September on Shelter

September on Shelter – Shelter highlights for the month of September include GES-2, Design: e2 and Great Minds of Design.

See the transformation of an old power plant into a cultural institution; discover how cities like Melbourne became world-leaders in liveability through cutting-edge sustainable design; and follow sustainable designers seeking to better their urban environments through their unique processes of creation this August on SHELTER.

TRANSFORMING POWER TO ART: GES-2

In 2014, V–A–C Foundation acquired the 20,000 sq. m former power plant GES-2 in the centre of Moscow, tasked with transforming this defunct building into a cultural institution, the Renzo Piano Building Workshop set out to re-imagine the traditional houses of culture, which first emerged in the late 19th century.

Over the next five years, cameras followed the construction works of the new cultural centre along with the cultural initiatives of the Foundation. This feature documentary interlaces these events, and explores the centre’s quest to be widely accessible, and offer the public a grand creative space.

GES-2 (77 mins) Italy & Russia 2021 (Available September 11)

LIVABILITY THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY: DESIGN e2 Season 3

Narrated by Brad Pitt, season 3 of Design: e2 continues its quest to find the pioneers and innovators in sustainable architecture and design.

From a 500-year-old city dump transformed into a desperately needed and beautiful public space in Cairo; to Melbourne’s transformation from a tired, vacant city into a thriving, sustainable metropolis; and to the efforts to rebuild New Orleans’ Lower 9^th Ward in a way that is environmentally, culturally and socially sustainable; this series investigates how livability, and sustainability, are inextricably intertwined in successful urban design; and provide a blueprint for the future most-livable cities of the world.

“Sustainability starts by improving conditions at the human level.”

DESIGN: e2 Season 3 (6 x 30 mins) USA 2008 (Available September 18)

CHANGE THROUGH GREEN CREATION: GREAT MINDS OF DESIGN – CANADA

Can designers change people’s behaviour for the better through design? Can design affect change?

These are some of the key issues designers face in the 21st century; the need to educate the public about how our actions today will impact our future on this planet.

GREAT MINDS OF DESIGN – CANADA follows the designers striving to draw the attention of the public to its own excesses, while incorporating energy-saving green technologies into traditional forms of design. Through reducing waste by keeping only what is essential in their designs, they’re recycling materials, repurposing equipment or tools destined for the landfill, and re-using waste materials. These are sustainable designers who consciously make products that consider the effects their creations have on culture and society.

This 6 part series includes Street artists redesigning the cityscape with clever urban interventions; a designer creating revolutionary solar energy-collecting windows; and an architect creating homes that take advantage of the innate energy efficiencies found in nature.

“It’s much more of a Wild West in public space than people think it is.”

GREAT MINDS OF DESIGN – CANADA (6 x 25 mins) Canada 2012 (Available September 25)

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Showcasing award winning feature films, episodic series and shorts, along with dedicated channels such as the Michael Blackwood Architecture Collection, The Design Emotive, 9 Sekunden, Never Too Small, Dwell and green magazine.

Shelter’s curated film library will keep you entertained, creative and inspired.

Learn from the great Starchitects such as John Lautner, Harry Seidler, Tadao Ando, Kevin Roche and Alvaro Size Vieira
Delve into small space living with titles like Tiny, Shipping Home, Small is Beautiful, Never Too Small and Microtopia
Explore sustainable solutions with Ever the Land, A Simpler Way, Life Off Grid, Living the Change and The Mill

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