Montreal Olympic Stadium Retractable Roof

However plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988.

Montreal olympic stadium retractable roof.

The stadium was designed by french architect roger taillibert to be an elaborate facility featuring a retractable roof which was to be opened and closed by cables suspended from a huge 175 metre 574 ft tower the tallest inclined structure in the world and the sixth tallest structure in montreal. A new olympic stadium roof won t be retractable but will possibly allow in natural light according to a call for tenders released by the olympic installation board on tuesday. The membrane seams were made in a mixture of sewing and high frequency welding. Taillibert the french architect who designed the stadium to host the 1976 montreal olympics passed away on oct.

His vision for the structure included a massive concrete dome. Collaborating to prepare a business case for a new covering are schlaich bergermann partner sbp a german engineering firm that has designed over 60 stadium roofs. The completion date for the olympic stadium s planned 250 million roof replacement is being pushed back a year officials say to make sure they get it right this time. The roof is lowered from a 168 m high inclined tower on fully locked cables the suspension points being held in shape by connecting cables.

In tabling a bill giving the olympic installations board a new name. 3 at the age of 93. Pritesh gupta flickr c c. A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium.

Quebec yes montreal the coalition avenir québec government believes in the olympic stadium and that will include a new roof. The retractable kevlar membrane roof of the olympic stadium has an anticlastic shape with 26 suspension points and 17 edge cables anchored at the concrete roof. The olympic stadium s roof has 3 400 rips in it compared to about 20 in 2010. 2 0 the olympic stadium s inclined tower designed by roger taillibert was only realized in 1987 11 years after the montreal olympics.

Tower and cables for retractable roof at the montreal olympic stadium olympic stadium in montreal quebec was slated to be the first outdoor retractable roof stadium at its debut for the 1976 summer olympics.