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Olympic Official Report Montreal 1976 Volume Games of the Official Report Volume II XXI Olympiad Facilities Montréal 1976 ©Copyright COJO 76, Ottawa 1978 All rights reserved Printed and bound in Canada Legal Deposit Quebec National Library 2nd Quarter, 1978 2 Table of contents 3 Introduction 9 Abbreviations and Symbols 10 1 The project in general 10 Scope of Installations 13 Organization Chart of the Construction Directorate 14 Chronology of Construction Activity 32 2 The Olympic City 34 The Olympic Park 42 Olympic Stadium 66 Olympic Pool 76 Olympic Velodrome 86 Maurice Richard Arena 90 Pierre Charbonneau Centre 94 Olympic Village 106 International Centre Olympic Village 110 3 Facilities in Greater Montréal 112 Olympic Basin, Notre Dame Island 118 Claude Robillard Centre 124 Étienne Desmarteau Centre 130 St. Michel Arena 134 Paul Sauvé Centre 138 The Forum 144 Winter Stadium University of Montréal 150 Molson Stadium McGill University 156 Road Courses for Cycling and Athletics 164 Training Sites 172 Press Centre 180 COJO Headquarters 184 4 Facilities outside Montréal 186 Olympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie 190 Olympic Archery Field, Joliette 194 Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont 202 Le Pavilion d'éducation physique et des sports de I'Université Laval 208 Sherbrooke Stadium 212 Sherbrooke Sports Palace 216 Olympic Yachting Centre, Kingston 226 Varsity Stadium, Toronto 230 Lansdowne Park, Ottawa 235 Appendice 239 Personnel Official Report 7 Olympic Village In 1969, at the time of Montréal's The city then had second thoughts initial bid to host the Games of the XXI and submitted to the International Olympiad, the city had agreed to ob- Olympic Committee (IOC) a project for serve the long-standing tradition of a village consisting of five different locating athletes' living quarters in one buildings, spread over a radius of sev- location close to the main competition eral kilometres from the Olympic Park. sites. The object was to integrate Olympic Accordingly, the Olympic Village living quarters as much as possible into was to be situated only a few hundred the city's long-range public housing metres to the north of the future program. Olympic Stadium. This proposal was rejected by the IOC in June 1973. Montréal was informed that it would have to con- struct a village in keeping with IOC standards, which decreed that "the Organizing Committee shall provide an Olympic Village for men and one for d Blv X I e Pi Site location plan 1 Olympic Stadium 2 Olympic Pool 3 Olympic Velodrome 4 Maurice Richard Arena 5 Pierre Charbonneau Centre 6 Olympic Village (residences) 7 Olympic Village (parkland) 8 International Centre 94 women so that competitors and team officials can be housed together and fed at a reasonable price. The Village shall be located as close as possible to the main stadium, practice fields and other facilities." (Olympic Rule 39). Several possible sites were consid- ered, but the choice finally fell to the location initially proposed, a 34-hectare plot of land on the municipal golf course about 800 m from the Olympic Stadium. Preparatory Work Before construction work could get underway, COJO had to clarify its needs and objectives, based largely Site plan 1 Women's residence 9 Bus parking area 2 Men's residences 10 Bus inspection zone 3 Tunnel to Olympic 1 1 Delegates' parking Park areas 4 Outdoor theatre 12 International Centre 5 Terrace café 6 Indoor pool 7 Place des Nations 8 Validation centre 95 upon directives issued by the IOC. A COJO's responsibilities involved questionnaire was sent to the various housing the approximately 12,000 ath- national Olympic committees to deter- letes and team members expected for mine housing, food and other related the Games, providing space in the services required. By the end of the Village for administrative services and summer of 1973, COJO was able to installing offices for the various prepare a detailed list of requirements national delegations. COJO also had to for the City of Montréal, which then make arrangements for boutiques and called for design and construction lounges and provide facilities for social proposals. and cultural events. Two projects were submitted. The first, a design for a temporary village, The Montréal Concept was prepared by a composite team of The Olympic Village consisted of teachers and students from the Faculté four high-rise buildings grouped two by d'aménagement of the University of two with a slight angle between them, Montréal, a firm of architects and a the resulting structures being dubbed company that specialized in the con- "pyramids" because of their shape struction of prefabricated buildings. It and design. This visually spectacular consisted of the consolidation of hun- complex, nearly 600 m in length and dreds of light, prefabricated com- rising to a height of 19 stories, acted as ponents, never more than two stories a sort of barrier between the noisy, bus- high. The entire structure was designed tling atmosphere of Sherbrooke Street to be dismantled after the Games. and the Olympic Park to the southeast The second design, submitted by a and the quiet, pastoral setting of the group of Montréal promoters, was for a Municipal Golf Course to the west. permanent village, a complex of four Olympic Village administration 19-story buildings constructed of rein- offices were integrated into the lower forced concrete and masonry. The floors of the buildings, as were those height of these buildings would allow for sports delegations, to allow close much of the site to be retained as exte- contact with all essential services. rior grounds and plans called for the The upper floors of the four complex to be turned into a permanent buildings served as living quarters for apartment village after the Games were athletes and team members, while the over. At the beginning of the summer noisier lower floors contained all public of 1974, after several months' study, and communal resources. Aside from this project was finally selected by the its design, it was this hierarchy of spa- City of Montréal. tial intimacy which gave Montréal's Two organizations were respon- Olympic Village its peculiar character. sible for the construction and prepara- IOC directives specified that male tion of the Olympic Village: the City of and female quarters must be kept sepa- Montréal, responsible for the building rate, but this barrier between the sexes itself; and COJO, for all temporary facil- was played down in Montréal. Tower A, ities for the Games. reserved for female athletes and team members, was connected with the other three towers (B, C and D) at the lower levels and with each floor of tower B via the exterior balconies. Restaurants, discotheques, cine- mas, sports information rooms, librar- ies, shops and other similar services could be found in the International Centre, located in a public school near the Olympic Village and transformed for the occasion. This prevented con- gestion of the Village itself and ensured a quiet atmosphere in the athletes' residences. Facilities installed in the resi- dences were of two types: permanent, such as building services designed for future use; and temporary, such as offices, cafeterias, furnishings and ath- letes' services provided by COJO and designed to be dismantled after the Games. 98 Towers C and D Towers A and B Occupancy scheme 1 Storage area 5 Olympic Village 2 Delegates' quarters administration and communal offices (Tower "A") services 6 Permanent 3 Kitchen and cafeteria apartments (Tower "A") 7 Ground level 4 Temporary dormitories Levels 04 03 02 01 Center of End of Center of End of building building building building 99 Floor plan: level 05 Towers C and D Temporary dormitories Floor plan: level 04 1 Storage area 5 Results distribution 9 Olympic Village 2 Delegates' quarters centre administration 3 Delegates' service 6 Security offices offices area 7 Pool 4 Competition inscrip- 8 Temporary tion room dormitories Floor plan: level 03 Towers A and B 1 Kitchen 2 Service counters 3 Dining room 2 Floor plan: level 02 Towers A and B 1 Delegates' quarters 5 Cafeteria administra- 2 Delegates' service tion offices area 6 Medical centre 3 Identity control point 7 Equipment storage 4 Personnel dressing rooms rooms and cafeteria 100 Construction The structures were built in a In October, 1974, COJO found record time of eight months. By the itself responsible for both permanent end of August 1975, 77,000 cubic and temporary installations in the metres of concrete had been poured Olympic Village. Sod was turned at the and 6,000 tons of reinforcing steel had end of November and in March 1975, been installed. a firm of management consultants was Work proceeded so rapidly that by engaged to supervise work at the site. January, 1976, COJO was able to begin Conventional methods of construc- installing Olympic facilities in several tion were used in the erection of the sections of the buildings. All construc- four residences. The structures them- tion deadlines were met and the Village selves were of reinforced concrete was ready for occupancy on schedule: poured on the spot; the exterior walls June 23, 1976. were of brick and the 18,300 m of par- apets, balconies and terraces were of prefabricated concrete. 101 Exterior Installations The Olympic Village was sur- manding view of the Olympic Park, the Upon arrival from the airport, rounded by paved walkways winding St. Lawrence River, Mount Royal and members of the various delegations through the landscaped terrain of the the skyscrapers of downtown Montréal. were directed to the validation centre old Municipal Golf Course. In a clear- At the foot of the pyramids on the located in a large red and white tent ing, a small wooden stage covered by a southeast side lay Place des Nations, behind the Village.
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