Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China
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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 |
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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. "
“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. "
Web links
- Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of the director Michael Schindhelm
- Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China Swiss Films
- Trailer on the YouTube page of the film distributor Edition Salzgeber