Rebel Architecture - Guerrilla Architects (Al Jazeera video series)

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Al Jazeera has released a six-part ‘Rebel Architecture’ documentary series, which profiles architects from Vietnam, Nigeria, Spain, Pakistan, Israel/Occupied West Bank and Brazil who are using design to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises.
The series uncovers architects who seek to turn away from the elite ‘starchitecture’ of iconic towers and luxury flats, and are willing to tackle the problems of soaring pollution, global inequality, and the explosive growth of informal settlements – even if it means they are cast out by the architectural establishment.
The premiere episode ‘Guerrilla Architect’, for instance, casts an eye on the occupation and the architecture of activism in austerity-hit Spain. In this episode, Spanish self-build ‘legend’ Santiago Cirugeda turns an abandoned factory into a vibrant cultural centre…even though self-building has not yet been legalised in Spain.

Read more at http://www.infolink.com.au/articles/news/a-rebellion-underway-in-architecture-people-before-icons-from-spain-to-israel-austerity-to-war-video-n2508105#Ta4J0rC62U8i5Jxh.99