architecture and the body summerterm program 2003 for students of architecture, landscape architecture construction management, sport science civil engineering and process management Organisation POLE EUROPE Co-Leader POLE/Responsibilty for Contents Prof. Daniel Kündig, Architekt ETH SIA BSA University of Applied Sciences Aargau Klosterzelgstrasse, CH-5210 Windisch tel +41 (0)1 254 53 53 [email protected] Co-Leader POLE/International Relations Prof. Dr. Christoph Holliger University of Applied Sciences Aargau Steinackerstrasse 5, CH-5210 Windisch The University of Applied tel +41 (0)56 462 44 06 / +41 (0)62 777 27 75 Sciences Aargau decided [email protected] to geographically merge its ve faculties on one site. During this ongoing process the demand for Lead Information Technologies a new sports centre has Prof. Dr. Ing. Manfred Breit University of Applied Sciences Aargau emerged. It shall be Steinackerstrasse 5, CH-5210 Windisch located in Brugg or Win- tel +41 (0)56 462 44 94 / +41 (0)79 204 63 46 disch, in one of the two [email protected] Swiss towns involved. Due to this, the sites have to be evaluated and the planning of a functional infrastructure has to be induced. Pole Europe is a university-innate platform that addresses Operative Leading/Coordination/Responsabilty for Contents such complex projects and offers students from different Manuel Alberati, dipl.Architekt ETH University of Applied Sciences Aargau disciplines and different universities an opportunity to Klosterzelgstrasse, CH-5210 Windisch participate and contribute to the intellectual process in tel +41 (0)79 483 16 00 international teams. [email protected] Homo sapiens is prepared to shape his natural destiny with his own scientic/technical hands: In vitro fertilization, stem cell research on Technical Leading IT and Web Technic embryos and the likelihood of a rst cloned Hans Rudolf Strebel, Ingenieur HTL baby in the near future are cause for both University of Applied Sciences Aargau hope and concern. Ever since Johann Gottfried Steinackerstrasse 5e, CH-5210 Windisch Herder (1744-1803), the common assumption tel +41 (0)76 317 30 67 that the cultural evolution of man is a continu- [email protected] ation of his/her natural evolution has been thor- oughly questioned at the beginning of the 21st century. Moreover, there is subtle evidence of a new dynamic relation of man to his body. Piercing and tattoos for instance can be understood as a tendency to playfully challenge one’s own Supported by Patronage by biological condition on the surface of the body. University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Switzerland architecture and the body University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Switzerland 2 Between the radical ideologies that strive for Future trends and new ways of exercise approaches, the one of maximizing the other by the ’ideal’ physical shape of the human body The need for a new sports centre has developed marginalizing its potential, have to evaluated. on the one hand and these rather harmless out of the decision to restructure the present It may be anticipated that an equilibrium of attempts to change one’s aesthetic appearance university zone in Brugg-Windisch and the pro- progression and respect could lead to a re- on the other, lies the incessant search for new posal to develop a new campus area. A test denition of a novel understanding. and diverse ways of physical exercise: Raving, planning is being carried out to evaluate the The project to be worked out shall allow the dancing, snowboarding, bungee-jumping, body location, the analysis of intended utilizations, planning on the two perimeters, each with very building and so on can all be interpreted practical possibilities and to dene the desired distinguished characteristics. The area of the as strategies that look for new physical network between the university and other social Tiergarten, in the park of the ancient monas- levels of comfort. Sport, elements. The originally created as a planning should popular pastime activity not only explore by English royalty, has the potential for developed into a soft sports facilities Project goals variant of a self-induced within the gen- evolution of mankind. eral framework Architecture Discourse of the new body perception The Pole Europe project of an exercise and the formulation of a respective physicality. ‘Architecture and the centre but also Integration of cultural heritage. Planning of a club Body’ will discuss this generate new program with new contemporary and future orientation new social relationship ideas. The inter- alongside with the traditional needs of sports facilities. to the human body and disciplinary and Development of possible solutions. Integration of the its effect on the design international university campus into the existing urban context. of sports facilities. teams which are Landscape Determination of the relationship between Notably, we are stand- formed with par- used, empty and peripheral space. Consideration of the ing on a threshold to a new awareness. The role ticipants of the Pole Europe project, will develop tery Koenigsfelden now is ill-dened: Border existing topography. Creation of an attractive periphe- of leisure time in planning, especially in urban a project on the given sites that respects and threshold at the same time, also an area ral area for the whole population. planning, is fundamentally changing. During the new understanding of the social body cul- with bizarre use. The relationship between the Sports & Medicine Provision of a visionary exercise the last decades sport has increasingly drifted ture and actively engages in these issues. The university campus and the two cities as well regime for a broad population. Integration of new towards hedonistic activities away from its tra- result should be an integration of cultural, tech- as the program for the future use of the area social needs into the current social context. Creation ditional understanding as a ritual act. This dif- nical, organisation-related, economic and eco- will determine the specic quality of the place. of attractive and exible institutions for the intended ference demands new concepts in planning. The logic aspects. The second perimeter consists of a heath and body culture. Assessment of potential to include current demand for pastime activities renders contains the Roman amphitheatre, a structure knowledge in bio-technology. traditional public parks and recreational areas of high historical and cultural importance. The Economic factors Feasibility concept with practical obsolete. Governmentally decreed leisure and Between provocation and courage project is in search of a new concept for dealing applications. Information on costs, investments, con- sports programs, which usually follow a top- Two different sites have been identied for the with heritage.Thus, the team members will be struction deadlines and maintenance costs. Marketing down structure, are being replaced by new project: At present, one is used as an enclosure sensitised and will sharpen their awareness for proposals. exercise systems which develop from bottom for deer (Tiergarten) with an adjacent 19th cen- the handling of historical sites. According to the Engineering Development of program-specic ideas. up out of special demand. Such activities which tury park, the other contains a Roman amphi- university’s requirements the program envis- Information on relationships between body and mate- can clearly be observed in the built environment theatre (Vindonissa) and an adjacent heath. ages a triple-use gymnastics hall (26x46m), an riality. Technical applications within an environmental can be understood as a result of ‘anti-planning’. The two signicant elements on the sites, the outdoor sports ground (24x50m), a playground frame. Concepts of building hygiene and the structural, They show the shortcomings of urban planning historic park as well as the Roman ruins, (50x90m), running tracks (100m), long jump mechanical and technical transformation. that obviously failed to address new social prac- embody potentials and obstacles at the same and shot put facilities etc. plus facilities for Social aspects Integration of current and future tices and consequently lack an improvement in time. What needs to be sought is a new the sports club. The program involves a broad needs. Potential political application of the planning the standard of leisure time. concept of how to handle cultural heritage. Both spectrum of requirements; thus a solution has processes. Denition of actual users. Culture and History Sensitive handling of cultural heritage. Awareness of the site, its history, as well as of ephemeral conditions. 4 University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Switzerland architecture and the body University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Switzerland 5 to include e.g. architectural, economic and The engagement in POLE results in a better Framework engineering aspects and can only be found suc- understanding of mutual dependencies and cessfully in a multi-disciplinary cooperation. enhances the subject-specic, social and com- ICT/iRoom The introduction and use of state municative skills of the participants. Through of the art information and collaboration technol- a combination of the special disciplinary knowl- ogy (ICT) in the learning process, including Leaps between levels edge of each participant in his/her team, prototypes of the latest generation is an impor- The sizes of the two potential sites are the complexity of the task will be managed. tant characteristic