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Dynamo Palace of Sports
The Dynamo Palace of Sports, built
for the Games in the northwest of
Moscow, has become a landmark of
the Khimki-Khovrino residential area.
The Rechnoi Vokzal Metro Station is
situated near the Palace.
The building stands in Lavochkin
Street facing Druzhba Park. A plaza
spreads out in front of it, with greenery,
pool and fountains.
The Dynamo Palace of Sports
hosted Olympic handball competitions.
The competition arena with stands
takes up most of the building's interior.
Two training halls for team
sports are adjacent to it on opposite
sides. The main entrance for the spectators
leads to the arena via a
stylobate, from which they come
up four stairs to the lounge, which
skirts the arena. The stylobate
roof also serves as a terrace for
promenade.
The height of the competition hall
is 16 metres. The competition arena
measures 48 by 26 metres and is
covered with a synthetic material. The
stands, with space for 5,000 spectators,
are located lengthwise. They
are connected by passage balconies
at the ends. Some seats were
mounted on the balconies, too. Sections
for VIPs, officials, and members
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of the press were set aside on the
stands.
Eight locker rooms were installed,
complete with showers, near the
arena. Two training halls, each 42x24
m and 8 m high, have their own locker
rooms, showers, and saunas that can
be used independently from any
events held at the arena. These halls
were used for warming-up during the
Olympic Games. The floors of the
halls also have synthetic surfacing.
A hall for body building, 21x18 m
in size, located in the central part of
the stylobate ground floor, is connected
to the locker rooms of the
training halls and is designed for the
individual training of athletes.
Administration offices on the
ground floor were used as quarters for
technical officials and the award
squad during the Olympic Games.
In the stylobate part of the building,
close to the press box, commentator
positions and judges' area, there
was a press subcentre. Quarters for
technical officials were also set up
there and connected with the information
centre.
Structurally, the Palace of Sports
consists of a cast-in-situ reinforced
concrete framework, which also supports
the stands, assembled from precast
concrete elements.
Façade of the Dynamo Sports
Palace on Lavochkin Street in
Khimki-Khovrino