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Bird's Nest
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Bird's Nest

Bird's Nest

Herzog & de Meuron in China

2008

Architecture Film

87 Min

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Synopsis

Building between two cultures, two architectural traditions and two political systems: the documentary by Christoph Schaub and Michael Schindhelm shows two very different building projects in China by the Basle-based star architects Herzog and de Meuron: the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and an entire district in the town of Jinhua. One is tailored to China’s international appearance; the other caters for the daily needs of the population.

The film illustrates how Chinese culture shapes the architects’ building activity: the particular architectural form and their strive for it tell of society, culture, and everyday life. Bird’s nest ‒ Herzog & de Meuron in China outlines the development of this important Chinese building project. On the one hand, the documentary attempts to make understandable the architect duo Herzog and de Meuron’s unique and successfully applied method of contextual building. On the other hand, the film follows the project’s Chinese component—intention, hopes, strategies—within this complex formation process. In discussion and commentaries, the artist Ai Weiwei and the entrepreneur and contemporary Chinese art collector Uli Sigg delve deeper into these two approaches.

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Cast

Jacques Herzog

Pierre De Meuron

Ai Weiwei

Dr. Ueli Sigg

Dr.Yo Qui Rong Bauvorstejer Stadt Peking

Stefan Marbach

Crew

Director
Christoph Schaub

Producer
Marcel Hoehn, TC Film

Cinematographer
Stéphane Kuthy,
Matthias Kälin

Editor
Marina Wernli

Music Composer
Peter Bräker

Festivals

Berlin & Beyond Film Festival San Francisco, USA

Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada

Calgary International Film Festival, USA 

Festival del film Locarno, Switzerland

Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Channel Washington, USA

Documentary Film Festival Washington, USA

Solothurner Filmtage, Switzerland

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