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Microtopia
Movie
Microtopia explores how architects, artists and ordinary problem-solvers are pushing the limits to find answers to their dreams of portability, flexibility and of creating independence from the grid. Microtopia deals with contemporary urgent ideas that are addressed, and solved, in very surprisin...
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Leisurama
Movie
Leisurama is the story of a little pre-fabricated house, stocked with everything a person could need to walk in and begin a happy life, which started out at the 1964 NY World's Fair, and was eventually sold at Macy's! Along the way, you'll find out about the cold war, the World's Fair, the strugg...
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There Goes Our Neighbourhood
Movie
There Goes Our Neighbourhood is the powerful, funny and uplifting story of a team of public housing locals who come together with a hope to unite their neighbourhood, convince residents and the outside world of the value of their community through an ambitious art project, in an attempt to preven...
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth - An Urban History
Movie
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth seeks to set the historical record straight. T... -
Social Housing
"You don’t understand the kind of scarcity there is in Mexico and many other countries." - Javier Garciadiego, developer
Scarcity. Population density. Disaster recovery. Mexican architects are facing all of these challenges in ways that will surprise and inspire you.
Episode two of MEXITY looks... -
My City with Jakob Dunkl
1 season
Viennese architect Jakob Dunkl (querkraft Architekten) explores key modern and fascinating buildings in major European cities. Dunkl meets architects, artists, museum directors, urban planners and other city enthusiasts, discussing architecture with luminaries such as such as Dominique Perrault, ...
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The Home Show
Movie
There is no silver bullet for all our housing problems. But as Foreign Correspondent's The Home Show demonstrates, creative approaches - even niche ideas like tiny houses, canal boats and shipping containers, combined with a dose of brave public policy - can make a real difference.
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The Experimental City
Movie
In the 1960’s, as the cities collapsed and the suburbs sprawled, Athelstan Spilhaus had a vision: A futuristic city for 250,000 residents, engineered from scratch in the isolated woods of northern Minnesota, to solve the twin urban and environmental crises.
The Minnesota Experimental City wou... -
Smart Cities 2.0
1 season
NEW EPISODES WEEKLY
Today, more than half of the world’s population live in cities, and this number keeps on growing. If we want to continue enjoying life in cities then cities have to become smarter. In Smart Cities 2.0, architect Jason Pomeroy travels to 8 distinct cities to find out just how s... -
Concrete Soldiers
Movie
Concrete Soldiers takes us on an exhilarating journey depicting people's battles against the big developers and Councils, who are splitting apart communities in the name of progress. But seemingly, against all odds, campaigners are winning and showing the way for people power.
OFFICIAL SELECTION...
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e2 Energy
0 seasons
What if our climate, energy and economic problems are in fact defining opportunities; to reinvent and redesign on a global scale?
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, e² Energy investigates innovations in alternative energy technologies that provide options for a more sustainable energy future. Through t...