Architecture and Design Film Festival 2011

Panel- Architects & Filmmakers as Storytellers
Program
Panel, 60 min

Moderator: James Sanders Panelists: Eames Demetrios Marc Kushner Oren Safdie Read More

Panel 3- Beyond LEEDS
Program
Panel, 60 min

Moderator: Katie Gerfen Panelists: Tiffany Broyles Yost John Connell Read More

Panel 4- Public Housing: The Next Chapter
Program
Panel, 60 min

Moderator: Rick Bell Panelists: Les Bluestone Mark Ginsberg Joseph Heathcott Read More

Passive Passion
Program
Short Documentary, 2011, 21 min
Directed by: Charlie Hoxie
Plays In: Program 08- Architect of Dreams
Interests: Short

20 years ago, European physicists synthesized a package of design principles that reduces a dwelling's heating and cooling energy use by nine tenths. Over 20,000 buildings in Europe have been built to the Passive House standard, and today, a burgeoning community of enthusiasts in the U.S. actively works to spread the concept. Read More

Pool Party
Program
Documentary Feature, 2010, 75 min
Directed by: Beth Aala
Plays In: Program 04- Pool Party
Interests: Feature

Pool Party is the surprising story of an abandoned swimming pool, the largest in New York City that became the most significant music venue since CBGB's. Both an indie music showcase and an urban history lesson, Pool Party traces the process of gentrification of Williamsburg, Brooklyn through the story of McCarren Pool. Read More

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Program
Documentary Feature, 2011, 83 min
Directed by: Chad Freidrichs
Plays In: Program 05- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Interests: Feature

Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legisla Read More

Public Farm 1
Program
Short Documentary, 2010, 18 min
Directed by: Lilibet Foster
Plays In: Program 14- Robert A.M. Stern: 15 Central Park West and the History of the New York Apartment House
Interests: Short

Public Farm 1: The Making of an Urban Farm” is a short documentary film about the building of a sustainable, biodegradable, cardboard farm in the unlikely location of New York City. Read More