Robin Hood Gardens - Canada Premiere 2022 / 90 min / Germany Directors: Thomas Beyer, Adrian Dorschner 6:30 - Buy Tickets
This film had its world premiere last month at ADFF:NY and has been widely seen around the world in the last month.
Robin Hood Gardens is a story of complexity and contradiction in modern architecture. Built by British architects Alison & Peter Smithson, the controversial East-London council estate was not only unloved by its first residents in 1972 but also garnered divisive responses from internationally-renowned critics. Decades later, the brutalist building was demolished to pave the way for site redevelopment yet simultaneously exhibited at the Venice Biennale. In light of the estate’s 50th anniversary, the documentary offers surprising insights from residents and critics and presents a second look at the construction of the ostracized project.
After the screening, Azure Senior Editor Stefan Novakovic will talk with Architect Michael McClelland, Founding Principal of ERA Architects, about public housing in Toronto. |