Stadtwerkstatt Dptm. No Architects
SLEEP TUNNEL
No Architecture
Maindeck / continuous

Derived from Konstantin Melnikov’s proposed architecture of a “Sonata of Sleep”, an architecture of sleep from 1929, STWST developed the Sleep Tunnel. Melnikovs idea of the Sonata of Sleep meant a recuperation area for factory workers of the 20ies - a laboratory of sleep, a sanatorium and an area of nature experience. This utopian idea will be combined with Stadtwerkstatts credo of “No Architects”. There will be a sleep tunnel of no dimension, a no-architecture of transparent relationship between inside and outside, an unprotected area of sleeping entities and an open call to get to sleep during Ars Electronica.
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We build a house of sleep: Sleep architecture is also a term from medical sleep research. It means the different sleep stages, which repeat itself in cycles several times per night.
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We build a structure of sleep-context:
Several texts on the topics of sleep, consciousness and architecture have appeared in Versorgerin 119:
Deep Sleep - Matthew Fuller
Sleep Tunnel und Sleep Battle - STWST Announcement
The Five-Year Plan of Sleep - Georg Wilbertz
In the Beginning there was the Outside - Harald Purrer
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Radio-Talk with Andreas Kaindlstorfer from Sleep Lab (sorry, only german).
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The Sleep Tunnel will feature the sound setting Hypnogram designed by Pamela Neuwirth. The Sleep Tunnel will also be the place to see and listen Sleep Battle.
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The Sleep Tunnel of no dimension is a project by STWST, Department No Architects. Inspired by Konstantin Melnikovs Sonatas of Sleep, here a link to Tony Woods Text Bodies at Rest.
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STWST No Architects: Franz Xaver, Tanja Brandmayr, Jakob Breitwieser, Jan-Nahuel Jenny. Sleep architecture support of Andreas Kaindlstorfer, Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz, Department of Neurology 1, NeuromedCampus Sleep Laboratory.