1. AHMAD ARIF BIN ZULKIFLE AMIN A12DP0027
ASNIZA BINTI MD YUNUS A12DP0109
RICHMOND OLYMPIC OVAL,
BRITISH-COLUMBIA, CANADA

2. PROJECT DATA
Client
City of Richmond
Architect
Cannon Design, Toronto
Structural Engineer
Glotman Simpson, Vancouver
Roof Structural Engineer(Wood Wave© Structural Panel)
Fast+Epp Partners, Vancouver
Electrical & Mechanical Engineer
Stantec Consulting, Vancouver
Landscape Architect
Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, Vancouver
Project Management
MHPM Project Managers Inc.
Construction Manager
Dominion Fairmile Construction Ltd.
Building Renderings
Cannon Design
Developer Design Builder
Woodwave StructureCraft Builders Inc

3. BACKGROUND
KEY PLAN
British Columbia, Canada

4. BACKGROUND
LOCATION PLAN
Located on the bank of the Fraser River Delta, and enjoys spectacular views to the
North Shore Mountains Richmond

5. BACKGROUND
SITE PLAN
6111 River Road, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (49°10′29″N 123°9′5″W)
Capacity: 8 000

6. DESIGN INSPIRATION
• Design concept: Flow, Flight and Fusion
• Approach: City Meets Nature
• Elements of curved and linear forms were taken
from the nearby Fraser River and the wild birds (the
heron) that inhabit its estuary. . Architecturally, the
curving roof recalls a heron’s wing. The roofline of
the Oval also mirrors the outline of the stylized
heron that is the centrepiece of the city’s logo
Heron symbolise
‘The graceful & elegant’
Logo of City of Richmond
3D Model Richmond Olympic Oval

7. DESIGN
ROOF PLAN

8. DESIGN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
Second Floor Spaces
LEGEND:
1 fitness equipment
area
2 core fitness
3 meeting room
4 tenant
5 support
6 multipurpose room
7 tenant
8 speed-skating oval
9 support

9. DESIGN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
First Floor Spaces
LEGEND:
1 fitness equipment
area
2 core fitness
3 meeting room
4 upper lobby
5 support
6 multipurpose room
7 tenant
8 200 m running track
9 eight-court
basketball
10 two international ice
sheets

10. DESIGN
GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
Ground Floor Spaces
LEGEND:
1 refrigeration mech room
2 mechanical room
3 tenant
4 paddling centre
5 sport medicine
6 tenant
7 change rooms
8 administration
9 team rooms
10 executive locker rooms
11 lobby
12 tenant
13 child minding
14 multipurpose room
15 meeting rooms
16 multipurpose meeting
rooms
17 tenant
18 tenant
19 loading/receiving
20 parking spaces

11. DESIGN
EAST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION

12. DESIGN
LOBBY SECTION
SECTION A-A’
1.6 metres
100 metres

13. STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTION
Building Structure Diagram (330-foot glulam and steel bracing support that spring from the
massive concrete buttresses and stretch across the vaulted six-acre space every 47 feet)
Concrete Buttress
Glulam Roof
Beam Arch
Glulam Round
V-Post
Glulam Round
Frame Support

14. STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTION
Glulam Roof Beam Arch
Glulam Round Frame Support
Glulam Round V-Post
Concrete Buttress
Pile Caps
Concrete Slab
Vee-Shape Wood Panel Structure
The two lower floors of the building are cast-in-place concrete. Extending through the floors
are massive, inclined concrete buttressessit sit on pile caps that distribute buttress loading to
pile resistance from which the great arched roof springs.

15. Wood wave panel
Wave Panel Perspective View
End Plates – Transfer compresion timber arch to Steel Tension Rod
Steel Tansion Rod - Hold arch shape after the panel has been pressed
Plywood Bulkhead - Hold vee-shaped in place & transfer shear load
Plywood Pattern – Create rigid panel

16. Wood wave panel
Spruce, Pine, Fir (SPF) 2x4 dimension lumberWoodWave panel - tension rods; sprinkler, wood strand
pattern and form
Panel Vees loaded with fibrous insulation WoodWave panel bolted in place to a pair of
glulam arches

17. Wood wave panel
The Vee-shapes of the panel structure create internal voids for concealing the sprinkler piping, while allowing the
sprinkler heads to protrude into the space below
Top down roof view of an arch prior to sheathing sprinkler system main lines, electrical conduits, ventilation system
ducting, strut connection detail, WoodWave panel to arch connection detail, glulam arch steel forming and bracing
elements

18. Wood wave panel
Services between V-Shapes wood panel V-shapes Wood panel close up
Panel Vee with sprinkler line
positioned, lined with fabric
and plywood gussets drilled for
services
Panel Vees - staged prior to
assembly
Panel Vee with plywood
gusset positioned and
glued

19. gLulam round-v-post

20. gLulam round-v-post
Glulam Round Post use bolt and nut to
joint with metal sheet plate then have
been welded to steel frame

21. gLulam round-v-post

22. gLulam round-v-post
Glulam Round Post use bolt and nut to joint with metal sheet plate to
concrete buttress

23. GLULAM ROOF BEAM ARCH

24. GLULAM ROOF BEAM ARCH
C- Jointing Construction using bolt & nut
system
B- Roof Structure-Steel strut bracing
secured the wooden arch roof beam
panels at the top whole steel frame at the
bottom
A- Jointing Construction to Wall Facade
A B
C

25. material
WoodWave Panels
Exterior:
CBR Products: Broda Clarity Wood – Stone
Acrylic Finish (WS)
Applied over;
CBR Products: Broda Clarity Masonry –
Concrete Acrylic Sealer (MC)
Applied over;
PeneTreat Wood preservative
Glulam Beams
Interior:
Target - EMTECH® U9300: Ext.
polycarbonate water based urethane top coat

26. material
Yellow Cedar Posts
Exterior:
Target - EMTECH® U9300: Exterior
polycarbonate water based urethane top coat
Applied over;
Target - EMTECH® 8800 Universal Waterborne
Sealer

27. material
Architectural Millwork
A number of wood based cabinets, counters,
displays and a variety of screening panels
have been created
through the business and special usage areas
of the facility.
Wood doors, moldings and trims have also
been used to accent the building.
Some of the wood incorporated into the
finishing details originated from the trees
harvested on the site prior to construction.
Gymnasium Floor
Surface:
Robbins Bio Channel Classic 31,000 square
feet of
Maple lumber – 25/32 in. x 1 1/2 in. wide,
2nd and better XL Maple MFMA-FJ
Substrate includes:
997 sheets of 4 ft x 8 ft x 3/4 in. plywood -
Exterior grade;
Standard D Fir CSP
System includes:
Low VOC sealer and finish

28. references
-http://www.cannondesign.com/projects/project-catalog/richmond-olympic-oval/
-http://www.archdaily.com/49705/winter-olympics-2010-vancouver-skating-richmond-olympic-oval-cannon-design/
-http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/richmondolympicoval/
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Olympic_Oval
-ACEC (Association of Consulting Engineering Companies) - CCE (Canadian Consulting Engineers) 2010 Award
Announcement Reduced.pdf-Winner
-CRSI (Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute) 2010 Design Award Announcement web size.pdf-Winner
-RAIC (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada) Awards-Innovation Architecture (Science).pdf-Winner
-Richmond Olympic Oval Case Study.pdf
-Architecture Over Ice: Cannon Creates a Skating Venue of Olympic Proportions.pdf
-Eco-structure Olympic Hero.pdf
-Oval and Above: As part of the 2010 Winter Olympics, this innovative speed-skating facility will eventually be part of a
thriving new community on the banks of the Fraser River.pdf