Landscapes of Modern Sport: Rewilding the Sport of Lacrosse. Re-envisioning Golf Courses as Recreational Parks
| Author | : Kara Singbbeil |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
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The past 100 years has seen two primary problems emerge in the world of sports: The first problem is the growing emergence to fabricate sport 'monocultures', where a facility of synthetic pitch is created with the sole purpose of playing sports. These monocultures are often made to either mimic nature or completely ignore it. Moving the sporting world further away from its origins and thus continuing to suffocate the ever diminishing natural space in our society. The masses, however, always have and will continue to gather regularly for the ritual of sport. This raises the second problem; over time there has been a slowly increasing divide between the player and the spectator. As we have advanced our sporting facilities and fields the division between athlete and spectator has created an emphasis on the player experience, often leaving an uninspired experience for the spectator. Creating further segregation between player, spectator and place. The convergence of these two problems results in a proposal for a new kind of sport landscape. This proposal focuses on initiating a new form for the 'sportscape', one whose sole purpose is not to focus on just sport but create an ephemeral connection with the natural landscape. No longer will there be a complete disregard for the viewer experience and subsequently the pressures placed on the athlete to perform. This proposal seeks to insert a new kind of public space within the urban fabric; one that is conscious to the requirements of organized sport but also attentive to the increasing demands to preserve our natural environment.
