The Landscape Legacy of the Olympics, Part 6: Engineering the Olympic Park – Video

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The Landscape Legacy of the Olympics, Part 6: Engineering the Olympic Park
An interview with Tom Armour of Arup. This is the sixth of a series of nine interviews on the role of Landscape Architects in the Olympic Games. To find out more visit: http://www.landscapeinstitute.org Use the links below to skip to a specific question: 0:14 How did you get involved with the Olympic Project? 1:11 What was your role in the project? 3:09 When did your involvement start? 4:58 What form of contract was used? 6:10 What was your role at each stage of the project? 7:27 What was the site like when you first visited? 9:08 How was the soil on site treated? 10:14 Landscape Architects led the project team. How did that work? 11:59 Do you think there is a future for "Landscape Engineers"? 12:29 Is additional training needed to turn a Landscape Architect into a Landscape Engineer? 13:12 How can we encourage more inter-professional working in the future? 14:40 What was your biggest challenge while leading this inter-disciplinary team? 15:49 How did the Engineers react to being led by a Landscape Architect? 17:29 How has this project changed the way you work? 18:26 What was the biggest innovation on site? 20:21 What was the biggest challenge? 22:38 What was the biggest achievement? 23:28 How are you involved with the transformation stage? 23:31 What did you learn from this project? 24:55 What lessons should other Landscape Architects take from this project? 27:13 How would you summarise the role of Landscape Architects on this project? 29:03 How do you see the Park in five ...From:landscapeinstituteukViews:3 0ratingsTime:34:53More inEducation

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