autogenous
autogenous adj. arising from within or from a thing itself is a reflection about how the way of doing sport can evolves in a dystopian future, focused in particular on a new relationship between the human being and the architecture/sport facilities. With the contribution and the development of new technologies, what would happen if in the future society based on the principles of the kinetics, the only way to do sports was literally to not move? And what would be the answer of the architecture?
3030 AD. in an unspecified city of the world, which for simplicity will be New York City, because the project aims to be an autonomous object that has general and universal value.
The way of doing traditional sports is outdated and the space and the tools devoted to the physical activity change as well: they become passive transformation devices.
A new motto takes place in the future: the sport is the experience of the viewer. You just need to sit, choose a sport, relax and enjoy the show.
That is how elementary volumes, as mysterious objects, appear spread out within the city -in public spaces or in private houses- with the aim to be places in which stop and take a break from the hectic and chaotic everyday life. The existenz minimum of the indoor space (and consequently the minimal dimensions of the external shape), combined together with the Ganzfeld Effect, creates a perfect environment for anyone who wants to use this room for training.
At this point in the evolution, the development of technology allows the processing of video at a frequency so high that it can activate the neurons in the user's brain and, consequently in their turn, stimulate the muscles. The only basic activity of watching yourself doing any kind of sports -that you can choose thanks to a panel control placed on the seat- starts an auto-suggestion process which gives you the experience of the training: the sport is not a matter of physical movements anymore, but it is only limited to the psychological level.
The focus, finally, gets back on the human being and the architecture returns to be just a neutral and elemental object to its service.