Aquatics Centre

The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50 metre swimming pools and a 25 metre diving pool, which will be one of the main venues of the London 2012 Summer Olympics and the London 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Zaha Hadid in 2004 before London won the bid. The centre is located in the Olympic Park at Stratford in east London. With its distinctive architecture and curved roof, it will be the first venue visitors see upon entering the Olympic Park. The design software used was Oasys, the software division of Arup. The drainage design software used was from Micro Drainage. The Project Architect was Jim Heverin. The site is 45 metres high, 160 metres long, and 80 metres...