Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

Songpa-gu, Seoul, about four kilometers
from the Olympic Stadium, the
4,494 flats in 56 apartment buildings of
13 to 15 storeys were constructed in 15
months from March 1987 to May 1988.
The apartment units set aside for the
Games accounted for 3,890, covering
12,960 rooms with 17,322 beds. The
overall accommodation capacity of the
apartments was far more than the
projected accommodation requirement
for the Olympic Family in order to provide
for a surplus; surplus rooms were
utilized for guide offices of operations
personnel or lodging quarters for guide
and information desk personnel.
In order to function as a "mini -city,"
the Family Town was equipped with
four shopping units, administrative
offices, post office, police sub -station,
educational, medical and sports
facilities.
In its 12th session in June 1985, the
Olympic Support Committee decided
to launch the Family Town project in
the form of a new project under the
responsibility of the SLOOC, while the
development of the estate was assigned
to the Korea Housing Corporation.
Kunwon Wooyang Architects & Associate
completed the design, and construction
firms including Daewoo Co.,
Lucky Development Co., Lotte Construction,
Pacific Construction and
Sunkyong Engineering & Construction
formed a joint team to undertake the
construction at a cost of about 260
billion won.
The sales of the 4, 494 flats of the
Family Town were conducted on two
occasions, in May and July 1987.
By December the same year sales
contracts had been completed.
By size in pyong (one pyong equals
3.3 square meters), the apartment
units included: 1) 600 of A-type 32
pyong, 2) 900 of B type 32 pyong, 3)
900 of 43 pyung, 4) 1,416 of 49 pyong,
5) 558 of 56 pyong, 6) 120 of 68 pyong.
18.5.2
Operation of Lodging
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The operation of the Family Town's 56
units covering 3,890 flats and 12,960
rooms was jointly done by four hotels,
each with predetermined equity ratio
-Hilton Hotel, 40 percent; Lotte,
Walker Hill, and Seoul Plaza each with
20 percent.
The room operations contract signed
with the SLOOC amounted to 8,850
million won for a period of 30 days
from September 10 to October 9, 1988,
with quality of services being on a par
with tourist hotels; the contracting
hotels were required to obtain standards
approval for five kinds of linen sheets,
15 kinds of room supplies, and 29
Family Town Rooms' Use
Classification
Olympic Family
Tourists
Total
Economy
Apt Units Rooms
156
1,144
1,300
312
2,288
2,600
Business
Apt Units Rooms
494
286
780
kinds of office supplies. The rooms
included: 1) 2,600 rooms in 1,300 flats
of 32-pyong economy type; 1,300
rooms each for singles and twins, 2)
3,120 rooms in 780 flats of 43 -pyong
business type; 1,560 singles and 780
each for doubles and twins, 3) 4,896
rooms in 1,224 flats of 49-pyong de
luxe type; 2,448 singles, and 1,224
each for doubles and twins, 4) 1,928
room sin 482 flats of 56-pyong superde
luxe type; 482 rooms each for
singles and doubles, and 964 twins,
and 5) 416 rooms in 104 flats of 68pyong
type; 312 doubless and 104 twins.
By type of rooms, singles accounted
for 5,790, or 45 percent, doubles
accounted or 2,798, or 21 percent, and
twins accounted for 4,372, or 34
percent.
The standard room rates were 40,000
won for single, 48,000 won for double,
and 52,000 won for twin. In addition,
the rate for large-sized single was
80,000 won, that for large-sized
double 144,000 won and largesized
twin 104,000 won. Ten percent
service charge was added.
The rates by size of flats were: 1)
92,00 won for 32-pyong type, 2)
180,000 won for 43 pyong, 3) 180,000
won for 49 pyong, 4) 192,000 won for
56 pyong, and 5) 196,000 won for 68
pyong.
The room sales included 4,720 rooms
in 1,258 flats for Olympic Family, and
8,240 rooms in 2,632 flats for ordinary
tourists. For the ordinary tourists, sales
done at the admission tickets sales
agencies accounted for 5,948 rooms
involving 1,871 flats, and sales by tour
agencies accounted for 2,292 rooms
involving 761 flats.
Bookings for the Olympic Family
proceeded in accordance with the
aforementioned SLOOC regulations,
but for ordinary tourists, the amount of
booking deposit varied according to
the time of payment: 1) Before September
30, 1987, lodgers were required
to pay 20 percent at the time of booking
and to settle the balance on three
occasions; 20 percent by December
31, 1987, 20 percent by March 31,
1988, and the balance at the time of
check - in, 2) before December 31,
1987, lodgers were required to pay 50
percent of the rate at the time of booking,
and settle the balance on two
occasions; first time involving 20 percent
by March 31, 1988 and the balance
at the time of check - in, 3) before
March 31, 1988, lodgers were required
to pay 80 percent at the time of booking,
and settle the balance at the time
of check - in. Payment of the whole
amount was required for bookings
thereafter.
1,976
1,144
3,120
Deluxe
Apt Units Rooms
608
616
1,224
2,432
2,464
4,896
Super Deluxe
Apt Units Rooms
482
482
1,928
1,928
The room allocation was done according
to the following guidelines: 1)
Games -related persons were
deployed by group in the same zone
so that the relevant apparatuses of the
SLOOC and domestic sports federations
could manage efficiently; 2)
invited VIPs, holders of NOC transferable
cards, IF technical officials and
others eligible for transportation services
provided by the SLOOC were
accommodated close to parking lots;
3) G and GV cards holders were
assigned to 32-pyong economy type
allowing for easy distribution of rooms
and avoiding protocol difficulties which
might arise in the sharing of larger
flats; 4) those eligible for accreditation
cards were assigned to a given zone
for security consideration. In the case
of ordinary tourists, those belonging to
specific groups were given precedence,
while individual tourists were assigned
according to their personal preference
and the level of rates. For the convenience
of the Family Town guests, a
main guide desk was installed at the
entrance, and guide desks were
installed at each unit to manage elevators
and handle various guide
services.
A predetermined standard of services
was maintained with respect to laundry
and replacement of linen sheets in
rooms and upkeep of office fixture.
Garbage collection and cleaning in the
apartment area was done under service
contract.
For the facility management, the Joint
Project Unit organized separate teams
for facility inspection and repair; the
facility inspection team was responsible
for regular inspections and established
a contingency system to deal with fire,
electric breakdown and water supply
stoppages. The repair team, grouped
in five sub-teams for construction
sections, was responsible for the
repair of any faults.
Total lodgers who stayed at the Family
Town from September 10 to October 9,
1988 numbered 203,745, or a daily
average of 6,790 persons.
18.5.3
Food Service Operation
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Food service operation in the Family
Town was done in the form of cafeteria
style buffet at the large dining hall in
the apartment precinct. It operated for
30 days from September 10 to October
9, 1988. The dining hall with floor
space of 5,369 square meters was
equipped with 500 six -seat tables,
10 main food supply stands, four dessert
corners, four beverage corners,
President
Apt Units Rooms
104
104
416
416
Total
Apt Units
1,258
2,632
3,890
Rooms
4,720
8,240
12,960
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and eight coffee corners. Included in
the dining hall were a kitchen with
floor space of 2,291 square meters,
warehouse with floor space of 641
square meters, and employees'
lockers area with floor space of 357
square meters.
Food supply involved table services
with menus covering Western,
Chinese and Japanese foods. The
basic menu for breakfast covered 76
kinds mainly in Western style, lunch
involved 93 kinds of menu of the standard
available at de luxe hotels, and
dinner involved 98 kinds, rotated on a
three - day cycle basis. The food
charge was 6,400 won for breakfast,
with 50 percent discount provided to
youngsters below 12 in age. Lunch and
dinner was about 12,000 won. Breakfast
charges were collected in advance
together with the payment of the
accommodation charges. Lunch and
dinner were sold as required but 10
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12. Menu board at Olympic Family Town
dining hall; the 3,000-seat dining hall
operated from September 10 to
October 9.
13. Olympic Family Town, comprising 56
apartment buildings of 13 to 15 stories.