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Architecton

An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.

Director

Victor Kossakovsky

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N/A

Production

ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions,Point du Jour,Les Films du Balibari,A24,Hailstone Films,ZDF,ARTE,The Match Factory

Awards

5 nominations

Homepage

https://a24films.com/docs/architecton

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Michele De Lucchi

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- Is this the last time?
- Yes, the last lap. - Architecton

- Is this the last time? - Yes, the last lap.

I'm coming too,
I'll take the round ones. - Architecton

I'm coming too, I'll take the round ones.

- We have to find the center.
- Let's try here. - Architecton

- We have to find the center. - Let's try here.

Let's do it gently first,
so we can see how it looks. - Architecton

Let's do it gently first, so we can see how it looks.

Let's make, I don't know ...
Somewhat ... - Architecton

Let's make, I don't know ... Somewhat ...

So that it comes ...
it comes up to here. - Architecton

So that it comes ... it comes up to here.

Now here, down here. - Architecton

Now here, down here.

- It's a little chilly, isn't it?
- My hands are frozen. - Architecton

- It's a little chilly, isn't it? - My hands are f...

- Shall we try to draw it like this?
- Yes, let's put that stick here, Davide. - Architecton

- Shall we try to draw it like this? - Yes, let's put t...

And another one,
which we already have here. - Architecton

And another one, which we already have here.

We'll put the four stones
on the four points of the compass. - Architecton

We'll put the four stones on the four points of the com...

So one ... at each point.
The round stones, the black ones. - Architecton

So one ... at each point. The round stones, the black ones.

Let's try ...
how deep to sink them. - Architecton

Let's try ... how deep to sink them.

- Shall we do something like this?
- Yes, even a little bit deeper. - Architecton

- Shall we do something like this? - Yes, even a little bit ...

- Did it come out of the ground?
- Yes, yes. - Architecton

- Did it come out of the ground? - Yes, yes.

Of course, finding a circle
while making a circle ... - Architecton

Of course, finding a circle while making a circle ...

It's something that has been
prepared ... for years. - Architecton

It's something that has been prepared ... for years.

Now, I even feel embarrassed
to be inside the circle. - Architecton

Now, I even feel embarrassed to be inside the circle.

Yes, beautiful.
Finding a circle while making the circle. - Architecton

Yes, beautiful. Finding a circle while making the circle.

Now, we have to pick
a round stone for this point. - Architecton

Now, we have to pick a round stone for this point.

It's snowing.
What a beautiful surprise today. - Architecton

It's snowing. What a beautiful surprise today.

Who knows if there will be snow or not
in years to come. - Architecton

Who knows if there will be snow or not in years to come.

A beautiful disaster. - Architecton

A beautiful disaster.

- Architect, are you okay?
- I'm getting all wet ... - Architecton

- Architect, are you okay? - I'm getting all wet ...

This is the most beautiful one,
we put it in the North. - Architecton

This is the most beautiful one, we put it in the North.

It was meant to be. - Architecton

It was meant to be.

Because to make a circle like that,
there is simply no need. - Architecton

Because to make a circle like that, there is simply no need.

The last man who came in here. - Architecton

The last man who came in here.

Who knows ... what kind of ... - Architecton

Who knows ... what kind of ...

It seems like here
they made a straight cut. - Architecton

It seems like here they made a straight cut.

English, Français, no.
Welcome, welcome. - Architecton

English, Français, no. Welcome, welcome.

Are you an architect? - Architecton

Are you an architect?

- 30 years.
- I started in 1993. - Architecton

- 30 years. - I started in 1993.

Yes, cleaning. 30 years here.
Clean, clean. - Architecton

Yes, cleaning. 30 years here. Clean, clean.

Here you have to clean ... to clean. - Architecton

Here you have to clean ... to clean.

Look. Five meters by five meters. - Architecton

Look. Five meters by five meters.

You have to clean all this now.
Big work. Really impressive. - Architecton

You have to clean all this now. Big work. Really impressive.

- And those are Byzantine tombs.
- And tomb. - Architecton

- And those are Byzantine tombs. - And tomb.

13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, - Architecton

13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,

I'm not blaming architects. - Architecton

I'm not blaming architects.

And why we build, - Architecton

And why we build,

I believe that all people
who are not architects, - Architecton

I believe that all people who are not architects,

Why we build ugly, boring buildings
if we know how to build beautiful ones? - Architecton

Why we build ugly, boring buildings if we know how to build ...

And it's bringing me back to the decisions
that I never took in my life. - Architecton

And it's bringing me back to the decisions that I never...

Right now we are doing
a skyscraper in concrete. - Architecton

Right now we are doing a skyscraper in concrete.

I am asking my colleagues - Architecton

I am asking my colleagues

Because it's just ... - Architecton

Because it's just ...

It's just one
of these skyscrapers, - Architecton

It's just one of these skyscrapers,

It is not symbolic at all,
it has no meaning. - Architecton

It is not symbolic at all, it has no meaning.

And this will last
for 40 years, 50 years. - Architecton

And this will last for 40 years, 50 years.

But I hate concrete
because concrete is arid. - Architecton

But I hate concrete because concrete is arid.

Nothing will grow up
in a concrete building. - Architecton

Nothing will grow up in a concrete building.

But do you think we will ever,
ever solve the problem - Architecton

But do you think we will ever, ever solve the problem

Yes, I think that this is possible. - Architecton

Yes, I think that this is possible.

This is possible, for example,
with something that is not, - Architecton

This is possible, for example, with something that is not,

It doesn't become garbage
when it is done. - Architecton

It doesn't become garbage when it is done.

That becomes ... - Architecton

That becomes ...

Everything that has not fertility inside - Architecton

Everything that has not fertility inside

And it'll stay there ugly forever. - Architecton

And it'll stay there ugly forever.

Everything that is fertile
and grows and develops - Architecton

Everything that is fertile and grows and develops

And if we want to survive
in such a huge number on this planet, - Architecton

And if we want to survive in such a huge number on this plan...

This will be part of
the evolution of the world - Architecton

This will be part of the evolution of the world

But if I listen to you,
then ideally, - Architecton

But if I listen to you, then ideally,

For example, your own family, - Architecton

For example, your own family,

To be conscious
that we have limited resources, - Architecton

To be conscious that we have limited resources,

This is the big change
of a paradigm - Architecton

This is the big change of a paradigm

We have to find out
a new idea of beauty, - Architecton

We have to find out a new idea of beauty,

Ambitions that we can achieve,
and we need to achieve. - Architecton

Ambitions that we can achieve, and we need to achieve.

And architecture
is just a way to think - Architecton

And architecture is just a way to think

There is a famous sentence
that we say, - Architecton

There is a famous sentence that we say,

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An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.

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Director: Victor Kossakovsky

Writer: Victor Kossakovsky

Production: ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions,Point du Jour,Les Films du Balibari,A24,Hailstone Films,ZDF,ARTE,The Match Factory

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Oct 2024

Awards: 5 nominations

Homepage: https://a24films.com/docs/architecton