Piazza delle Medaglie (Photo: City of Turin Kit)
Olympic Turin - Torino Olimpica
Olympic Turin
Dressed to the nines with the flags and banners of the Look of the city,
Turin is the ice sports capital of the XX Winter Olympic Games.
Exceptional settings provide a fantastic backdrop to the emotions of the
Hockey, Short Track, Speed and Figure Skating competitions.
The facilities built for the Games are accompanied by other spaces where the Olympics became an occasion for meeting and communication: from the Olympic Village, which housed the athletes, to the Sponsor Village in Piazza Solferino with its packed roster of entertainment events up to and including the Medals Plaza, the arena for the prize-giving ceremonies in Piazza Castello, right in the heart of the city.
Olympic Stadium
Turin’s Olympic Stadium (the old municipal sports stadium) has been
the location for the official 20th Winter Olympics opening and
closing ceremonies. The stadium was inaugurated in 1933 and has been
completely recovered, restored, and its spaces redeveloped. In
particular, a spectacular new steel roof, with the outer perimeter
supported by tie rods, is the eye-catching new look for the historic
building, which still has it famous Maratona Tower, however.
Olympic Village
Olympic Village (Photo: Agenzia Torino Archive 2006)
Turin’s Olympic Village sleeps 2,500 guests. The area involved covers more than 100,000 square meters and is next to Lingotto, connected by a footbridge to the Turin 2006 HQ. The site centers around the restored historic structure of the 1934 Mercati Generali.
For the duration of the Games, this has been the location of the logistics center, shopping center, a relaxation area only for athletes and staff, as well as a large parking lot. The complex was designed by a team coordinated by the architects Benedetto Camerana and Giorgio Rosenthal.
Media Village
The 10,000 accredited Olympics mass media operators stayed at the 7
Media Villages,
located around Turin, and in hotels in the mountains.
All the Villages offer a service standard equivalent to a 3-star Bed&Breakfast, compliant with IOC requirements. All structures have shared work, catering and entertainment areas.
Media center
For the second time in the history of the modern Olympics, the
Main Press center and the International Broadcasting center, have been
located in the same structure. The Main Media center,
chief operating location for accredited press was at the
Lingotto Fiere exhibition center.
Turin Piedmont Media center
For the 20th Winter Olympics, journalists without accreditation
have been able to use the Turin Piedmont Media center, a structure run by the
Municipality of Turin in collaboration with Piedmont Provincial and
Regional Authorities.
Palavela (Photo: Agenzia Torino 2006)
Palavela
The new Palavela is Gae Aulenti’s reinterpretation of Palazzo a
Vela, a building inaugurated as part of the Italia ’61 centennial
celebrations for the Unification of Italy.
The new design preserved the spirit of the building, exalting its unique "vaulted" structure, which remains the symbolic element. Palavela hosted figure skating and short track events.
Turin Palaghiaccio
The Corso Tazzoli Palaghiaccio ice rink wa the location for figure
and short track skating training. The design comprised setting up
two distinct structures, dedicated respectively to figure skating
(Turin Palaghiaccio) and short track skating (Tazzoli). The two
structures are connected by an underpass.
Olympic Stadium
(Photo: City of Turin)
Palasport Olympic Stadium
The Palasport Olympic stadium, designed by Arata Isozaki and Pier
Paolo Maggiora, totally redefines the Piazza d’Armi urban space. The
refurbishment of this area extends to the park opposite, integrating
a generous green element: the Grande Green. During the Games the
Olympic Palasport complex hosted ice hockey matches.
Turin Esposizioni
Turin Esposizioni, the historic expo complex, designed by the
architect Luigi Nervi, has been given a makeover to host ice hockey
events. This facility has been set up inside the Giovanni Agnelli
pavilion and went back to being a trade show structure when the
Games were over.
Oval Lingotto
The Oval, located in the area between Lingotto and Turin’s Olympic
Village, is the new polyvalent, closed structure, given over to
speed skating races.
Medals Plaza
The Medals Plaza was located in the magnificent Baroque heart of
Piazza Castello.
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