Wind Tunnel Bulletin #03

<p>The space that exists in between two states is one of potentiality. It is a temporary shift in which questions of a large magnitude take the form of particular actions and objects. From Aristotle to medieval theologians it was thought that the wind itself could fertilize animals and people just as it does plants (pp. 46–47, 57). If the wind can fertilize then a wind tunnel may incubate thoughts that do not yet have a definite form.</p> <p>Our project is undergoing a fundamental change as the Zürich University of the Arts, where we are based, moves to the new centralized Toni-Areal building. Prior to this the school existed in over 30 different smaller buildings around the city. The final event of the Modellapéro at old Hafnerstrasse building marked the arrival of its new purpose as a mosque (p. 48) and the departure of our group together with our wind tunnel, the “Temple of the Winds,” to the radically new context of Toni-Areal (p. 49). Sofie van Loo conceives this as a “bi-modern” jump (p. 49). Packing compresses our work up to this point (pp. 50–51). This moment before arriving is taken as an opportunity for the expansion of our wind tunnel to create a space inside of institutional space.</p> <p>One test section becomes two with Kaspar König’s plans for an Eiffel-type wind tunnel embedded within the original Göttingen-type wind tunnel (pp. 52–55) which is itself now implanted on the roof of the new building. A section of the <em>Wind Tunnel Bulletin</em> becomes a “Designated Discomfort Area (DDA)” from which other such spaces can be identified with the labels enclosed. Haseeb Ahmed elaborates on this temporary state by looking at various instances of sucking and blowing (pp. 56–61). Florian Dombois sustains this in-between with a response to the proposals contained within this issue of the bulletin (p. 62).</p>