Matchpoint.Innsbruck 2011
Melburnians research on the alpine sports city
Following the Matchpoint.Melbourne project and events in 2010 the
architecture department of the Universtiy of Innsbruck hosted a
research and design studio centred around the topic
‘Innsbruck - the ideal sporting city?’.
The Studio was hosted by the institute for architecturaltheory and tutored by Bart Lootsma, Bettina Schlorhaufer, Erik Sidoroff and Thomas Fussenegger from Innsbruck University and Nigel Bertram and Marika Neustupny from RMIT University. Besides sports issues Matchpoint.Innsbruck put a special emphasis on historical, urban, sociological, landscape, economical and last but not least architectural aspects.
Design Studio
Three students from Innsbruck and six visiting students from
Melbourne presented a diverse range of individual perspectives on
sporting Innsbruck. The projects ranged from an investigation into the evolution of urban board sports along with its strong
dependency on social media and urban space, through to a study on how 'control' could become a powerful tool to creatively design public
domain through activity and observation.
Skating the Net
by Michael Stowe
Limits of Control
by Tom Sheehan
Frau Hitt will have her Way
by Clementine Leigh
Natur is not eneough
by Paul Fischnaller
Nordkette Park
by Jacqueline O’Brien
Dancing Innsbruck
by Franz Xaver Sitter
