past hosts: Munich (1972), Sydney (2000), London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016). The discussion raises questions about retaining the ceremonial focus of the Olympic Park and whether a more decentralised model might make the associated urban design and planning legacies more deliverable for future host cities.

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  • Renata Latuf de Oliveira Sanchez & Stephen Essex, 2018. "The challenge of urban design in securing post-event legacies of Olympic Parks," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 278-297, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:23:y:2018:i:2:p:278-297
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2017.1395690
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