A significant and intelligent solution that resolves urban issues as well as planning, constructional and environmental concerns in a simple
and direct manner.
The design of the tennis centre allows for a 64 men/64 women tournament, together with doubles and mixed doubles participants, in both the Olympics and subsequent smaller tournaments.
The Centre Court stadium is a dramatic cantilevering concrete bowl, minimally propped up by thin steel columns. It has 24 segments, each with a mast, and a lightweight galvanised steel roof held in place by three concentric ring beams. The simple lightweight roof (which weighs only 70 tonnes) provides shade to 70% of the seats.