Autogenous
TEAM: Valentina Ciccotosto, Sara Marsili – Italian
autogenous
adj. arising from within or from a thing itself.
3030 AD. The way of doing traditional sports is outdated and the space devoted to the physical activity changes as well: it becomes a passive transformation device.
The sport is the experience of the viewer: you just need to sit, relax and enjoy the show.
The existent minimum of the indoor space, combined together with the Ganzfeld Effect, creates a perfect environment for anyone who wants to use this room. At this point of the evolution, the development of technology allows the elaboration of videos with such a high frequency that they can stimulate the mind and the muscles of the user. 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 to the human being and the architecture is just a neutral and elemental object to its service.