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How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
A portrait of one of the worlds premier architects, How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? follows English architect Norman Fosters unending quest to improve the quality of life through design. By investigating his origins to how his dreams and influences inspired the design of emblematic projects such as the worlds largest building to its tallest bridge, Foster offers some striking solutions to humanitys increasing demand on urban centers.
The films title comes from a whimsical question put to Norman Foster by his hero, Buckminster Fuller, referring to the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, a building that looks light for its size, held up with a system of struts and tresses. You can see Fullers influence in Fosters use of space frame construction elsewhere, in elements of his work on buildings such as the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin, Beijing Capital International Airport and Londons glassy, obelisk-shaped 30 St. Mary Axe.
Length: 78minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1hJIwpRkD8''
Short Film: This Was Not My Dream
Suzana only thinks of the house, she is in love with it. Suzanas ex-husband cannot get it out of his mind that the new house conceived by them both meant the end of his marriage. The ex-husbands jealous looks are meant for nobody else other than the straight and modern lines, cold, tedious and without life. While images pass through the architecture he distills his fear of the construction and elaborates about the new life that Suzana will be enjoying at that place. Where is Suzana now? She couldnt be in any other place except that house, where Suzanas love is so transparent.
Time length: 5 minutes
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LocationThe Broad Theater (View)
636 N. Broad St
New Orleans, LA 70119
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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