Austria House

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As Austria House , in recent years most official Austria House , is the Austrian communications center at the Olympic Games , Paralympic Games and Alpine Ski World Championships respectively.

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The idea of ​​a house of international understanding goes back to the America House of the Americans and the Palais Palffy - Austria House programs that were started in Vienna during the occupation : The Austrian bilateral friendship societies and the umbrella association PaN were formed within the framework of the latter . It later became the Austrian Cultural Center . The Amerika-Haus Vienna still exists today as a cultural institute.

The first Austria house abroad was opened in 1960 at the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley . After the simple log cabin from 1960, a representative building was erected for the first time for the 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble). It was introduced as an institution as early as 1970 at world championships ( Alpine World Championships Val Gardena ), where the building from 1968 was reused. The first official Austrian Olympic House was built for the 1984 Winter Games (Sarajevo).

Museum Lignorama in Riedau; Former Austria House for the 1998 Winter Olympics

Originally, the Österreichhaus was used as a presentation opportunity for Austrian economic products. Over the years, however, the concept has developed into a “crowd puller and communication center during the Olympic Games [...], which athletes, supervisors, journalists, sponsors, guests and friends of Austria like to visit. The reputation of special hospitality that precedes the Ö-Haus also attracts a lot of celebrities from all areas of society. ”In addition to the representation of the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) and the Austrian Paralympic Committee (OEPC), it also serves as an Olympic studio and World Cup Studio of the ORF , and so special in particular for any victory celebrations of the Austrian participants and press conferences, and achieved media coverage.

In addition to architectural renown - a specially built Austrian house shows either Austrian architecture, or European reception of the architecture of the host country - and as a showpiece of Austrian construction technology , the houses serve as a meeting point for international business talks and also represent Austria as a tourist country . Because of the enormous economic importance that winter sports have for Austria (and also the sporting successes - summer sports play a comparatively minor role), Austrian houses were only set up for the winter games, but since Athens 2004 also for the summer Olympic games. Since Turin 2006 , disabled athletes have been on equal terms with other athletes with regard to the use of the Österreichhaus.

To date, a total of around a dozen structures have been erected as the Österreichhaus, some as independent buildings, some as extensions and extensions. Most of them have been preserved and were put to secondary use. At the other events, rooms were rented or tents were erected.

The Austria houses

Olympic Winter Games Grenoble 1968 / Ski World Championships Val Gardena 1970

For the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , a separate building was erected as the Österreichhaus for the first time. It was rebuilt for the 1970 World Ski Championships in Val Gardena and later served as a national sports center on Lake Faak .

Bundessportheim Faak am See, Ktn.

1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics

The building for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo is now part of the Sapporo Winter Sports Museum ( Japanese 札幌 ウ ィ ン タ ー ス ポ ー ツ ミ ュ ー ジ ア ム , Sapporo Uintā Supōtsu Myūjiamu ) at the Ōkurayama ski jump .

Winter Sports Museum, Sapporo

World Championships Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991

On the occasion of the Alpine Ski World Championships in 1991 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm , a historic Pinzgauerhof was rebuilt together with the municipality of Saalbach. The building from the 18th or early 19th century, the Bergerbauer , had already been bought and demolished by the municipality in 1987. Today it forms together with the Steinachhäusl from 1698 (rebuilt in 1994/95) the local museum and ski museum , and also serves as the community's event building.

Heimathaus and Ski Museum, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Sbg

Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998

This Austrian house was planned in 1996 by the architect team Kaufmann from Dornbirn ( Neue Vorarlberger Bauschule ) and awarded the Vorarlberg Timber Construction Prize. After the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , it was rebuilt in the center of Riedau and has since housed the Lignorama Wood and Tool Museum .

Wood and Tool Museum LIGNORAMA, Riedau, Upper Austria

Olympic Winter Games Turin (Sestriere) 2006

Logo of the Austria House 2006

The building for the Olympic Winter Games in February 2006 and the Winter Paralympics in March 2006 in Turin was again in Sestriere , where the alpine competitions for the Winter Olympic Games were held. It was planned by the Radstadt architect Tom Lechner as a building in the style of the New Alpine Architecture , a combination of the formal language and materials of the traditional farmhouse styles of the Alpine region and contemporary wooden architecture. The Casa Austria had a usable area of ​​300 m² for the guest and VIP area, the ORF studio and presentation areas for the three sponsors of the house. After the Paralympics - for the first time the Österreicherhaus was also available for disabled sports - it was rebuilt in the ski jumping area of ​​the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen.

Österreichhaus 2006 in Sestriere ; Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen, Sbg

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics

Logo of the Austria House 2008

The Austria House, Chinese  奧地利 之 家 , Pinyin àodìlìzhījiā , English Austria House for the Summer Games and Paralympics 2008 in Beijing was built in The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing (Starwood- Sheraton ). The Austria House should represent a mixture of tradition and modernity in China and take up elements of Feng Shui : The main building is designed in the style of classic temple architecture, colorfully framed with extensive glazing. Next to it is a decagonal pavilion with modernist tracery and a colorful roof reminiscent of stacked parasols. The area was created with sponsorship money with a budget of € 400,000. The area of ​​the Austria House is still a popular starting point in the park of the Beijing Great Wall.

Austria House Beijing 2008, The Great Wall Sheraton, Beijing ; pavilion

Vancouver (Whistler) 2010 Winter Olympics

Austria House 2010: Logo of the ÖOC

Also at the Olympic / Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver , Canada 2010 there was again an Austria House. The special thing about this Austria house is that it was built as a passive house and in solid wood construction. It was carried out by the APG  (Austrian Passive House Group) , an association of five Austrian companies, based on a design by the architect Martin Treberspurg .

The passive house was not dismantled after the Olympic Games, but handed over to the city of Whistler as an “ambassador for energy-efficient building ” for further use. The passive house design project is intended to arouse global interest in sustainable construction - this technology is largely unknown in North America, only a few dozen houses have been built, and the building is attracting particular media coverage. It is used as a kind of SOS Children's Village and cultural center.

Austria House, Whistler

London 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria House Tirol 2012: Trinity House, London

At the Olympic / Paralympic Summer Games in London 2012, a fully privately financed Austria House was operated for the first time. The main sponsor was Tirol-Werbung , so that the house appeared as Austria House Tirol - the strange constellation that the house only represents one federal state was criticized. The national advertising value for the ÖOC sponsors was estimated at over 10 million euros.

For the first time, the house was made accessible not only to a select group of guests but to the general public. The house was visited by 45,000 paying guests in the three weeks (2000 / day), it was naturally a new visitor record for the institution.

It was set up in Trinity House , Tower Hill , near Tower Bridge , the former headquarters of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond , the British beacon administration, which is now used as an event building.

Austria House Tirol (Trinity House), London

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

The Austria House of the Olympic / Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2012 was built in Krasnaya Polyana . As in previous years, the sponsor was Tirol Werbung . The adjacent Melody of Mountain Hotel was also rented. With the positioning at the ski venue Rosa Chutor , Austria (and also Germany with its house not far) did not correspond to the wish of the organizer to set up the national hospitality houses in Sochi on the Black Sea coast. The building was specially built. In Sochi, 25,000 people (including 6,300 guests of honor) visited the house during the games.

Austria Tirol House, Sochi (approximate location)

Summer Olympics Rio 2016

Clubhouse Botafogo, Rio (without Austria decoration)

In Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , the Mansão Botafogo clubhouse of the football and sailing club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Botafogo FR) was rented for the 2016 Olympic / Paralympic Summer Games . For this purpose, the Austria House was painted in red, white and red .

This time, the carrier was again the entire Austrian Österreich Werbung , which was even the subject of a parliamentary request for amortization. With 75,000 visitors, including 7,000 guests of honor and 68,000 in the public area, the numbers from London 2012 were exceeded. The climbing wall in the neighboring Rio Sul shopping center , initiated by Tirol Werbung, was also very popular.

Austria House (Botafogo Club), Rio de Janeiro

Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018

For the 2018 Olympic / Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang , South Korea , a central place at a crossroads between the PyeongChang Mountain Cluster (Alpensia, Yongpyong and Jeongseon) and the Olympic Village.

The house is a wooden tent roof construction with a good 1000 square meters. It was built from autumn 2017 for 2.5 million euros.

Austria House, Pyeongchang

See also

Web links

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  1. ^ History: A red-white-red success story of recent and current Austrian history. ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) dachverband-pan.org.
  2. ↑ When the economy got sporty. In: 60 Years of Austrian Foreign Trade. Austrian Chamber of Commerce , archived from the original on October 9, 2006 ; Retrieved August 11, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Quote: Austria House. In: Marketing. Austrian Olympic Committee , archived from the original on September 8, 2009 ; Retrieved August 14, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Austria House in Sydney's old town houses the ORF Olympia studio. (OTS0048) In: OTS press releases. Channel: politics. APA, September 15, 2000, accessed August 17, 2009 .
  5. ^ A b Franz Baldauf: Austria House. In: Sponsoring. Austrian Paralympic Committee , archived from the original on February 12, 2010 ; Retrieved August 14, 2009 .
  6. ↑ http://www.oeoc.at/download/text/1553/Austria_House_Beijing_2008.pdf (link not available)
  7. ↑ Hannes Maschkan: Austria-house. 2008, pp. 2-3.
  8. ↑ Equal from the Austrian house to the awards. Olympic and Paralympic Games on one stage . In: ASVÖ (Ed.): ASVÖ Newsletter. Journal of the General Sports Association of Austria . No. 6 , 2007 ( asvoe.at [PDF]).
  9. ↑ Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991:
    Heimathaus and Ski Museum Saalbach-Hinterglemm. In: Salzburg Museum Portal. State of Salzburg , archived from the original on October 13, 2007 ; Retrieved January 1, 2009 .
  10. ↑ Weblink Chronology of the Austrian Houses
  11. ↑ Sapporo 1972:
    Winter Sports Museum ( Memento from July 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English);
    札幌 ウ ィ ン タ ー ス ポ ー ツ ミ ュ ー ジ ア ム Sapporo Winter Sports Museum ( Memento from August 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese / English, with virtual museum tour)
  12. ↑ Heimatmuseum and Ski Museum Saalbach ( Memento from January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ Nagano 1998:
    Wood and Tool Museum LIGNORAMA - the Olympic house in Nagano. Retrieved August 20, 2009 .
  14. ↑ Turin / Sestriere 2006:

    http://www.oesterreichhaus.at/de/apg-presse/pressebilder/232-091201-oeoc-apg-olympia-passivhaus/download (link not available) Picture gallery Turin 2006. Austrian Olympic Comité, archived from the original on February 3, 2010 ; accessed on January 1, 2009 (numerous photo series on activities in and around the house). Austria evening in the "Casa Austria". In: OJ-Journal. Retrieved January 1, 2009 . alberta185: Casa Austria. In: Olimpiadi invernali 2006: Pragelato e Sestriere. webshots.com, accessed August 18, 2009 . http://www.rv-wiking.at/cgi-bin/WebObjects/THECLUB.woa/1/wa/rubricTOCEntry?rubricseq=00.00&wosid=etoYLbE8in7wkUtLj3ENEM&externalid=26573&mandant=PROH00&static=0 (link not available) Austria Haus Turin 2006. Austrian Olympic Committee, archived from the original on February 3, 2010 ; accessed on August 20, 2009 (map, fig.). Austria House TURIN 2006. Austrian Paralympic Comitée, archived from the original on February 12, 2010 ; Retrieved on August 20, 2009 (with ill.).
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  16. ↑ Beijing 2008:
    Empty chairs in Austria House. In: german.china.org.cn. August 24, 2008, accessed January 1, 2009 . Österreichhaus Beijing 2008. A piece of Austria in China. Austrian Olympic Committee, archived from the original on February 3, 2010 ; accessed in 2009 (link to fig.). Site plan in: Hannes Maschkan: Austria House . Ed .: Austrian Olympic Committee. Vienna 2008, p.
     8-11 . Austria House PEKING 2008. Austrian Paralympic Comitée, archived from the original on February 12, 2010 ; Retrieved on August 20, 2009 (with ill.).
  17. ↑ The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, archived from the original on August 26, 2011 ; Retrieved August 14, 2009 .
  18. ↑ Feng Shui inspires in the “Austria House”: Accommodation for the athletes officially opened. In: news.at. August 6, 2008, accessed August 14, 2009 .
  19. ↑ Whistler 2010:
    We are building a passive house for Canada. Austrian Passive House Group (APG), archived from the original on December 14, 2009 ; Retrieved August 10, 2009 . Austria House "Vancouver 2010" in Whistler. Austrian Olympic Committee, archived from the original on February 3, 2010 ; Retrieved December 21, 2009 . Austria Passive House Whistler 2010. (blog) blogspot.com, accessed on February 4, 2010 (with numerous photos). Whistler, APG, Mike Carter Media Productions: A video of the new Whistler's first Passive House, built and showcased for the 2010 Winter Olympics. (flash video) YouTube, Whistler783, November 26, 2009, accessed February 25, 2010 (documentation on the construction of the house). APG: APG is building a passive house for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver / Canada APG. (flash video 6:30) YouTube, PassivhausAustria, September 1, 2009, accessed on February 25, 2010 (documentation on the project). Whistler, APG, Mike Carter Media Productions: Austria Passive House - A Games Legacy Showcasing Energy Efficiency. (flash video 5:18) YouTube, whistler2010com, November 26, 2009, accessed on February 25, 2010 (documentation on the construction of the house).
  20. ^ Austria passive house components on their way to Whistler. Resort Municipality of Whistler, July 29, 2009, accessed August 14, 2009 .
  21. ↑ Austria House - Showcasing Energy Efficiency. Resort Municipality of Whistler, 2010, accessed February 4, 2010 .
  22. ^ Whistler, APG, Mike Carter Media Productions: Interview of the APA (Austria Press Agency) with ÖOC President Leo Wallner. (PDF; 114 kB) YouTube, whistler2010com, November 26, 2009, accessed on February 25, 2010 .
  23. ↑ London 2012:
    www.austriahouse.at , website of Austria House Tirol
    Austria House Tirol: Austria House opened in London - Faymann and Darabos ceremoniously cut a red-white-red ribbon. In: sport.oe24.at. July 26, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012 . Opening ceremony - This is the House of Austrians in London. In: olympia heute.at. July 27, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012 . http://portal.wko.at/wk/dok_detail_file.wk?angid=1&docid=1887209&conid=638536 (link not available) Werner Faymann meets Vivienne Westwood in the Austrian Olympic House. In: The standard online. Austrian Chamber of Commerce, July 28, 2012, archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; accessed on August 14, 2012 (photo gallery of the opening ceremony). The London 2012 success story . austriahouse.at, accessed March 19, 2015. Photo of the restaurant , on austriahouse.at.
  24. ↑ a b c d Austria House - A new chapter. newsroom.austriatourism.com, June 3, 2016.
  25. ↑ Austrian Olympic Committee (ed.): Olympia Guide London 2012 . Section Dr. Peter Mennel, ÖOC Secretary General: Promotion for Austria , p. 4 ( osv.or.at [PDF]). osv.or.at ( Memento from February 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ Austria House ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , oepc.at.
  27. ^ Tom Degun: Austria House for London 2012 set to be Trinity House. In: insid ethe games. March 19, 2012, accessed August 14, 2012 .
  28. ↑ a b Austria Tirol House Sotschi 2014. austria-house.at.
  29. ↑ a b “Austria Tirol House” in Sochi twice as expensive as in London. AGT-APA, in: Tiroler Tageszeitung online edition, tt.com, October 17, 2013.
  30. ^ Olympic Games Rio 2016. Austria House. Presentation, Peter Mennel, Austrian Olympic Committee, undated (2016); with map of the venues, p. 5 (pdf, on oeoc.at).
  31. ^ ÖW: Austria House Rio as a cultural hub. newsroom.austriatourism.com, August 8, 2016.
  32. ↑ Written request from MPs Hermann Brückl, colleagues to the Federal Minister for Science, Research and Economy regarding the contribution of the ÖW (Österreich Werbung) to the "Austria House Rio 2016". 9516 / J ( parliamentary materials online , parlament.gv.at).
  33. ↑ a b Austria House closes its doors. newsroom.austriatourism.com, August 22, 2016.
  34. ^ Austria House at the Olympic Games: Matter Hüttenzauber. Maik Novotny in: der Standard online, February 4, 2018.
  35. ↑ a b The "Austria House" in Pyeongchang. In: Die Presse online, February 7, 2018.
  36. ↑ Austria House opens ... In: Wiener Zeitung online, undated