HOUSTON, TX - The films selected for the 2011 ArCH Film festival speak to the broad topic of Architecture with each central character challenging any static definition. Humanitarian, aesthete, modernist. Three architects and three careers in multiple generations, whose basic design principles and sense of design responsibility are embraced in architecture today. Join us this August as we investigate a shifting perception of the architect.
Each evening the featured film will be preceded by a collection of juried short films by students at the Rice School of Architecture and the University of Houston’s College of Architecture. Student films were made as a part of supplemental curriculum and are not necessarily about architecture, students, school, or anything in particular. Come see what plays in the minds of future architects…
About the Films
Thursday, August 11 at 7pm
Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe
Did you know that Mies van der Rohe designed a gas station? The story of that gas station serves as the point of departure for REGULAR OR SUPER, which examines Mies' entire body of work (more than 70 buildings) and a sparse style that reflects his motto that "less is more."
Friday, August 12 at 7pm
VDL Research House: Richard Neutra's Studio and Residence
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan, Neutra immigrated to the US to be a part of what he perceived to be the future of architecture. Explore the “physiologically motivated design” of Richard Nuetra’s studio and residence in L.A. from a firsthand perspective.
Saturday, August 13 at 7pm
Citizen Architect
Q&A discussion with filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas
Architecture and activism in practice, Citizen Architect is the story of Samuel Mockbee and Auburn University’s Rural Studio. The documentary follows Mockbee’s vision in Hale County, Alabama. Commentary from architects, academics, locals, and students colors in this discussion of class, poverty, race, architecture, design, and education.
Ticket fees: $10 Thursday, August 11 and Friday, August 12.
$20 Saturday, August 13
Free for ArCH Members. Membership opportunities will be available at the door.
Membership and ticket proceeds support the Architecture Center Houston Foundation.
Special thanks to microcinema for providing Architecture Center Houston the films to make this festival possible.
