Under Tomorrow’s Sky
The global population is set to rise by billions in the coming decades, with the majority of these new earthlings living in cities. A different architecture will be required to keep future urban living pleasant and healthy, says Winy Maas, co-founder of MVRDV, a globally operating firm of architects. Instead of uniform tower blocks, he argues in favour of ‘high rises on a human scale’, stacked structural volumes with open spaces and greenery around them that feel like vertical villages.
MVRDV has simultaneously hundreds of projects. We see Maas working as foreman of his 280 employees, teaching at the university in Delft, commuting between continents and inspiring innovative research. Sometimes he is frustrated, seldom angry or tired and he never loses faith in the future he is co-shaping.
- Director:
- Jan Louter
- Year:
- 2021
- Country:
- The Netherlands
- Genre:
- Documentar
- Duration:
- 52 minutes
- Language:
- Dutch and English
- Subtitles:
- Romanian
- Screening:
- Sunday, 13 November, Cinema Elvire Popesco
Awards and festivals:
"Netherlands - International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) - world premiere - official selection/ Canada - Toronto Independent Festival of Gift - award winner feature documentary/ Germany - Berlin International Art Film Festival - award winner feature documentary/ Canada - Vancouver Independent Film Festival - nomination award/ Denmark - Annual Aarhus Film Festival - nomination award/ Czech Republic - One World - official selection/ Bulgary - Master of Art Film Festival - official selection/ Armenia - Golden Apricot Film Festival - official selection/ USA - Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) - USA premiere - official selection."
