Architecture and Sport

[CAMPUS_ASIA Plus::SUAE_ASIA 2024]

CAMPUS_Asia Plus::SUAE_Asia Program is an intensive international academic exchange program between universities in Asia as the platform for dual degrees between the Architecture Department of Kyushu University(KYU), Tongji University(TJU), and Pusan National University (PNU). This collaboration aims to enhance the education of urban and architectural environments by developing knowledge and skills to achieve sustainable cities and buildings in Asia. From the 2021 Winter School, we pleasantly invited two outstanding universities, Vienna University of Technology in Austria and University of Palermo in Italy from Europe as extended partner university of CAMPUS_Asia Plus::SUAE_Asia. The program is also a Korea UNESCO ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) Official Project assigned by the Korean National Commission of UNESCO. CAMPUS_Asia Plus::SUAE_Asia Program currently extends the platform covering Asian countries, focusing on present urban and architectural issues and enlarging educational opportunities to promote resiliency and sustainability in architectural design. It also promotes accessibility and inclusive urban design and development, which are being ardently addressed in UNESCO events, outcomes, and publications. The world demands greater cooperation and diversity. Therefore, society, cities, and people need to be adequately responsive to the direction of how the world is moving. Through a wide range of activities, such as Summer and winter school design workshops, CAMPUS_Asia Plus::SUAE_Asia Program promotes opportunities for exploring adequately responsive alternatives to the existing urban and architectural environment through cooperative cooperation between students from various countries.

[International WORKSHOP 2024: Architecture and Sport]

Ramsau am Dachstein, the most famous location for Nordic ski disciplines in Austria, is applying for the Nordic World Championship for a second time. After the first event in 1999, this place, which is located roughly in the geographical center of Austria, was awarded the State Environmental Prize in 2001 for “The environmental concept of the World Championship.” The mission statement at the time described well the potential behind the place: “Ramsau am Dachstein combines sport and culture for the first time in the modern history of the World Ski Championships, keeps nature and tourism in harmony, establishes cross-country skiing as an active and popular healthy sport and thus sets a long-term trademark for the positioning of Ramsau am Dachstein as a sports-oriented tourist resort and host for top-class sport. This guiding principle was lived out both in the planning and in the subsequent use. In 1994, an environmental department was set up specifically for the Nordic World Championship, which developed and implemented 21 environmental projects in the run-up to the World Championship. Even back then, the core issues were the priority use of public travel, minimizing waste, and sustainable energy management. Ramsau am Dachstein has earned the renowned title of climatic health resort through the development of a sustainable environmental air quality information system. The World Championship organic farming village increased regional catering, and the use of local materials in construction projects has also increased the positive impact on the regional economy. As the 2024 International Workshop activity, students from five partner universities, Tongji University(China), Kyushu University(Japan), Vienna University of Technology(Austria), University of Palermo(Italy), and Pusan National University(Korea) gathered at Ramsau am Dachstein, the most famous location for Nordic ski disciplines in Austria, and intent to cooperate for the design of sustainable architecture in winter sports as the buildings for the Nordic World Championship in 2031.

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