Films and documentaries
The Architecture Weeks is now an integral part of the Barcelona calendar, and has become a key tool for promoting the values of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design throughout the city. Today we want to share some of the interesting Films and documentaries that will be shown in the coming days.
Guerrilla Architect
In an austerity-hit Spain, where around 500,000 new buildings remain empty, “people do things their way”, says Santiago Cirugeda, a subversive architect from Seville who has dedicated his career to reclaiming urban spaces for the public. “In times of crisis, people come together to find collective solutions”.
With his deep knowledge of urban planning legislation, Cirugeda is not afraid to “occupy”, or squat, abandoned spaces, using his understanding of the law to facilitate community-based construction.
“Self-building is not legalized in Spain, so any architect facing this issue has to take on civil and criminal responsibilities”, he says, referring to the logistical challenges he faces while working outside the law.
Ana Naomi de Sousa, Al Jazeera, 2014, 25′, Original version in Spanish
Sat 31 May · 15:00 – 16:00 Sun 01 Jun · 21:00 – 22:00
Organizing entity: Ojocónico.xyz
Domesticities
1.Two Friends Build Home
Olot (population 34,000), an old town shrouded in the fog of the Pre-Pyrenees, is known for its wooded volcanoes, farmhouses, and pastures. When Fina Puigdevall spoke with her former classmate, Carme Pigem, about the renovation of her restaurant Les Cols and the construction of her new home, neither could have imagined that the former would become an internationally renowned chef with a Michelin star, and the latter would win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
faircompanies, 2021, 27′, Original version in Spanish
2.Mi casa en la playa
The short documentary Mi casa en la playa, by Rispoli Guerrera, explores the house in Rota (Cádiz) that Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas designed and built for Almudena Grandes (1960-2021) and Luis García Montero. This was the first cinematic project made by the architectural studio Rispoli Guerrera, a tribute to the Spanish architect Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas (1962-2015), who always sought to find the balance between nature and architecture.
Rispoli Guerrera, 2019, 17′, Original version in Spanish
Sat 07 Jun · 15:00 – 16:00 Sun 08 Jun · 21:00 – 22:00
Organizing entity: Ojocónico.xyz
n’UNDO
n’UNDO demonstrates that, rather than traditional construction methods, it is possible to build more effectively by choosing not to build, redoing, or undoing. This approach highlights actions that ensure economic, social, cultural, and environmental sustainability. The documentary is produced by Imagen Subliminal.
Sat 14 Jun · 15:00 – 16:00 Sun 15 Jun · 21:00 – 22:00
Organizing entity: Ojocónico.xyz
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