What It Takes to Make a Home

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What It Takes to Make a Home (2019)

Directed by Daniel Schwartz

· 29m

What does it mean to live in the city without a place you can call your own? What role can architects have in addressing homelessness? And how can cities become better homes for all? The documentary film What It Takes to Make a Home follows a conversation between architects Michael Maltzan (Los Angeles) and Alexander Hagner (Vienna), who have been grappling with these questions over many years and through various projects. While the cities and the political and economic contexts in which Maltzan and Hagner work differ, both search for long-term strategies for housing instead of reacting with ad hoc solutions. Focussing on some causes and conditions of homelessness, the film questions the role architects can play toward overcoming the stigmatization of people experiencing it, in order to build more inclusive cities.

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Crew

Director
Daniel Schwartz
Editor
Jonas Spriestersbach, Daniel Schwartz
Producer
Giovanna Borasi

Details

Release date
2019-10-18
Runtime
29m
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Austria, United States of America
Production
Canadian Centre for Architecture