INCM009.LI LIECHTENSTEIN 16TO23OCT2009
SWITZERLAND 24TO26OCT2009
LIECHTENSTEIN THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN IS A TINY AND THE ONLY DOUBLY LANDLOCKED ALPINE COUNTRY IN WESTERN EUROPE, BORDERED BY SWITZERLAND TO ITS WEST AND BY AUSTRIA TO ITS EAST. IT IS THE LAST REMNANT OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. MOUNTAINOUS, IT IS A WINTER SPORTS DESTINATION, ALTHOUGH IT IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN AS A TAX HEAVEN. DESPITE THIS, IT IS NOT HEAVILY URBANIZED. MANY CULTIVATED FIELDS AND SMALL FARMS CHARACTERIZE ITS LANDSCAPE. IT IS THE SMALLEST GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRY AND THE SIXTHSMALLEST INDEPENDENT NATION IN THE WORLD BY LAND AREA. LIECHTENSTEIN IS SITUATED IN THE UPPER RHINE VALLEY OF THE EUROPEAN ALPS. THE ENTIRE WESTERN BORDER OF LIECHTENSTEIN IS FORMED BY THE RHINE RIVER. MEASURED NORTH TO SOUTH, THE COUNTRY IS ONLY ABOUT 24 KM LONG AND ITS AREA IS 160.475 KM2. IN ITS EASTERN PORTION, LIECHTENSTEIN RISES TO HIGHER ALTITUDES. DESPITE ITS ALPINE LOCATION, PREVAILING SOUTHERLY WINDS MAKE THE CLIMATE OF LIECHTENSTEIN COMPARATIVELY MILD.
ACCOMODATION
YOUTH HOSTEL UNTERE RÜTTIGASSE 6, FL-9494 SCHAAN
MEETING MODERATION OF DISCUSSIONS
TWO MODERATORS (1NC+1 ORGANIZER) IN EVERY DISCUSSION. IN DIFFERENT GROUP SIZES. MINUTES & CONCLUSIONS: NC VOLUNTEERS. MEDIACONCEPT:UMBRELLA, PHOTOGRAPHERS, FILMING FOR FINAL REPORT OF INCM009
EXHIBITION XL, L, M, S, FL NC S PREPARE POSTERS OF THEIR COUNTRIES
IN A SMALL SCALE COMPETITION NC POSTERS FIRST PRIZE: SECOND PRIZE: THIRD PRIZE:
2 FEES FOR FREE 1 FEE FOR FREE 1/2 FEE FOR FREE
WORKSHOP
„THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE“
ESSAY COMPETITION: 1. PRIZE: ONE FEE FOR FREE
MANIFEST0S
X STATEMENTS
LECTURES EASA HISTORY: FORMER MAIN ORGANIZERS: EASA ON THE TRAIN, 1 ST EASA 1981 FOUNDER.
INTRODUCTION LIECHTENSTEIN: XAVIER CALDERON : THE CITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN.
WORKSHOP LECTURE: URBANIST PETER DROEGE
EVENTS / PARTIES OPENING EVENT: WELCOME-TO THE FIRST EASA-EVENT IN LIECHTENSTEINPARTY AT THE HOSTEL. WALKING TOURS: VADUZ. BBQ AT THE CASTLE “GUTENBERG”. KUMU: MUSEUM OF LIECHTENSTEIN : EXHIBITION NCPOSTERS „XL, L, M, S, FL“ WITH LOCAL BAND. WORKSHOP: „THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE“. FONDUE IN THE ALPS OF LIECHTENSTEIN
SMALL FL TRIP SINCE LIECHTENSTEIN IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL NATURE IN THE ALPINE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN ALPS, WE WILL TAKE A TRIP TO THE RESTAURANT “SUEKKA”, WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR SPECIALITIES FROM THE REGION (THIS INCLUDES THE NEIGHBOURCOUNTRIES: SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA). WE WANT TO ENJOY A CHEESE - FONDUE WITH ALL OF YOU !
SYMPOSIUM „THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE“
LECTURES: THE YOUNGEST GENERATION OF ARCHITECTS FROM GRAUBUNDEN AT HTW CHUR. DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SPEAKERS. APERO: WITH LOCAL STUDENTS AND TUTORS AND EXHIBITION OF MANIFESTOS. FAREWELL: BUNKERPARTY IN CHUR WITH EASA-DJ`S AS THE OFFICIAL END OF INCM009.LI - GOOD BYE!
SWISS TRIP CHUR CITY : A DAY IN THE CAPITAL OF GRAUBUNDEN THE OLDEST CITY OF SWITZERLAND IN THE LARGEST KANTON IN THE WORLD. VALS : OVER NIGHT IN THE THERME! ON THE WAY TO THE THERME, WE WILL STOP BY THE MOST AMAZING PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE BUILT IN THE SWISS ALPES: PETER ZUMTHOR, VALERIO OLGIATI, GION A. CAMINADA, BEARTH & DEPLAZES ECT; THERE WHERE NATURE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OVER THE AREA AGAIN.
SWITZERLAND (GERMAN: SCHWEIZ, SWISSGERMAN : SCHWYZ, FRENCH: SUISSE, ITALIAN: SVIZZERA, ROMANSH: SVIZRA). THE SWISS CONFEDERATION (CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA IN LATIN) IS A COUNTRY OF ROUGHLY 7.6 MILLION PEOPLE IN WITH AN AREA OF 41,285 KM2. SWITZERLAND IS A CONSISTING OF 26 STATES CALLED KANTONS. IT IS BORDERED BY THE COUNTRIES GERMANY, AUSTRIA, ITALY, FRANCE AND LIECHTENSTEIN. SWITZERLAND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF NEUTRALITY, IT HAS NOT BEEN AT WAR SINCE 1815 AND HOSTS MANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE RED CROSS, WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION AND ONE OF THE TWO EUROPEAN U.N OFFICES. SWITZERLAND IS MULTILINGUAL AND HAS FOUR NATIONAL LANGUAGES : GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND ROMANSH. WITH AN AREA OF 41,285 KM2, SWITZERLAND IS A RELATIVELY SMALL COUNTRY. THE MORE MOUNTAINOUS SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY IS FAR MORE SPARSELY POPULATED, WHILE THE NORTHERN HALF HAS A GREATER DENSITY, AS IT COMPRISES MORE HOSPITABLE HILLY TERRAIN.
GRAUBUNDEN OR GRISONS (GERMAN: GRAUBÜNDEN, ITALIAN: GRIGIONI, ROMANSH: GRISCHUN) IS THE LARGEST AND EASTERNMOST CANTON OUT OF 26 CANTONS OF SWITZERLAND. THE AREA OF THE CANTON IS 7105 KM2. ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THIS IS COMMONLY REGARDED AS PRODUCTIVE LAND. FORESTS COVER ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE TOTAL AREA. THE CANTON IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MOUNTAINOUS, COMPRISING THE HIGHLANDS OF THE RHINE AND INN RIVER VALLEYS. MANY OF ITS SCENIC AREAS ARE PART OF THE ONLY SWISS NATIONAL PARK. THE MOUNTAIN RANGES IN THE CENTRAL AREA ARE VERY DEEP, SOME OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED THE DEEPEST VALLEYS IN EUROPE. THESE VALLEYS WERE ORIGINALLY SETTLED BY THE RATIANS. MOST OF THE LANDS OF THE CANTON WERE ONCE PART OF A ROMAN PROVINCE CALLED RAETIA WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 15 BC . THE AREA LATER WAS PART OF THE LANDS OF THE DIOCESE. CHUR IS THE OLDEST CITY OF SWITZERLAND AND TODAYS CAPITOL OF THE CANTON GRAUBUNDEN. AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM ARE THE PILLARS OF THE ECONOMY.
CHUR CITY (GERMAN: CHUR, ROMANSH: CUIRA, ITALIAN: COIRA, LATIN: CURIA RHAETORUM) LIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SWITZERLAND AND IS ALSO THE CAPITAL OF THE LARGEST SWISS CANTON : GRAUBUNDEN, IN WHICH CHUR IS THE MOST POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY WITH ABOUT 40 000 INHABITANS. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF SETTLEMENT AT THE SITE GOES BACK AS FAR AS THE PFYN CULTURE (3900-3500 BC), THEREFORE CHUR IS THE OLDEST CITY OF SWITZERLAND. THE CITY IS LOCATED AT A HIGHLY STRATEGIC LOCATION, WHERE THE ROADS FROM SEVERAL MAJOR ALPINE TRANSIT ROUTES COME TOGETHER. THE MODERN NAME “CHUR” DERIVES FROM WHEN THE SITE WAS A ROMAN FORTIFIED CAMP: “CURIA RAETORUM”. CHUR IS 74 KM BY RAIL FROM ZURICH, AND IS THE MEETING-POINT OF THE ROUTES FROM ITALY OVER MANY ALPINE PASSES. CHUR IS THE CENTRE OF AN ACTIVE TRADE AND IT IS THE BIGGEST SHOPPING - DESTINATION BETWEEN ZURICH AND MILANO, CAUSE THERE IS NOT MUCH INBETWEEN BUT MOUNTAINS.
EXCURSION FROM CHUR TO VALS: SERVICE-STATION IN CAZIS, VIA MALA CUT AND BRIDGES BY JÜRG CONZETT. SCHOOL IN PASPELS, THE HOUSE FOR A MUSICIAN IN SCHARANS AND THE YELLOW HOUSE IN FLIMS, BY VALERIO OLGIATI. CHAPEL SOGN BENEDETG BY PETER ZUMTHOR. STIVA DA MORTS IN TRIN AND HOTAL ALPINA BY GION A. CAMINADA. THE AULA IN VAL LUMNEZIA BY BEARTH & DEPLAZES. FINAL DESTINATION: THERME IN VALS BY ZUMTHOR.
THERME VALS ZUMTHOR WAS SELECTED AS ARCHITECT FOR THE SPA. THE FACILITY WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1993-1996. THE BATHS WERE DESIGNED TO LOOK AS IF THEY PRE-DATED THE HOTEL COMPLEX, AS IF THEY WERE A FORM OF CAVE OR QUARRY-LIKE STRUCTURE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT FROM OBSERVING THE GRASS ROOF STRUCTURE OF THE BATHS, WHICH RESEMBLE THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, AND REVEAL THE FORM OF THE VARIOUS BATH ROOMS, WHICH LIE BELOW, HALF BURIED INTO THE HILL-SIDE. BUILT USING LOCALLY QUARRIED VALSER QUARZITE SLABS, THE SPA BUILDING IS MADE UP OF 15 DIFFERENT TABLE-LIKE UNITS, 5 METRES IN HEIGHT, WITH CONCRETE ROOF UNITS SUPPORTED BY TIE-BEAMS. THESE UNITS FIT TOGETHER LIKE A GIANT JIGSAW PUZZLE. THE NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS REVEALED THROUGH CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE ROOF. THE ROOFS OF THE UNITS DON’T JOIN, BUT ARE COVERED BY GLASS. THERE ARE 60,000 1 METRE LONG SECTIONS OF STONE FORMING THE CLADDING OF THE WALLS. THESE ARE INITIALLY APPEARING RANDOM LIKE AN WALL.
FINAL REPORT FREE HARD COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT OF INCM009 FOR ALL NC`S AND FUTURE ORGANIZERS.
INCM009.LI THANKS FOR COMING! EASA FL AND EASA CH