Journal of critical reviews 478 Journal of Critical Reviews ISSN- 2394-5125 Vol 7, Issue 8, 2020 THE CHAMPS OLYMPIC ACADEMY Mawaddah M. Felemban 1 , Ahmed Refaat 2 1,2 College of Architecture and Design, Effat University, Qasr Khuzam St., Kilo.2, Old Mecca Road. P.O.BOX 34689, Jeddah 21478, Saudi Arabia E-mail: 1 mmfelemban@effatuniversity.edu.sa , 2 arefaat@effatuniversity.edu.sa Received: 20.04.2020 Revised: 24.05.2020 Accepted: 15.06.2020 Abstract Olympic is a global sporting event comprising summer and winter sports, where both masculine and woman athletes compete in separate competitions and represent distinct nations. The event is currently being organized every two years in even years. The government of Saudi Arabia has announced a vision for 2030, in which particular attention has also been paid to enhancing its participation and achievement in sport at internationally, particularly at the Olympic Games. Thus, to achieve the vision 2030, this study has proposed the development of an Olympic academy at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For this work, three case studies related to the architecture of the sports facilities and academy was examined. Accordingly, with reference to the case studies analyzed, the estimated gross floor area for the proposed Olympic Academy was 11 442 m2. The structure of the Olympic Academy consists of a number of zones, including academic zone, residential zone, training zone, family zone, administration zone and restaurant zone. The proposed site for development is located at Southern Obhur, at the intersection of Prince Talal Street and Prince Mohammed Al Faisal Street. The Olympic Academy was designed on the basis of modern and contemporary features. The development of this Olympic Academy will strengthen the process of preparing world-class athletes for Saudi Arabia and improve the possibility of realizing the 2030 vision. Keywords--Olympic, design, academy, Saudi Arabia, sports © 2020 by Advance Scientific Research. This is an open-access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.08.103 INTRODUCTION The Olympic Games (OG) has influenced the design of sports facilities since its inception [1].The location of Olympia is an illustration of how athletics venues are immediately and tangibly linked to a global sporting event that has become of widespread importance over the world [2]. Likewise, the first Olympic stadium continues to be the most reminiscent of the many Olympic sites that were created as a result of sporting events,that matched its objectives and its principles [3]. In addition, this is an area that has become socially important for participating countries.Naturally, all Olympic arenas are excellent where their peculiarity can be clarified by their dimension and the overall measurement of the venue of the Games as proposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) [4]. All these arenas are obviously linked to some of the features of the participating and organizing countries heritage [5]. Consequently, their importance extends further than their rigid historical value to democratic, economic, cultural and athletic aspects as well [5]. Contemporary Olympic games can give rise to social thoughts and enhance cultural distinctiveness. They could also help to tackle local history and enhance the financial position of the organizing nation [6].Correspondingly, previous host nations have continuously benefitted from organizing the sporting event as some Olympic arenas are now classified as social legacy assets at distinct levels ranging from local, domestic and international [7]. The government of Saudi Arabia has launched a 2030 vision [8], in which special attention has also been paid to increasing its participation in sport at international level. The 2030 vision was designed to enhance Saudi Arabia's sporting achievements at the Olympics . In order to fulfil this vision, Saudi Arabia requires the development of Olympic sports centers or academies. In addition, the people in Saudi Arabia benefit will benefit from the development of an international academy that will strengthen the country, raise its level of sport participation and increase its overall economic revenue from sport. Therefore, this work presents a proposal on developing an Olympic academy at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. CASE STUDIES In this work, three case studies on the architecture of the academy were examined for the proposed development of the Olympic Academy. The case studies analysed are as follows: a. BeiJiao Sport Center b. Latymer Upper School Sports Centre c. Lin'an Sports Center Bei Jiao Sport Center Bei Jiao Sport Center is located at Bei Jiao, China (Figure 1). This facility was designed by architects fromDecode Urbanism Office. This building has an area of 47000 m 2 . The sport center is surrounded by many types of buildings, residential, media headquarters, culture centre, citizen square, shopping centre, city park and the old town.It's a sports training center serving a number of neighborhoods. The center offered a training place and a hall for collective competition, a place for the renovation of body, physical and mental activity. There are several types of sports halls, such as the quad-game court, the aquatic zone, and the badminton and ping-pong halls.In addition, there is a private area for trainers and a public area for visitors and spectators, as well as a courtyard in the middle of a building that serves all users.The main approach used in this project is connectivity, taking into account the privacy of each trainer and creating a special zone with separate entrances for each trainer.The central open courtyard, located in the middle of the building, serves all users and inspires connectivity. It contains shops and a sitting area. Then the building itself was divided into three main zones. The first zone consist of main stadium (quad game court) and its training center with its services, such as changing room, and storage. The second zone consist of aqua center that houses the Olympic pool, training pool, shower, changing room with a separate entrance and lobby. The third zone is comprised of aa gym and fitness room, and ping pong hall and its services. In terms of the building structure, due to the long span of the function used by the sports hall, the building uses two types of