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ISSUE TEN 23.10.2009 INCM009.li
So after a couple of busy days we at the shamrag have come up with a bumper issue. After a fantastic time in Liechtenstein we finally have arrived to Yvonnes home town Chur. The sleeping situation is getting more fun as we are now sleeping in the party zone!! With the pinnacle of the INCM being the trip to Zumthors Baths everyone is ready to go, but yet sad to leave.
SPOONING WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT Hey there boys and girls do you want to make history tonight? The first attempt at world architecture spooning record (in a bunker in October) will take place in the end room on the middle bun. Of the many firsts that have occurred at this INCM I think I speak for us all when I say that this is defiantly time for a bloody good spooning. For those of you as of yet uninitiated in the act of spooning, it is essentially cuddling whilst in bed. It is acceptable in a vrity of social situations; the optimum is a post-coital spoon with someone you love. However it cal also be appropriate with friends of both sexes, be it in a state of hungover monging, accidental sleep-spooning or just if you want to feel the warmth of another man. Selecting your
prospective spooning partener requires careful consideration, almost comparable to when one buys a car. One needs to consider the size, weight, durability, how many miles to the gallon of booze ect ect. All these criteria need to be individually assessed to ensure a successful and fulfilling spooning experience. For example, if one were to partener in the Neal Patterson model, what you gain in size and durability you loe in the distinctive scent and wandering hands. The other end of the spectrium is the Ruth Hynes model a petite yet feisty spooner, whose only drawbacks is her little arms are incapable of enveloping her co-spoonee. Can we do this? YES WE CAN!
LOCAL BAR REVIEW ISH... ZAGGAZOW! = S’PUB(ic) Okay theres ginger pubes on the sofa but the crossants are free! For those of you with a little taste, theres a chuffing good time to be had just mere stones throw away in your new local boozer, the S-PUB. With its truly wonderous English vibe and solid wood interior, the S-pub offers many delights. Microwaved Pizza for just 20 Swiss francs! Behave!while you suckers were sitting in a boring lecture, a select few were having an amazing conversation over some tasty beverages. Comfy food, tasty couches + Wethers Originals. But at the end of the day the most exciting thing is the jedi towel machine. Rock on tommy tomorrow.
EXHIBIT YOURSELF ????... To call last nights exhibit a success would be a complete understatement. It was a fantastic display of achievement from everyone involved in this INCM, not least of all the organisers. After a fantastic tour of the Kunst hall Liechtenstien we were treated to some lovely food and incredible soup. The posters were then displayed and accompanied by the ever popular free booze. After an innocent misunderstanding (Luis) the following winners were announced……3rd place Belarus and Russia, 2nd Norway and 1st was Greece with a fantastic greecstentien island. The prizes were well deserved even though credit must go to everyone for creating such a high standard. More free booze was dispensed from Thomas’s mobile bar belt and the night rolled on full steam ahead, with some enthusiastic dancing infront of the live jazz band. however in pereparation for Thursdays “what is the future of architecture” some people who were nominated as tutors had to leave to prepare. Those that were left managed to help Thomas finish those bar tokens and then hopped on the last bus home which was driven by the best bus driver in Liechtenstien, after some rousing chanting lead by Neil Patterson, the driver then dropped us directly don to the hostel , saving our tired legs so that we could party longer in the hostel. As soon as we arrived however everyone was hit by an attack of THE HUNGER after few puny sandwiches were dispensed. After this megar offering the crowd decide to celebrate Christoph Holzs 25th birthday with the creation of the “The Super Sandwich” measuring a whopping 600 x 30mm ish, taking 25 minuted to toast and full of as much sauce as Joe Frame, the sandwich finally emerged to the
delight of all and was promptly consumed.
SYMPOSIUM.
The afternoon symposium consisted of four swiss architects giving a presentation on their opinion of “The future of the profession of architecture” followed by a group discussion with Easaiens. The flaw in the plan was that only one of these fully qualified professionals actually spoke about the theme. Advice for those who might one day lead such an abstract converstation, reading an essay out loud or speaking for about details is not the best way to address a bunch of students. General fatigue and hunover sent several into a gentle slumber, however the discussion afterwards was filled with enthusiasm. Highlights of the event included Conor O’Brien basically calling the lecturers old and boring after they revealed that Switzerland doesn’t actually care about sustainability and Beppe Deluxe coming close to blows with Mr taditional over the definition of concept. Another high point was when the lecturers we posed with question of what they would be if not an architect. The imaginative answers included “a lawyer” “an hotielier” ironically from a man who dresses exactly like a holtelier, and ecomomist and one who could not imagine any alternative to being an architect.
a lovely picture by SANDOR sorry its so small
QUESTION OF THE ESPANISH DAY???? QUE HA SIDO CO MEJOR DI EASA11 ESPANA PARA TI?
team! Sorry about the chocolate paella I missed de recypie Frederick (Belgium)– I had de opertunidad to make the biggest workshop in easa. I construer a bridge between Africa y europa!
Cabrera (ESP)– Sangriaaaaaaarrrrarh in the toilet tap Arhhhhrrrggg! Karolis (Lithuania) – las beds del hospital cran very comfortable but not because of una injury, just because I had an affair con una hot enfermera Neal (IRL)– it has been so judidamente deadly after the toro fiesta I was totally borracho with my new amigo toro Rune (Denamrk) – my bloody Pekka was so cool I decieded to opena chiringuito in the playa and live la vida loca. Pekka (Finland) – I feel so afraido by flamenco I decided to become professional balaor and set a group with efy Marko (Serbia) – I liked so much the chica espangias I decieded to stay in Caiz and become Pekkas bouler Ivana y Natasha (Bosnia)– we got so morenas that the people thought we were cudana (started working in Cuban musical) Bojana (Macidonia)– morenazoo rubiazoooo Franziska (CH)– salad y forca al canut. Viva EASA espain 011 born in Lechtenstien Ivonne (CH)- I love espana! Am sleeping next to los espanoles! They are so silencias Thommas (Belgium)– una cerveza , por favour! Giorgio (italy)– gracias Spanish
ADVICE on spooning
And now some advice to those gentlemen who are looking for an opportunity to engineer a sexy situation out of the mass spoon. It is very important to stress that your should only attempt this when you know that the lady will be receptive. Previous research indicates that pushing our erection into a random ladies back is not cool. They don’t like it and it is uncouth. However, if you are getting the “vibe” at some point during the evenings shenanigans a good ploy would be to invite this special someone to be your special co- spooner for a bit of a slap and a tickle. Once again, judge each situation on its individual merits, do not jump on people. So if you have reached the situation where you are spooning the lady of your dreams then now it is time to start your advances. To begin it is recommended that you utilise the natural lay of the arm to start some gentle stroking of the stomach. I this succeeds it could possibly be time to proceed to the hallowed ground of the side boob. But be warned that this goes wrong you are fucked. Do not do this if there is the slightest doubt in your mind. From then on you are on your own.
RUTH HYNES - wronger Hungry? sweet tooth? Mashed? If you if you are any of these things you’ve probably been (or about to be) served by the little toerag!
BED ROULETTE Just where is Neal Patterson going to sleep tonight? Pick a room, level and position. Set your own odds. GAME ON!!!
The Camp of Damp and the Ground Pound Locked in a bunker, underground A girl or boy, for you to be found With no windows to see through There be nothing to stop you From jabbing your giblets around. Cum one Cum all to the promiscuity ball Do the dance of the night with a lover You can fester in pleasure with a lady of leisure And exchange juices under the cover. Fins a partner and a corner that’s dark Remove knickers and have a good lark In the concrete cubes You can spew on some pubes And feel warmth from the sexual spark. Cum one Cum all to the promiscuity ball Do the dance of the night with a lover You can fester in pleasure with a lady of leisure Share some fluff with a friend or a brother. The men here are lively and easy And it don’t take much to please me Find a bloke of your favour And sample his flavour And spit out anything too cheesy. Cum one Cum all to the promiscuity ball Do the dance of the night with a lover You can fester in pleasure with a lady of leisure Have yourself a “Lil John” and smother. Frolic with us in the shadows
Share a passionate twist in the sleep rows With all the junk in the trunk There’ll be spunk in the bunk A party for pimps and for crack hoes. Cum one Cum all to the promiscuity ball Do the dance of the night with a lover You can fester in pleasure with a lady of leisure And indulge in a bit of the other. The nations of EASA unite But, to fuck and never to fight Set the minge’s of EASA a quiver Bang it in and push for the liver And guarentee a sext time night Cum one Cum all to the promiscuity ball Do the dance of the night with a lover You can fester in pleasure with a lady of leisure Don’t let your wobbly bits wuther. This night is pregnant and bursting Boys and girls fiery loins are a thirsting Go forth and shag silly With your little muff or your willy Find the love of your life, joy with no strife, husband or wife. Bully.
Bitch.
Guide To: M A R G A T E BOMBERS Backs to the wall, the British stared defeat in the face. They needed a hero to turn the tide of The Great War, what they got was luck. Herbert Cromwell (a direct decendant) pinned down by the sausage munching Hun, he wanted to go out swinging. He turned to his trusted satchel, its contents Colgate, marmite and a single shot of gin. Crikey O`Reilly! he thought, but what the fuck death was looming. Lacking any medium for mixing the 3 he spread the Marmite and Colgate on his lips. Tilting his head and opening his mouth he sank the gin and licked his lips. “BULLY” he roared. A sudden haze of enjoyment and anger fell over Herbie , his vision went. He came to in a pool of blood semen and Axis bodies. The war had turned!!! He returned to a heros welcome following the war. Instantly Knighted he enjoyed many years of wenches and fine dining. Alas one day he made the mistake of applying the Colgate to the bottom lip. for some unknown reason this potent mixture proved fatal. Herbert Cromwell passed away frothing at the mouth and soiling his pantaloons yet his drink lives on in the hearts and hangovers of many world leaders.
SWISS TRIP
ISSUE TEN SUPPLEMENT 23.10.2009 INCM009.li
YEHHHH! WE WORKED SO HARD! ALL OF US! WE EVEN BROKE EASA RECORDS! Now, didnt the organizers tell you, that you will deserve the Swiss Trip after the meetings in Liechtenstein? Yes, cause they knew, that our Program was going to be filled with lots of Work but also lots of FUN! We can tell the sories about INCM009 for the rest of our lifes and it will always be combined with a bright smile! Thank you so much for the Great Team spirit. Now, we can be more relaxed about everything, cause we have fullfilled the duties of this years INCM. The Worksgroups did a great job and this is how EASA can live on-with your help! Thanks a lot!
SWISS TRIP (24OCT-26OCT09) Welcome to Switzerland!
Excursion on Sunday 25 th of Oktober
VALS GROUP 1
1. School in Paspels (1997-1998) Architect: Valerio Olgiati
Will go to Vals around 14:00 on Saturday and stay there till the next Morning. You can use the Baths from 15:0020:00. Then you ll have Dinner at 21:00. After this you can go out in Vals and see the Hotel Alpina Restaurant from Gion A. Caminada, or stay in the Hotel using the Fitness Center. On Sunday at 8:00 , you can start using the Spa again, till our Bus is picking you up on 9:30 in front of the Soa, where you will take your seat for the Excusrion around Graubunden.
Paspels school is a reinforced concrete monolith. The architect did not use right angles for the outside, so although at first glance the exterior geometry seems simple, closer study reveals a chain-like reaction of slight distortions that shroud the building in an air of strangeness. Inside, however each classroom on the first and second floors has two rightangled sides that make up the walls of cruciform access corridors. In sum, the school can be interpreted as an exercise in the phenomenology of perception.
VALS GROUP 2 Will stay in Chur on Saturday. At night Group 2 can go out in Chur. On Sunday our Bus is picking us up at the Bunker at 8:30 for the Exkursion. You ll get to Vals arround 18:00. You can use the Spa from 18:00-20:00, have dinner at 21:00. Night Bathing starts at 22:3024:00. If you have still Time on Momday, you can stay at the bath untill Noon and then take the Bus/Train back to Chur. You ll be back in Chur arround 14:00. If you are not sure in which group you are, can you please ask the Organizers in the Office from the Bunker? Great! Have FUN :-* WE STILL LOVE U ALL! Your favourite Organizers!
2: Service Station Viamala, Thusis (2008) Architects: Iseppi and Kurath The Service Station will be introduced through the architect Stefan Kurath.
3: Stone Church, Cazis Architect: Werner Schmidt 4: Via Mala Schlucht The name Via Mala is Latin and translates „bad road“. This place is the most narrow section of the Hinterrhein valley on the way to the important San Bernardino Pass (2,065m asl). This important north-south connection is used for millennias to cross the Alps. Stone Age and Megalithic remains are found here as well as Celtic and Roman
The name is of Roman origin, created when the Roman road between Lindau and Milano used this place and the Splügen Paß/Passo dello Spluga (2,113m asl) instead of the San Bernardino. The reason for the name is obvious: the valley narrows to a deep gorge and it is dangerous to cross it. At Roman times there was no road, but only a narrow trail, which was high above the gorge and thus included some ascend and descend. Some small sections are visible from the old bridge, they are marked with signs showing Roman travellers. The first road was built in 1473, however the first time it was mentioned to be completed was in 1723. This road was redone various times. There is a version which is still used today, which was built at the begin of the 20th century. But the modern highway is most of the time a four lane motorway and crosses this place through two long tunnels. In order to visit the gorge, it is necessary to leave the modern motorway and use the old road. Exit either at Zillis or at Thusis, where the old road through Via Mala is signposted. The gorge has two extremely narrow sections, which are the most interesting part. The northen one is developed with paths, bridges and many steps. There is a parking at the old road and a small kiosk. After purchasing the tickets you go down many steps into the gorge. Only ten metres above the bottom is a short path into the gorge to the north and a bridge. Across the bridge and through a tunnel the visitor finally reaches a concrete platform, with a view into the widening and to the souther, second narrow part of the gorge. All together the gorge is 1000m
long. Only two short parts are narrow gorges, both about 150m long and 80m deep. But the most impressive number is the width: at some points it is much less than one metre, and most of the time its little above one metre. When the water rises in spring after snowmelt, the water level in the gorge may rise several tens of metres.
5: Gelbes Haus (1998) Architect: Valerio Olgiati Ever since architect Valerio Olgiati converted a nondescript house in Flims into a museum in 1998, the «Yellow House» has been causing quite a stir simply on account of its architecture. The Yellow House generally hosts two seasonal exhibitions a year. These feature mainly architectural, design and craftworkrelated themes that are illuminated from both a regional and international angle with the aim of stimulating an ambitious cultural dialogue. Provoking Both the Mind and the Senses A house like a bleached skull. The whitewashed walls radiate but are rough, the rubble walls are full of flaws, a wild, patched mixture of wood, stone and concrete. The windows without glazing bars are set deep in their niches and seem blind. A memento mori in the middle of the holiday village of Flims where, at the weekend, the brightly coloured motor cars of the tourists create a traffic jam? This building irritates perhaps to an even greater extent than the school in Paspels (1998) which made the architect Valerio Olgiati famous: a skewed distorted element made of fair-faced concrete without a visible roof, without the familiar composition of facades and with walls which do not stand directly on top of each other. A dense architecture that uses an extremely concise form to connect a high degree of complexity with the associated manifold possibilities of perception and interpretation. „Simply beautifully complex“ as one newspa-
per headline put it. Density of this kind is also a characteristic of the (white) Yellow House in Flims. A special theme in this building is the explicit investigation of the architecture of Rudolf Olgiati (1910-‘95), the architect‘s father. Shortly before his death he had presented his significant collection of regional cultural artefacts to the local community on the condition that the Yellow House, which is important in terms of the structure of the village but had been neglected and is historically of only minor interest, should be preserved and converted into a museum and cultural centre. In the deed of donation Rudolf Olgiati insisted upon a stone roof and the colour white, two characteristics of his work, and that the conversion should be reflect his taste.
6: Caplutta Sogn Benedetg (19851988) Architects: Peter Zumthor and Annalisa Zumthor-Cuorad A cylinder that turns into an oval and then into a keel: the geometry of this church, however definite, is also dynamic and elusive to the eye, all this exacerbated by the implantation of the building on a steep slope. The form keeps on rebelling against any final definition as the appendage of the entrance is added seamlessly to the main body of the building, adding concavity to the convexity of the overall form. Stepping inside the issue of form becomes clear, even if most of us will remain unaware that we are standing inside a ‚lemniscate, an algebraic curve to the fourth power forming the figure of an ‚8‘, which proportionally shortened also determines the sections‘ You feel the reassurance of being in a church, the axiality of the plan, the enclosing curve behind the altar, the height of the space enhanced by the series of pillars and the light coming from above, penetrating through a continuous band of windows that separate the ceiling from the wall, isolating it and revealing the geometry and the focal point of the space which is drawn by the beams that support the roof. The care for the quality of detailing
is sustained even in those places where the eye is not supposed to observe (during your visit take a look behind the concrete stairs of the entrance). The sensuality extracted from the materials is a matter for many more lines, so as Zumthor has repeatedly stated we shouldn‘t talk more about the building, the building is there, standing.
7: Schulhaus Vella Architects: Bearth and Deplazes
8: Vrin, Val Lumnezia Architect: Gion A. Caminada Is a town, where the Architect Gion . A. Caminada mailnly extanded the very old town, which makes it seem, as if the time in this town is standing still.
9 : Vals Spa Architect: Peter Zumthor 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 a wall. Enjoy the Spa!
SWISS TRIP EXCURSION