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
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
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
