Japan scraps controversial Olympic Stadium plans due to high costs http://t.co/qmWsQFuDiRpic.twitter.com/ROM3PArGjQ
— The Verge (@verge) July 17, 2015- Designed by British architect, Zaha Hadid, the 80000-seat stadium was meant to be the venue for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games. Construction was supposed to begin this fall.
- The original budget was¥130 billion ($1 billion), but the cost increased to¥300 billion ($2.4 billion, which is also more expensive than the past three summer Olympic stadiums combined) which was eventually downsized to ¥252 billion.
- On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that plans to use Zaha Hadid's design have been scrapped and they will be starting over from scratch. He's confident that the construction of the stadium will be in time for the 2020 Olympics.
- The project was awarded to Hadid in late 2012 through a competition that included several Japanese architects. Her design was criticized by many leading Japanese architects, who complained that the design was out of scale with its surroundings. One architect compared Hadid's design to "a turtle waiting for Japan to sink so that it can swim away."
- In 2014, Hadid responded to her critics, stating that "they don’t want a foreigner to build in Tokyo for a national stadium."
Initial design
After design modifications
Twitter had to turn Hadid's design into a meme of course.
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ネタかぶってそうで怖いが
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— クラッシャーいなけん (@inaokun21) July 11, 2015
ルンバのおともだち。 #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリpic.twitter.com/ANxvinglWf
— あきお (@AKID_0831) July 11, 2015
『新国立競技場 怒りのデス・コンペ』 #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリpic.twitter.com/MAEe2j2DWY
— goking(山田剛毅) (@goking5) July 11, 2015
たとえ出来上がっても、どうせ壊しに来る。
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— 渡辺篤 AtsushiWatanabe (@nabe_chan_) July 11, 2015
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— りおん.:*✡7/20はっぴーばーすでー (@rion__ava) July 11, 2015
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— にく二日目東ナ50aあき (@nickjil) July 11, 2015
伝説のマシン #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリpic.twitter.com/Jif8oxCq2y
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— あきお (@AKID_0831) July 11, 2015#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ
新貞子3D
今度の貞子は井戸じゃなくて国立から出てくる‼︎ pic.twitter.com/2nrFS0WbUo
— 櫻井 郁弥 (@sf_mtd) July 11, 2015これヤバいかも…． #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリpic.twitter.com/lFSRCNJdGB
— Nishikawa Yukinari (@yukin_nishikawa) July 11, 2015紀香の浴槽。レッツバスロマン！
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— 話題なう (@wadai_matomekun) July 14, 2015SOURCE: The Verge | Kotaku
special shoutout to ontd's architecture students/architects (if there are any)