Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China

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Movie
Original title Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China
Country of production Switzerland
original language German , Chinese , English
Publishing year 2008
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Christoph Schaub ,
Michael Schindhelm
script Christoph Schaub ,
Michael Schindhelm
production Marcel Hoehn
music Peter Bräker
camera Matthias Kälin ,
Stéphane Kuthy
cut Marina Wernli

Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China is a documentary by the directors Christoph Schaub and Michael Schindhelm from 2008 . The film accompanies various projects by the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in China , the construction of the national stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the conception of a district in Jinhua .

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The documentary reports on society, culture and everyday life in China. On the one hand, the film observes the construction of the stadium and shows how the project came about. On the other hand, the focus is on a district for over 300,000 people in the 3 million city of Jinhua. The focus is on the method of contextual building. There is also room for the Chinese side as well as their intentions, hopes and strategies.

The protagonists

  • Jacques Herzog - architect
  • Pierre de Meuron - architect
  • Ai Weiwei - concept artist, curator, architect and publicist
  • Dr. Uli Sigg - Swiss Ambassador in Beijing 1995–1998, "cultural translator"
  • Dr. Yu Qiu Rong - Jinhua City Government Construction Manager
  • Li Xinggang - architect
  • Stefan Marbach - partner at Herzog & de Meuron
  • Li Aiqing - most important political contact for Herzog & de Meuron
  • Prof. Zhi Yin - Professor at the Urban Planning & Design Institute Tsinghua University, Beijing
  • Fang Hangting - villagers near Jinhua

Reviews

“Like no one else, Schaub and Schindhelm had the opportunity to document the creation of this structure. Tracking down your ideas and limits. This means that they are not only chroniclers of building history, but also scriptwriters of a turning point. "

- Gerhard Matzig - Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 23, 2008

“The networked structure of the film corresponds to the architecture of its main actor. Schaub and Schindhelm interweave the images of the built and lively Beijing with images of the architectural vision, with the models, and with the images of the growing construction site (...) And it is precisely at these points that the filmmakers expose the tensions and lateral forces that exist between Europeans and The Chinese are running, and on the other hand the torques that could bring projects to tip-over so quickly, and of which those who are far from the world of architecture and construction have absolutely no idea. "

- Ute Woltron - Der Standard , May 24, 2008

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