Robin Hood Gardens

Architects such as Alison & Peter Smithson wanted to build spaces for a new, modern society with projects such as the "Robin Hood Gardens" and at the same time counter abstract modernism with "as found", a humane, human-centred architecture The film follows the history of this brutalist social housing project through the decades to the present day, when the ensemble was partially demolished and individual parts were shipped to Venice and rebuilt there at the Architecture Biennale.

"Robin Hood Gardens" addresses the contradictions and complexity of modern architecture and its implications for our society, but also poses the question of what we can learn from history for a better life in our cities of the future.together with photographer Hélène Binet, the film explores the specific space of Robin Hood Gardens shortly before its demolition in 2017. Through the participation of local residents, the Smithsons' family and experts such as Charles Jencks, Denise Scott Brown, Richard Rogers and many more, the film paints a multi-layered portrait of this building complex, and a story emerges that goes far beyond the mere theme of "architecture".

90 MIN. | ENGLISH | GERMAN SUBTITLES

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