Olympic realities : sechs Städte nach dem Grossanlass six cities after the games
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Olympic realities : sechs Städte nach dem Grossanlass = six cities after the games
Birkhäuser, c2015
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Olympic realities : sechs Städte nach dem Grossanlass : six cities after the games
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"Athens, Berlin, Sarajevo, Turin, Beijing, Sochi"--Back cover
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Description
Olympic sports facilities are places that get a great amount of attention for a short period of time. Moreover, media attention has rapidly increased in recent years, which reinforces the effect of temporary use even more. But what happens to the elaborately planned and expensive sports venues in the aftermath of the games?
Photographer Bruno Helbling followed the fate of six venues with his camera: Athens (1896, 2004), Berlin (1936), Sarajevo (1998), Torino (2006), Beijing (2008), and Sochi (2014). His images are neither judgmental nor disavowing: He offers the viewer an objective yet aesthetically captivating look at what now awaits visitors to the respective sites. The variety of possible subsequent uses shown here - whether planned or unplanned - is both insightful and educational. At the same time, it demonstrates the effectiveness of architecture in an environment that is beyond the reaches of planning control. A book that is both poetic and inspiring.
Exhibition and Reading
1 September 2016 Vernissage OLYMPIC REALITIES at Architekturforum Zurich starting 7pm to 10pm.
15 September 2016 Reading with Pr. Dr. Martin Muller. Reading from his Sochi Essay 7pm.
Exhibition until 7th of October at Architekturforum. Brauerstr. 16, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland.
Information and opening hours: www.af-z.ch
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