Olympic Park Entrance Markers

Nick Turner @ Pentagram Design

Ten 6m diameter bronze or stainless steel ring sculptures that hung around their marker trees to mark the entrances to the Olympic site.

Expedition Engineering worked with British Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey to mark the ten entrances into the Olympics by creating 6m diameter bronze or stainless steel ring sculptures that hung around their marker trees in an act of ”levitation”.

One tree was enveloped by what was known as the spirit ring, whose predicted shadow was cast in bronze into the ground beneath. At a critical moment in the Games the shadow and the ring aligned to become one.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Newham

Estimated completion

April 2012

Location

27 Derny Ave, London E20 1HL, UK