FOR THREE DAYS THE OLYMPIC CITY IS THE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL OF SPORTS ARCHITECTURE

From October 20 to 22 Torino hosted the INTERNATIONAL FORUM «THE SPORTS FACILITIES».

From October 20 to 22 in Torino took place the International Forum: the 280 participants - who came from different countries such as Spain, United Kindom, Africa, United States, France, Czech Republic, Croatia, Russia – were very interested to: « The sports facilities. Planning, design, building, management ».

Satisfaction for the success in Regione Piemonte , Provincia di Torino , Città di Torino , CONI , Italian National Olympic Committee TOROC – Organizing Committee for the XX Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006 and Agenzia Torino 2006 , the Government Agency in charge of the execution of the Olimpic works: the institutions which promoted the congress.

During these three days, professionals and technicians met managers and designers from all over the world, not only to face the thechnical and managerial excellence of the works built on the occasion of the XX Winter Olympic Games, but also to consider the crucial issue of the installations post Olympic use, trhough the experience of the past host cities.

Four were the sessions of the forum: the managerial methods of the works execution process; the relation between the contracting centre and the designers ; the connections with the enterprises (the supervision of big building sites, the problems faced and solved); the technical solutions adopted .

Saturday October 22 the tour of the Olympic installations of Torino 2006 , in order to show the Olympic legacy and think about their use after the Games.

INTERNATIONAL FORUM The sports facilities. Planning, design, building, management

Under the auspices of:
IOC, International Olympic Committee
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

Promoted by:
Regione Piemonte Provincia di Torino Città di Torino CONI, Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
TOROC, Comitato Organizzatore dei XX Giochi Olimpici Invernali Torino 2006
Agenzia Torino 2006

Sponsored by:
Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti PPC
Ordine degli Architetti PPC della Provincia di Torino
Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri
Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Torino
Politecnico di Torino
IAKS International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities
UIA International Union of Architects - Sports & Leisure Programme

Supported by:
Camera di commercio industria artigianato e agricoltura di Torino

CONGRESS SECRETARIAT
Agenzia Torino 2006
Galleria S. Federico 16
10121 - Torino
tel. 011/5221.205 fax 011/5221.213
www.agenziatorino2006.it
e-mail: forum@agenziatorino2006.it

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