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A building to house the ACS
"Olympiad" automated control system,
situated in Luzhniki on the bank of the
Moskva River near the Lenin Central
Stadium, was completed in 1979. The
Main Computer of the system was
installed there immediately. Some
divisions and services of the OCOG-80
also moved there. The Games Control
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Headquarters occupied part of the
building from April 1980.
The closed rectangle of the
building covers an area of 135x54 m,
including two inner yards with shrubs
and grass. On the ground floor is the
main lobby, with two lift lounges on
both sides and staircases connecting
all the floors. The ground floor also
houses copying machines and a
cafeteria. Machine rooms with two
rows of windows occupy the first and
second floors. They are adjoined by
utility rooms and offices located
around the perimeter of the first floor.
A coordination centre with a paging
control room for competitors and
guests of the Olympics was located on
the second floor during the Games.
There is also a telephone exchange
for 3,000 numbers serving the Lenin
Central Stadium. A conference hall with
420 seats is on the third floor.
The skeleton of the building was
assembled from precast ferro-concrete
units. The roof of the conference hall
Lobby of the ACS building
Lift lounge
Building of ACS "Olympiad"
First Floor Plan
1. Computer room
2. Office of the Sports
Programme Control Centre
3. Rooms of the Main Computer
Centre
4. Rooms of the Games' Control
Centre
5. Inner yards