The Rock and the Pavilion

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Rock and the Pavilion Architecture Awareness

Michael Heizer “Levitated Mass” and Bruce Goff’s Pavilion for Japanese Art. Two works, placed a couple of hundred yards one from another, could not be more different. The “rock” is a late-bloomer of the Land Art movement. The pavilion can be traced back to Frank Lloyd Wight’s principles of Organic Architecture. reinterpreted by Bruce Goff.

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Downtown LA: Towards Urban Sustainability

Saturday, June 9, 2012
Downtown-LA Architecture Awareness

A point of view at Los Angeles’ Downtown as a place that embodies potential sustainability. In spite of its assets in cultural, financial and historic buildings and a unique network of freeways and public transportation, it has a population of only 50,000. This documentary tries to point out at the fact that sustainability is not only about LEED’s platinum-rated buildings; it demands multi-use complexity and compactness. The visuals try to show what already is in place, capable of absorbing hundreds of thousands residents that may live and work in this centrally located area.

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A Living Room for the City

Saturday, May 26, 2012
Disney Hall Roof Garden

A Visual point of view: Frank Gehry’s Disney Hall. Its genesis and its design as a living room for the city

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Part 2: The Wall, Fast Food and Fellini

Saturday, April 21, 2012
Part 2: The Wall, Fast Food and Fellini Architecture Awareness

An encounter with “The Wall Along Wilshire,” following a visit of selected artworks at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Part 1: Fellini, Art and Architecture

Saturday, April 21, 2012
Part 1: Fellini, Art and Architecture Architecture Awareness

Just the day before, we had watched Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits. The story of the rock and Fellini’s surreal world seemed to connect. Giulietta of the Borderlines was born.

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