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63-643: In 2011, UCL announced plans for a £500 million investment in its main Bloomsbury campus over 10 years, as well as the establishment of a new 23-acre (9.3 ha) campus (UCL East) next to the Olympic Park in Stratford in the East End of London. The plans were revised in 2014 to 11 acres (4.5 ha) with up to 125,000 m (1,350,000 sq ft) of space on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park . UCL East

126-591: A 160-seat cinema. It opened in late 2022. It was shortlisted for the Architects' Journal Architecture Awards 2023 in the Higher Education category. It is on the east side of the Waterworks River. Marshgate opened in 2023. It has 33,500 m (361,000 sq ft) of space for research and teaching and cost £250 million to construct. It has eight floors with a two-storey base containing

189-595: A cafe, community hub and lecture theatre, and three 'vertical neighbourhoods' above, joined by a full-height atrium in the centre of the building. Rather than being home to any individual faculty, it is intended to support and foster cross-disciplinary teaching and research. It is on the west side of the Waterworks River, joined with One Pool Street by Thornton bridge, and just south of the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture and observation tower. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

252-759: A cultural and education district to be known as the East Bank. It was announced in August 2018 that a £215 million contract for construction of the largest building in the UCL East development, Marshgate 1, had been awarded to Mace , with building planned to begin in 2019 and be completed by 2022. Construction work on UCL East began on 2 July 2019 with a ground breaking ceremony by the Mayor of London , Sadiq Khan , and work on Pool Street West began on 28 February 2020. The first building at UCL East, renamed One Pool Street,

315-461: A fair ban would have been 3 months. Ohuruogu passed tests 9 days before and 3 days after her final violation. The British Olympic Association also imposed a lifetime ban on competing at future Olympic Games for Great Britain. She appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , but the original decision was upheld, even though CAS emphasised that there was no suspicion of doping. Ohuruogu submitted

378-594: A further appeal, citing the precedent of triathlete Tim Don . Ohuruogu suggested that she would probably leave Britain and compete in the Olympics for another country if her appeal was unsuccessful, but confessed "I haven't really given it any serious thought.". Her Olympic ban was overturned on 27 November 2007. A day after her ban ended, Ohuruogu was selected for the British team at the 2007 Athletics World Championships. She had only run five competitive races before

441-534: A neighbourhood except for Waltham Forest . The park was designed by the EDAW Consortium (including EDAW , Allies and Morrison and Buro Happold ), working with Arup and WS Atkins . Detailed landscape architecture was by LDA Design in conjunction with Hargreaves Associates. LDA design contracted Wallace Whittle to carry out various aspects of the M+E Building services design. The NHBC carried out

504-555: A new home for Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club following the 2017 World Championships . Football side Altis FC, members of the Amateur Football Combination , are based at the stadium. In January 2013, music concert promoter Live Nation won the right to stage shows at the stadium and in the surrounding park. The park hosted the music events in July 2013, but the stadium was not used. The former site of

567-437: A new hotel. The area is accessible via Stratford station . Although the sporting venues in the park were reduced in scale after the conclusion of London 2012, part of the legacy is to ensure the continued use of those facilities that are permanent, as local and community resources and for major international sporting events that make use of the world class facilities constructed for the Olympics and Paralympics: In addition to

630-482: A one-year ban for missing these tests, which expired on 5 August 2007. The final test missed occurred when Ohuruogu failed to inform the testers of a last-minute change of training venue after a double-booking. Due to the circumstances, the Independent Committee stated "There is no suggestion, nor any grounds for suspicion, that the offence may have been deliberate in order to prevent testing", and that

693-593: A season's best time in her semi-final heat. She ran another season's best of 50.21s in the final, well behind Sanya Richards, who won in a time of 49.00s. Ohuruogu was ruled out of the European Championships in Barcelona with a thigh injury, and later in the year withdrew from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing niggling injury that she did not want to aggravate. Ohuruogu was selected for

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756-429: A sprints competitor. She attended St. Edward's Church of England School ( Romford ) and Trinity Catholic High School (Woodford Green). She resumed her education in 2017 when she started a two-year law degree course at Queen Mary University of London . Ohuruogu is a member of Newham and Essex Beagles Athletics Club. She was appointed MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours, and conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by

819-523: Is a double World Champion, having won the 400 m at the 2007 and 2013 World Championships. She has also won six World championship medals in the women's 4 × 400 m relay as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team and bronze Olympic medals in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2016 Rio Games, her final Olympics. Ohuruogu shares with Merlene Ottey and Usain Bolt

882-539: Is a new commercial district in Stratford, East London , which hosted the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . It will be a mixed-use development, with a total investment of in excess of £1.3 billion, and will be delivered by Lend Lease and London and Continental Railways in a 50/50 joint venture. Stratford Cross will include 4 million sq ft of commercial office space, 330 homes known as Glasshouse Gardens and

945-607: Is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford , Hackney Wick , Leyton and Bow , in east London . It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics , situated adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the Olympic stadium , now known as the London Stadium, and the Olympic swimming pool together with the athletes' Olympic Village and several other Olympic sporting venues and

1008-532: Is only the third time she ran under 50 seconds. Ohuruogu said she was "heartbroken" to not be able to defend her title. With her family home less than a mile away from the Olympic Stadium in Stratford , she had been picked out as the public face of the Games when London was awarded the Olympics in 2005, but after her suspension her image was removed from publicity material. Ohuruogu had a low-key build up to

1071-655: Is the current ground of Wapping Hockey Club . The centre includes 2 state-of-the-art hockey pitches and is operated by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority . Following the demolition of the original warm-up track after the end of the Olympics, a new six-lane facility, the London Marathon Community Track , was constructed on the south side of the Olympic Stadium, for use both as a community venue and as

1134-452: The 2007 World Championships in Osaka . Fellow British athlete, Nicola Sanders won silver with Novlene Williams of Jamaica third. Ohuruogu won all three of her individual races at the world championships – her heat, her semi-final and the final. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Ohuruogu missed out on a gold medal due to a mix-up caused by other members of her team. She ran the final leg in

1197-698: The 60 metres and 200 m at the Birmingham Grand Prix. She competed at the 2009 Manchester City Games , finishing second in the 150 metres final in 17.10 seconds. She ran a personal best 22.85 seconds to take second place in the 200 m at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games . While she won the 400 m national title at the UKA Championships in Birmingham that July, her times and finishes over

1260-696: The London Olympics Media Centre . The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit , an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art. It was simply called The Olympic Park during the Games but was later renamed to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (though it is not an official Royal Park of London ). The park occupies an area straddling four east London boroughs; Newham , Tower Hamlets , Hackney and Waltham Forest . Part of

1323-632: The Riverbank Arena was used to stage the Hard Rock Calling , Wireless and Electric Daisy Carnival festivals . The stadium has since hosted various concerts , including Guns N' Roses , AC/DC and Robbie Williams . In 2021, ABBA began construction of a purpose-built arena in the Olympic Park, called the ABBA Arena, for a motion-capture hologram concert residency which would take place from May 2022. The announcement of

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1386-686: The University of East London . She is the author of the "Camp Gold" series of children's books about an elite training school for budding athletes. In 2003, Ohuruogu was a bronze medallist in 400 m at the European Junior Championships. She became the AAA champion in the 400 m in 2004, was a semi-finalist in the 400 m at the Athens Olympics of 2004 , also taking part in the 4 × 400 m relay team that finished 4th. In

1449-642: The University of Pennsylvania , New York University and Columbia University in the US, and the Somerleyton Road regeneration scheme in south London, a partnership between Lambeth Council , Brixton Green mutual benefit society and Ovalhouse Theatre . It was revealed in June 2016 that the UCL East expansion could see the university grow to 60,000 students. The proposed rate of growth was reported to be causing concern, with calls for it to be slowed down to ensure

1512-478: The "white" space between the venue construction zones, including managing the internal road network. To enable the major phase of construction to begin, the 52 electricity pylons , up to 65 metres (213 feet) high, that dominated the landscape in and around the park were removed and the power transferred through the new Lower Lea Valley Cable Tunnels constructed by Murphy. Also there was a Roman village underground when they were digging it up Following site clearance,

1575-476: The 2005 European Under 23 Championships she took the silver medal, losing individual gold by a hundredth of a second. She also won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay. After reaching the semi-final at the 400 m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 400 m relay together with Lee McConnell , Donna Fraser and Nicola Sanders . Ohuruogu won a gold medal for England in

1638-600: The 4 × 400 m Women's relay at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships , alongside her sister Victoria Ohuruogu , attempting to defend the title that Great Britain had won two years earlier in Istanbul, however the team finished in bronze medal position. Despite an injury-ravaged season, Ohuruogu reached the final of the 400m at the World Championships in Beijing, the scene of her Olympic triumph in 2008, as

1701-682: The 4 × 400 m relay at the World Championships if selected. Although she was not selected for the Worlds, she did attend the Championships, supporting the British women's 4 × 400 m team that took a silver medal there , and along with her 4 × 400 m team-mates, was presented with three medals from the 2009, 2011 and 2013 Worlds after the Russian squads which had finished ahead of Team GB in those Championships were disqualified due to doping . The British teams received bronzes for 2009 and 2011 , and

1764-611: The 4 × 400 m relay for England, where the team finished over a second ahead of Australia, with Ohuruogu pulling away at the end. However, after the race the Australians were awarded the gold medal, after they protested that the English team had breached IAAF Rule 170 earlier in the race, when Tasha Danvers changed position with Tamsyn Lewis . Australian winner Jana Pittman offered the England team her gold medal, stating "They set

1827-464: The 400 m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a personal best time of 50.28 seconds, beating favourite Tonique Williams-Darling in both the semi-final and the final. She was banned for a year for missing three out-of-competition drug tests; one in October 2005 and then a further two in June 2006. Within 24 days of the end of her year-long competition suspension she returned to win the gold medal at

1890-957: The Bar. Ohuruogu mentored Matthew Hudson-Smith in 2022; their collaboration resulted in a British 400 metre record and a World Championship bronze medal , his first, for Hudson-Smith. Born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Newham , east London, she was raised in Stratford . She competed for Newham in the London Youth Games at both netball and athletics. She was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2009. Ohuruogu studied at University College London , where she graduated in Linguistics in 2005. She also played netball during her undergraduate studies. She has eight siblings, including Victoria Ohuruogu ,

1953-593: The British team at the 2011 World Championships . She was disqualified from the individual 400 m after a false start. In the Indoor World Championships 4 × 400 m relay in Istanbul Ohuruogu, after legs from Shana Cox and Nicola Sanders took over in third place for Great Britain. Ohuruogu handed over to Perri Shakes-Drayton to hold off Sanya Richards-Ross to win Great Britain's first ever IAAF World Indoor Championships medal in

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2016-479: The Games, with the burden of "poster girl" falling instead on Jessica Ennis . Ohuruogu claimed a second world title on 12 August 2013, becoming the first British woman to do so, by winning the 400m final in Moscow. A late surge helped her pip Montsho in a photo finish, and beat Kathy Cook's long-standing British record in the process, with a time of 49.41s, beating Montsho by 0.004 seconds. Ohuruogu only entered

2079-555: The Sustainability assessments. The park was illuminated with a lighting scheme designed by Speirs + Major. London's Olympic and Paralympic bid proposed that there would be four indoor arenas in the park in addition to the main venues, but the revised master plan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the volleyball events moved to the Earls Court Exhibition Centre . The fencing arena

2142-515: The US and Jamaica. Ohuruogu missed out on selection for the individual 400m at the 2017 World Championships in her hometown of London, failing to advance to the final at the GB World Championship trials in June of that year after finishing third in her heat with a time which was five seconds down on her personal best. She subsequently stated that 2017 would be her last season in competition, and that she would be open to competing in

2205-457: The Women's 4 × 400 m relay. Ohuruogu won the silver medal at 400m in the 2012 London Olympics . In a close race Sanya Richards-Ross held on to take the gold while Ohuruogu produced a fast finish to beat DeeDee Trotter and Amantle Montsho by just a few hundredths of a second to take the silver. Trotter finished third. Richards-Ross won in 49.55s; Ohuruogu ran a season's best time of 49.70, which

2268-625: The announcement of the development of UCL East, the UCL Urban Laboratory carried out a series of case studies of university-led urban regeneration, with results published in September 2015. The sites studied to inform the UCL East development included Queen's Campus, Durham University in Stockton on Tees , the University of Cambridge 's North West Cambridge development , Newcastle University 's Science Central innovation district,

2331-467: The arena's construction and purpose took place during a YouTube livestream to announce the release of their album Voyage . Christine Ohuruogu Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu // , MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres , the event for which she is an Olympic , World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008 , and silver medalist in 2012 , she

2394-418: The decision and eventually the deal with West Ham collapsed due to legal pressure on 11 October 2011. West Ham did go on to win the later tenancy bid and began using the stadium from the start of the 2016–17 football season as the main tenant. The Copper Box was the only permanent indoor arena remaining after the end of London 2012. Built primarily for use in the handball and goalball competitions, it

2457-492: The decision to allow West Ham to relocate to the stadium, as he believed that having West Ham playing within one mile (1.6 kilometres) of their Brisbane Road stadium could cost Orient support and even their existence. Incidentally, Hearn had expressed interest some years earlier in moving Orient to Olympic Park and reducing its capacity to 25,000 seats, while West Ham would cut the capacity to 60,000 if their relocation went ahead. Tottenham Hotspur also pursued legal action over

2520-422: The defending champion. She finished in eighth place with a time of 50.63. She led off the British 4 × 400 m relay at the same championships, helping them to win a bronze medal. Ohuruogu won the bronze medal at the 4 × 400 m relay in the 2016 Rio Olympics , running the final leg. Running the first three legs were Eilidh Doyle , Anyika Onuora and Emily Diamond , and they finished in a time of 3:25.88, behind

2583-621: The development, in September 2023 by Olympic gold medalist and UCL alumna Christine Ohuruogu . The UCL East campus consists of two buildings constructed in phase 1, One Pool Street and Marshgate, at the south end of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, on either side of the Waterworks River . The campus has been designed for 4,000 students, 260 teaching staff and 400 support staff in phase 1. The two buildings have an area of 50,000 m (540,000 sq ft);

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2646-480: The distance at IAAF Golden League meets were unimpressive. She had failed to break 51 seconds in the 2009 season; some distance behind world-leader Richards' best of 49.23 seconds. A hamstring problem caused her to withdraw from the London Grand Prix , raising doubts that she would be able to defend her World title. Ohuruogu's form improved in time for the 2009 World Championships, and she set

2709-537: The fastest time of the day and England are the winners of the race". Ohuruogu was suspended from competing in the 2006 European Athletics Championships because she had committed a violation of the anti-doping code. She missed three out-of-competition drug tests, known as the "whereabouts" system, of the World Anti-Doping Code ; one in October 2005 and then a further two in June 2006. Under IAAF and British Olympic Association rules, she received

2772-433: The final since her suspension; however, she won the individual 400m, taking the only gold medal for Great Britain at the Championships. Nicola Sanders won silver. Ohuruogu was also part of the bronze medal-winning team in the 400 m relay. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ohuruogu won her heat against Yulia Guschina who finished 0.18 seconds behind. She won the semi-final over Shericka Williams by 0.14 seconds. In

2835-488: The final straight as rivals struggled and slowed, and her capacity to peak for major championships, Ohuruogu retired in 2017, a year after winning her final senior global medal, a bronze as part of the Great Britain Olympic 4 × 400 metre relay team, her 12th overall global medal. Upon retirement, Ohuruogu made public her plan to begin her second career, seeking to qualify in law, with the aim of being called to

2898-472: The final, she became the first ever British female Olympic 400m champion, by beating the pre-race favourite Sanya Richards (bronze) and Shericka Williams (silver), with a time of 49.62s, the fastest time of 2008. In doing so, Ohuruogu won the 50th gold medal for Great Britain in athletics at the Summer Olympics. She was once again ranked No. 2 in the world over 400m behind Sanya Richards. Ohuruogu

2961-477: The first British woman to win three global titles (both achievements retrospectively moved to Jessica Ennis following her promotion to gold in the 2011 World Championships ). Her relay bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics made her only the second British track and field athlete, after Steve Backley to win medals at three successive Olympic Games. She was coached by Lloyd Cowan . Known for her strength endurance, consistent pacing, her gift for maintaining speed in

3024-539: The legacy of the Games. Their mission is to make creative connections between people and the Park by developing, commissioning and supporting high quality art, education and skill building initiatives, to engage, educate and inspire current and future generations. During its construction over 80,000 workers were engaged on the project. The construction of the Olympic Park was managed by CLM Delivery Partner, comprising CH2M Hill, Laing O'Rourke and Mace. CLM specifically managed

3087-470: The park and Stratford City the postcode E20 , which had previously only appeared in the television soap opera EastEnders for the fictional suburb of Walford . On 2 August 2011, it was announced the five neighbourhoods of housing and amenities (anti-clockwise from north-east) are: These names have relevant history in the area. All four of the East London boroughs covering the park as such have

3150-587: The park reopened in July 2013, while a large majority of the rest (including the Aquatics Centre, Velopark and Orbit observation tower) reopened in April 2014. The site covers parts of Stratford , Bow , Leyton , and Hackney Wick in east London , overlooking the A12 road . The site was previously a mixture of greenfield and brownfield land, including parts of Hackney Marshes . The Royal Mail gave

3213-447: The record for medalling in most successive global championships – 9 – between the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and the 2016 Summer Olympics . Ohuruogu's personal best time of 49.41 seconds, set at the 2013 World Championships , beat the UK record set by Kathy Cook in 1984 by 0.02 seconds, simultaneously making her the first British woman to win two World Championship titles, and

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3276-450: The second building (Marshgate 1) opening in phases from September 2022. Phase 1 of the development was intended to have 50,000 m (540,000 sq ft) of space, and to provide space for 4,000 extra students and 260 extra academic staff, while the entire UCL East campus, when completed, was expected to have 180,000 m (1,900,000 sq ft) of space, 40% of the size of UCL's central London campus. The outline planning permission

3339-564: The soil across the Park site was cleaned down to a human health layer, by soil washing. In addition, at the time of the Olympic and Paralympic games: The park has been given over to a number of current and planned uses after the London 2012 Summer Olympics finished, such as: As of January 2021, several arts and creativity institutions are constructing outposts at the park as part of a £1.1billion development, including: Stratford Cross

3402-407: The total area of the campus after the completion of an additional four buildings in phase 2 is expected to be 180,000 m (1,900,000 sq ft), 40 per cent of that of UCL's main Bloomsbury campus. One Pool Street has accommodation for 552 students in two towers and three floors (4,600 m; 50,000 sq ft) of research and teaching space, including a lecture theatre that doubles as

3465-594: The university could meet financial stability targets. Outline planning permission for UCL East was submitted in May 2017 by the London Legacy Development Corporation and UCL, and granted in March 2018. Construction of the first phase of buildings was then expected to begin in 2019, with the first building (Pool Street West) expected to be completed for the start of the 2021 academic year and

3528-453: The use of the venues for international events, some of them are intended for use on a regular basis by amateur and professional sports teams in various sports. On 11 February 2011, West Ham United were selected as preferred bidders, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur , to take over the Olympic Stadium as a football venue after the end of the games. However, five days later Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn announced that he would be challenging

3591-845: Was also cancelled, with the fencing events taking place at ExCeL London . The remaining indoor arenas are the Basketball Arena and the Copper Box , in addition to the Water Polo Arena , the Aquatics Centre , and the Velopark . The final design of the park was approved by the Olympic Delivery Authority and its planning-decisions committee. The Legacy List is the independent charity for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, set up in 2011 to support

3654-405: Was also part of the bronze medal-winning team in the 4 × 400 m relay, initially finishing 5th but being upgraded to 3rd place following subsequent disqualifications for drugs offences of the teams finishing in 3rd and 4th place. She won BOA Athlete of the Year at the UK Athletics Awards in 2008. In preparation for the European Indoor Championships in Turin , Ohuruogu set personal bests in

3717-432: Was conceived as part of plans to transform the Olympic Park into a cultural and innovation hub, where UCL would open its first school of design, a centre of experimental engineering and a museum of the future, along with a living space for students. Master planners for the new campus were appointed in spring 2015, and it was estimated that the first university building would be completed for academic year 2019/20. Alongside

3780-437: Was converted to a multi-use venue that will include use for basketball . As a result of the owners of the Prestige Homes Arena in Milton Keynes terminating their lease, the London Lions basketball club, after a season at the National Sports Centre , Selhurst , relocated to the Copper Box for the 2013-14 BBL season . The Lee Valley Hockey Centre was born from a revamp of the Olympic Legacy Hockey Facility . The facility

3843-446: Was due to open in September 2022. However, supply chain challenges led to a delay in the building being handed over by the contractors, with students being relocated to other accommodation on short notice. One Pool Street was handed over to UCL in October 2022, with the first students moving into accommodation and teaching starting in November 2022. UCL East was officially opened, along with the Marshgate building that completed phase 1 of

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3906-400: Was expected to begin in 2030 and be completed by 2034, and the whole project will support 2,337 academic staff and 11,169 students. The campus will include residences for up to 1,800 students. In June 2018, UCL revealed that the UK government would be providing £100 million of funding for UCL East as part of its £151 million contribution to the £1.1 billion redevelopment of the Olympic Park as

3969-456: Was for up to 190,800 m (2,054,000 sq ft) of space with up to 160,060 m (1,722,900 sq ft) of academic development and research space (including up to 16,000 m (170,000 sq ft) of commercial research space), up to 50,880 m (547,700 sq ft) of student accommodation, and up to 4,240 m (45,600 sq ft) of retail space. Construction of phase 2 (Pool Street East and Marshfield 2, 3 and 4)

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