The 2021-2022 NCModernist/ModHomes Architecture Movie Series
Sponsored by ModHomes Realtor Sarah Sonke, and by
Jose Lopez / Habanero Design
Matthew Griffith / in situ studio
Mark Todd / Hill Country Woodworks
For now, the films are free and online.
However, if COVID conditions signficantly change, we will shift between: The Chelsea, a beloved Chapel Hill art house theatre featuring fresh organic popcorn, local craft beers, and curated wine and soft drink sections; and the Hunt Library on the campus of NC State was designed by Snohetta and is one of the best buildings in North Carolina.
Monday-Wednesday, November 1-3, Online. Free - registration required.
Built Beautiful (2021): For centuries, humans have sought to express beauty in architecture and art, but it is only recently that neuroscience is helping to determine how and why beauty plays an important role in our wellbeing. Architects and neuroscientists are embarking on a new field of study in which subliminal responses to one’s built environment may influence the future of design. Experts argue that positive subliminal reactions lead to a pleasurable experience, one reminiscent of a powerful meditation session. The question remains: what makes a building beautiful – or more specifically, which elements of the built environment does the brain recognize as beautiful? Built Beautiful is a feature length documentary movie that examines these ideas as well as those embodied in the book Beauty, Neuroscience & Architecture by Don Ruggles. The movie features leading experts from around the world in the emerging field of neuro-aesthetics as well as academics, researchers, architects and interior designers.
Free, registration required. Featuring a free Zoom Q&A for all registered viewers with producer Don Ruggles on Wednesday, November 3, 8pm ET. You'll be notified of the password for the movie and the Zoom link for the Q&A on Monday, November 1 and have through 9pm Wednesday, November 3 to watch the film.
December 6-8 - Online
Zaha Hadid: Who Dares, Wins (2013): Born in Baghdad in 1950 and based in London, Zaha Hadid was perhaps the most successful female architect there has ever been. She was one of a handful of global superstar designers who have changed the way people think about the world through buildings. Yet this wasn't always the case - Hadid once had a reputation as an unbuildable, paper architect whose projects began as vivid paintings of gravity-defying shapes exploding into the void. How did this extraordinary and pioneering woman - by turns charming, stubborn, visionary yet exacting - come to build the impossible? Visit her buildings across the globe, from Austria to Azerbaijan, to find out what made Zaha Hadid tick.
January 3, 2022 - Hunt Library, NC State University, Raleigh. Double feature.
The Gene Leedy Influence
Levels of Ray Kappe
Featuring Q&A with Gene Leedy Influence star and producer, architect Max Strang, after the movie.
February 7, 2022 - Hunt Library, NC State University, Raleigh
Hollywood's Architect (2020): The Paul R. Williams Story. With Q&A after the movie with producer Royal Kennedy Rogers.
March 7, 2022 - Hunt Library, NC State University, Raleigh