Sports and Leisure
What we do
The UIA Sports & Leisure Work Programme promotes quality sport and Olympic facilities at an international level, through the collective expertise of its members. This UIA Programme is implicated in decision-making processes for, amongst others, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, FIFA, IAAF, FINA, and UCI
The Programme also advises developing countries on the socio-economical potential of competitive sporting facilities; supports local and national policy-makers in developing attractive, functional and sustainable facilities; and furthers international exchanges of information and cooperation in the field of sport and leisure facilities.
How we do it
Monitoring – The Programme monitors the evolution of Olympic/Paralympic complexes before, during, and after the games, laying particular emphasis on the sustainability and reuse of facilities.
Research visits – Our members visit pilot complexes in various countries developing new approaches to elite sport architecture.
Events – The Programme organises informative seminars and conferences in collaboration with partner organisations.
Who we work with
Various sporting and Olympic committees, a network of architects specialised in sport and leisure facilities, local and national legislators.
Directors
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René Kural - Nordic Countries
René Kural is committed to ensuring that his work promotes "the good life" through the influence of architecture, urban planning, urban space and landscape. With this vision he is involved in research, dissemination, counseling and development tasks for Danish and foreign municipalities, architectural studios, boards and foundations. René is a practicing architect and associate professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK). He is the director of the research unit Activity and Health-enhancing Physical Environments Network (APEN) and of the international research unit Active Cities Net-work (ACN). Since 2002, René is head of the research and innovation unit Center for Sports and Architecture (CIA) at KADK (Copenhagen). He has authored ten books and numerous articles and has lectured in Asia and Europe - most recently as a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 2013, he received the Olympic Committee (IOC / IAKS) bronze for Herning Foot Ball Experimentarium (Denmark) in collaboration with GBH Landscape. René is a member of the expert panel for the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA Awards 2018), acting as judge in architectural competitions and censor at PhD theses in Denmark and abroad.
Members
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Alessandra Ferrari - Italy
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João Paulo Bessa - Portugal
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Dénes Patonai - Hungary
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Diana Leikina - Federation of Russia
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Jaime Hernan Bruzon Gomez - Colombia
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Phoebe Sin Yeung To - Hong Kong
