Visualização de Documentário - Post IFoU 2025 - Dia 4 de julho - 19h30-20h30 no Pavilhão de Portugal

TO BUILD LAW

Post IFoU event  :  Documentary

Synopsis:

According to a 2020 report by the UN Environment Programme, the construction industry accounts for at least 38 per cent of carbon emissions globally, operating with narrow methods geared toward profit. Buildings are held as assets, torn down, and redeveloped, with limited consideration of community and environmental impacts. Meanwhile, housing crises escalate. Evidently, a systemic shift in the way we build and value our built environment is urgently needed.

To Build Law follows bplus.xyz (b+) and station.plus (s+) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope!, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms. The film closely observes the b+ team during various phases of conceptualization and development of a European Citizens’ Initiative meant to incentivize renovation over demolition and new construction. Through this bottom-up legal tool, architecture becomes an open process of establishing partners, drafting legislation, filming stories, strategizing communications, coordinating campaigns, collecting votes, and building a movement.

To Build Law is the second chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of engagement with new project sites.

 

 

2024 | 49 min
Digital film
Second film of a three-part series

Directed by Joshua Frank

 

Date: 4th July 2025

Hour: 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Venue: Pavilhão de Portugal — Auditório

Organisation: FA-ULisboa / IFoU 2025

Language: in German and English, with French and English subtitles

Entrance: free, but prior registration is required

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