We live in a world that is constantly moving, and man must adapt on the go to the new changes that arise. From the multitude of questions that dominate modern times, who can tell us something about the importance of architecture in everyday life and about man's adaptability to the built environment?! It is not a rhetorical question.
That's why we invite you to Cluj to watch some thematic films that will be screened during the "Architecture Days" – Building Roots event between May 11-17, 2015.
Opening the Gallery The event represents a cultural manifestation that aims to raise the level of professional culture of architecture students, architects, and architecture enthusiasts, and makes it possible for architecture to be known also by the general public, such as ordinary citizens of the city or other people interested in the subject.
Between May 11-17, numerous events will take place, and the exact program can be found here.
Urban Eye presents two films that address the theme of the built environment from the perspective of sustainability in completely different ways: Ruin, directed by Markus Lenz (Germany 2014) and Microtopia, directed by Jesper Wachtmeister (Sweden 2013).
The first film tells the story of the rooting of a self-managed community in the structure of a 45-story office tower, unfinished due to the economic crisis 20 years ago in Venezuela. The second presents a micro vision of dwelling; simple inhabitants, artists or architects innovate, experiment, propose minimal housing installed in various, strange, beautiful spaces.
Urban Eye Film Series at Cluj-Napoca Architecture Days 2015:
Wednesday, May 13, 9:00 PM, Cinema A RT A (str. Universitatii nr.3)Ruin | Markus Lenz | Germany | 2014 | 73 min In Caracas, a 45-story office tower, a modern ruin generated by the collapse of the Venezuelan economy abandoned becomes home to 750 families, a vertical slum, a recovered space, a self-managed neighborhood.
Friday, May 15, 9:00 PM, Z A Hub (str. Stefan cel Mare nr. 18)Microtopia | Jesper Wachtmeister | Sweden | 2013 | 52 min Small houses, portable as a reaction to living in large spaces and the lifestyle of the modern nomad for whom the unique experience, the landscape and the atmosphere are perhaps more important than the size, stability and permanence of a dwelling.
Architecture Days (Z A) is an event organized between May 11 – 17, 2015 by the Association of Architecture Students in Cluj and is part of the Cluj-Napoca - European Youth Capital 2015 program.
This year's edition, titled Building roots, proposes 7 days of cultural events: ambitious and innovative projects by architecture students, conferences and debates, workshops and street events, exhibitions, concerts and parties in unusual locations.
Urban Eye is a discussion platform that aims to stimulate public interest in the city and architecture, using film as a medium to create connections from architecture and urbanism to other fields.
