The New York-based landscape architect firm is known for designing the High Line public space in New York. It will design public event spaces in the 50-acre South Park which sits between the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre and the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture.
The South Park gardens will be the main point of entry to the park and will feature an outdoor theatre, event rooms, an event lawn and a hedge labyrinth, all connected by a tree-lined promendade.
James Corner Field Operations says its winning design could hold "a wide range of event programming, from food festivals and markets to rides and small circuses, to concerts and performances, to arts, culture and education."
As reported in Event, . A competition was launched in July to develop a design concept for the area.
London-based firm Erect Architecture won the design competition for the North Park, which will include a play area for children and a community hub with event spaces.
OLPC chief executive Andrew Altman said the winning designs "really captured the character of the park as a compelling destination".
He added: "These spaces will be among the first new public spaces and facilities added to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is another example of how legacy plans for the park are more advanced than any other previous host Olympic city."
Both winners will work with the OLPC to develop their plans before the park reopens for visitors after the Games in 2013 or 2014.
The OLPC also today announced it has submitted plans for the Lee Valley Velopark in the north of the park, which would create a new park for Hackney which could host small scale events.
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