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Sunday 17 January 2016

Plans for Port Royal: the Tokyo Olympic stadium and "fitting better with its immediate environment"

An architectural competition is underway to provide good ideas for the eastern end of Sidmouth:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: complete the online questionnaire

There is a lot of inspiration from other similar projects:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal and the Eastern Town >>> "Architectural spaces and environments which promote direct action and embrace a DIY sensibility."

These ideas have been around for some time:
Futures Forum: Schemes for Port Royal and Eastern Town

And many ideas come from abroad:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: ideas for 'mixed use' projects >>> Burlington's Lake Champlain
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: a winter garden design from Sweden

Such as this:
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Kengo Kuma gives us the lowdown on his 2020 Olympic stadium | Daily Mail Online
Design by architect Kengo Kuma picked for Tokyo's new Olympic stadium | The Japan Times
















Mr Kuma's design echoes Japanese temple styles, with a low-lying steel and wood structure, surrounded by trees. It will sit more than 20 metres lower than the previous design and supporters say it fits better with its immediate environment, which includes the greenery around the nearby Meiji Shrine.

Tokyo Olympic stadium gets new, cheaper design - BBC News

See also:
Futures Forum: Redeveloping East Devon >>> the alternatives to a heavy-handed approach
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