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15 October 2010
Australian architects says Commonwealth games shows that India is moving ahead
The Delhi Commonwealth Games have demonstrated the huge challenges facing India, but it has also shown
the massive strides the country
has made over the past decades, according to one of Australia’s leading
architects Peddle Thorp.
The practice designed several venues used throughout the games: the Thyagaraj Stadium, the Rugby Sevens
Venue at Delhi University, the Siri Fort Sports Complex, and the Yamuna Sports Complex.
Director Peter Brook said while the media attention had focused on what went poorly during the games, a lot
went splendidly.
“For Peddle Thorp’s part, our venues performed well,” he said.
“Indeed, in some cases, India is pulling ahead. For example, the New Delhi Metro is now a major public
transport system with highly innovative environmental features.
It is being further developed over the coming
years.
“The system stands in stark contrast to the empty rhetoric and posturing on public transport by some of our state
governments.”
For the past two decades, India's GDP growth rate has been one of the highest in the world and the middle class
population has more than tripled in size to exceed 250 million people. Mr Brook said the strong growth in this
market cannot be ignored by Australian companies. They simply must consider ways to access this market in
their future plans.
Peddle Thorp built on its extensive experience in sports architecture having designed the Melbourne Sports and
Aquatic Centre for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The Thyagaraj Stadium for the Delhi Commonwealth
Games was built from scratch at a cost of $77 million. Built over three years, the multidisciplinary games stadium
spans an area of 2.55 hectares with a seating capacity of 5000. The stadium also has a competitor track for
athletics, three tennis clay courts and two grass courts.
The Rugby Sevens venue is a 2500 seat permanent stand that is the centrepiece of a 10,000 seat venue
situated in the beautiful Delhi University Campus.
Siri Fort Sports Complex is a combined badminton and squash stadium with seven badminton courts and one
squash show court.
The Yamuna Sports Complex was the official table tennis venue and it featured
a 5000 seat capacity show
court, 10 practice courts and a multipurpose hall.
For more information contact Kevin Brianton on 0407 830 163.
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