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THE UIA SPORT
& LEISURE PROGRAMME
International Union of Architects |
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| New Concepts:
The Architecture of Leisure (Brighton
1987) |
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Architects should
pursue a philosophy of provision and participation
in the widest sense. Play, and recreation
facilities are important and are not only
the province of the affluent, but are needed
for the underprivileged, the undeveloped,
the under-employed and for the deprived inner
city areas.
Architects should develop multi-use buildings
as much as possible, seek to draw different
uses together. We need an all-round approach
which is wide ranging.
Architects should remember the complete range
of people's needs as residents in community
architecture for their leisure and living,
and needs for visitors/travelers/tourists
in their destination locations, e.g. cities/countryside,
coast/mountains.
Architects must have care for the environment,
and sensitivity todesign with nature and its
continuity.
Architects must be mindful of the natural
heritage.
Construction must be on a humanistic basis.
Where it is used, High Technology should be
a tool to achieve social ends.
Architects should reflect and respect the
Dignity of Man, his nature and needs, in providing
shelter for leisure.
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Seoul and Tokyo 1988
The architects
of sports buildings should design with flexibility
in mind, so that the building can cope with
need. The sponsors should recognize that this
may cost more and result in a greater design
challenge. This is particularly necessary
for Olympic buildings, where a successful
after use is vital. However, design for multipurpose
us should not dilute the quality of the building
for its purpose. The sports and recreation
building is often the focus for a community.
Architects should be deeply sensitive and
concerned with the protection of the green
environment and encourage the re-use of existing
land for building (e.g. industrial) for new
facilities. This will help revialise existing
cities. Better facilities and better environment
may help to lower the migration from ugly
towns. Unspoiled natural resources for beauty
and agriculture are becoming rarer, and new
developments like tourism must beware this
fragile situation. The World Tourist Organization
should be aware of this, and governments encouraged
to draw up framework for land use.
Architects should be concerned about the growing
trend towards the commercilation of leisure
towards amusement. The need for financial
profit must be tempered.
Sports facilities should more and more recognize
the wider artistic and cultural ideals of
the Olympic movement.
The architects should always remind himself
of two questions. What kind of architecture
to build? This is philosophy. What method
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An International
Symposium "Olympic Games and The City
The Day After" Athens, 1998
The International
Union of Architects UIA through its Sports
and Leisure Programme acknowleges the initiative
of the Technical Chamber of Greece in inviting
international consultation and organising
this syposium.
The UIA Sports Programme will co-operate with
the Technical Chamber throughout development
of the Athens Olympic proposals and with reference
to the creation of the facilities and the
after-use and benefit to the city.
The group recommends that the master plan
be stabilised as soon as possible. Comparisons
with the most recent Olympic programmes indicated
that Athens is behind the comparable stage
that Barcelona and Sydney had reached.
At the same time as stabilising the master
plan, a management process for achieving good
designs and results of a high standard of
excellence should be implemented. The example
of A Design Review Panel as implemented by
Sydney should be studied and an Athenian model
constructed.
Time is a vital resource. The time-scale is
not generous bearing in mind the sensitive
locations. "The clock is already ticking".
A diagram showing the timescale is attached
as appendix I. Therefore a clear plan of objectives,
action and decision-making should be formulated
as soon as possible.
Respecting that a large proportion of the
sports facilities are built, opportunity should
be taken to build the remainder with vision,
quality and design excellence. To this end,
competitions should be held to create designs
that are world-class. (and will mark Athens
in Olympic history, and echo the achievements
of 1986)
The world's best architects should be invited
to compete and participate for selected projects.
Competitions can take many forms - architect
design competitions or developer/contractor
competitions but the latter should be formulated
in a way that ensures that the very best designers
are chosen as part of the teams. |
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