The Power of Utopia
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01-Dec-2023
What would a utopian city of the 20th century look like, if designed by one of the most iconic & revered architects of the era? And would it all work?
Discover the incredible planned city of Chandigarh in India; the largest and most ambitious project of the renowned Swiss and French architect Le Corbusier.
Designed and constructed in the 1950s, Chandigarh is a controversial synthesis of the arts and a bold utopia of modernity; that strived to become a human city - not another industrial city.
Festivals
"Best Film", Venice Architecture Film Festival, Italy (2023)
Film and Architecture Festival Prague, Czech Republic (2023)
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2023)
Birmingham Film Festival, UK (2023)
Architecture & Design Film Festival, USA & Canada (2023/2024)
Solothurn Filmtage, Switzerland (2024)
Stranger than Fiction, Germany (2024)
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