ArcelorMittal Orbit

ArcelorMittal Orbit facts and figures

• ArcelorMittal is a Tier 2 sponsor and the official steel supporter of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit has been designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil B Balmond
• ArcelorMittal provided £19.6million of the £22.7million project with the outstanding £3.1million provided by the Greater London Authority
• Its height is 114.5 metres (the London 2012 Olympic Stadium is 60 metres tall)
• It is the tallest sculpture in the UK
• If it was a vertical tower (with all the loops flattened out), it would be taller than the Eiffel Tower
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit is 22 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty
• If you stretched the structure out as one long rope it is about 560 metres
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit can accommodate 5,000 visitors a day and has the potential to attract around 1m people during the first year of operation
• There are 2 indoor 300 square-metre platforms offering dramatic views of London’s skyline
• On a clear day, visitors to the ArcelorMittal Orbit can see over 20 miles into the distance from the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit viewing platform
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit has 2 passenger lifts of 21 person capacity each which can accommodate for 500 - 770 people per hour
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit is fully accessible by wheelchair
• 2,000 tonnes of steel have been used to build the Orbit
• The Orbit is made of 57% of recycled steel
• While the majority of the steel in the ArcelorMittal Orbit comes from ArcelorMittal’s plants in Western Europe, token quantities of steel are included from ArcelorMittal plants in every continent where the company has a presence
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit is steadied by a tuned mass damper - the pendulum alone weighs 40 tonnes, and its length is 2.8 metres
• The ArcelorMittal Orbit is composed of 366 star nodes, each 4 metres tall
• The spiral staircase is 1,150 feet long and has 455 steps
• 35,000 bolts have been used in its construction
• 19,000 litres of paint have been used
• The ‘red’ colour of the Orbit is RAL 3003