Known as “the artist among architects”, Luis Barragán is among the world’s most celebrated architects of the 20th century. Upon his death in 1988, much of his work was locked away in a Swiss bunker, hidden from the world’s view. In an attempt to resurrect Barragán's life and art, boundary redefining artist Jill Magid creates a daring proposition that becomes a fascinating artwork in itself - a high-wire act of negotiation that explores how far an artist will go to democratize access to art.

THE PROPOSAL

In an attempt to resurrect Barragán's life and art, boundary redefining artist Jill Magid creates a daring proposition that becomes a fascinating artwork in itself - a high-wire act of negotiation that explores how far an artist will go to democratize access to art.

Exploring the politics behind architectural heritage and conservation and the notion that the state acts as the custodian of culture, ‘The Tower of a Forgotten India’ follows the story of ‘The Architect’, a man desperately trying to save the nation’s past. The story of passion and madness unfolds within the Tower, a mega structure that serves to breathe life and function back into the forgotten buildings and fragments, reintegrating them into the city’s urban fabric. With heritage in the Indian context the threat comes from every direction, religious fundamentalism, thoughtless modernization, the culture of collectability and political corruption. Exploring the impact of shifting political ideologies and rampant and unplanned urbanism on architecture, as buildings are repurposed to meet the ever-changing needs of the nation, the film fires us into the heart of the sprawling chaos of Delhi. ‘The Tower of a Forgotten India’ is a modern parable spanning decades, that suggests the control of a city’s past is – in the end - a fool’s paradise.

THE TOWER OF A FORGOTTEN INDIA

Exploring the politics behind architectural heritage and conservation and the notion that the state acts as the custodian of culture, ‘The Tower of a Forgotten India’ follows the story of ‘The Architect’, a man desperately trying to save the nation’s past.

Bab Sebta is a series of reconstructions of situations observed in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil. This place is the scene of a traffic of manufactured goods and sold at a discount. Thousands of people work there every day.

BAB SEBTA

Bab Sebta is a series of reconstructions of situations observed in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan soil. This place is the scene of a traffic of manufactured goods and sold at a discount. Thousands of people work there every day.

In these strange times where we must find communion in isolation and where our sense of touch is denied, how do we fulfill our innate desires to connect with each other? This film is the culmination of a student architecture project, which explores this question and the virtual realm, by proposing speculative 'body devices' which may simulate senses and space onto our bodies. The film blends the techniques of installation, projection, photogrammetry, performance and poetry to tell the stories of how people may come together in a post-pandemic future, of how 'humanity' may be attained from 'the machine'. We hope you enjoy 'Humanitas Ex Machina'.

HUMANITAS EX MACHINA [HUMANITY FROM THE MACHINE]

In these strange times where we must find communion in isolation and where our sense of touch is denied, how do we fulfill our innate desires to connect with each other?

In 2019 architect Adam Richards revealed Nithurst Farm, his self-designed family home in the South Downs National Park. We’re pleased to share a new film made for The Modern House exploring the far-reaching ideas and references that informed the convention-defying design of the house, as well as the intimate realities of daily life in the space, one year on.

THE MODERN HOUSE: NITHURST FARM

The Modern House exploring the far-reaching ideas and references that informed the convention-defying design of the house, as well as the intimate realities of daily life in the space, one year on.

In 2015, Berlin received thousands of refugees overnight. To accommodate them, new types of refugee camps called "Tempohomes" were constructed and new typologies of shelter were designed. In this short documentary, the notion of the refugee camp as a space of care and control is explored and gives a provocative perspective on the meaning of shelters today, and how their issues are linked to everyday architecture in cities and the production of mass housing. By juxtaposing the initial design of shelters to refugees rearrangements of space, the documentary questions the role of architecture: how can we offer displaced populations better conditions to dwell? Can shelters be spaces of care without control?? How can architecture empower people to express their culture, background and identities in camps and beyond? Within these camps, how did refugees navigate the meanings of a home? and how did the camp managers respond to refugees appropriations? The film 13 Square Meter weaves a tapestry of contemporary topics that deal with the ideas of displacement, space, and architecture while opening up the discussion on the similarities and differences between refugees shelter design and the production of modernist mass housing in cities.

13 SQUARE METERS

The film 13 Square Meter weaves a tapestry of contemporary topics that deal with the ideas of displacement, space, and architecture while opening up the discussion on the similarities and differences between refugees shelter design and the production of modernist mass housing in cities.

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