Olympic park. National identity

First year ( Interior achitecture and design course) history of art essay. WORD LENGHT: 2.500 - 3000 URBAN SPACE MANAGEMENT, VIEWTUBE, (OLYMPIC PARK, STRATFORD, 2009- ONGOING) Essay Question Nation building n the forging of a national identity have preoccupied the government of nation - states almost as much as economic growth n development. Such nation building effort has been particularly important in the case of post-war Britain, perhaps because of its declining empire. While national identity has primarily been defined in abstract n intangible terms, there is evidence to show that design, urban development n feature of the built environment can be powerful contributing force to this process-perhaps because of their importance in the perception of people among whom national identity is being forged. In this essay u r asked to identify the ways in which one of the objects, sites, buildings or events listed below were designed, built n displayed as part of a wider process of nation building. I think should be mention things as: History of previous Olympic games in London To compare the last Olympic game - what they wanted to show about them national identity How England wanna show English identity n traditions using this Olympic game (all new buildings, special projects) How England want to show them traditions in a quite industrial area as Stratford. How they gonna control people - tourists (transport, the greenway) [login to view URL]