THE SILO
The story of a transformed silo, narrated by its architect Harry Gugger, talks about the rebirth of a former grain storage into a mixed-use building in the city of Basel. Its past and new spatial configuration, function and materiality question our vision of industrial construction and reveal its potential to be inhabited in a contemporary context.
Documentary, 11min
Narrated by: Harry Gugger
Film by: Aureliano Ramella
Camera assistant: Marine de Carbonnières
Music by: Vincent Schmidt
2023
Festivals & screening:
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (2023)
Istanbul International Architecture and urban films festival (2023)
Transfer Architecture Video Award (2023)
Budapest Architecture film festival (2024)
New Zealand's Architecture and Design Film Festival (2024)
The story of a transformed silo, narrated by its architect Harry Gugger, talks about the rebirth of a former grain storage into a mixed-use building in the city of Basel. Its past and new spatial configuration, function and materiality question our vision of industrial construction and reveal its potential to be inhabited in a contemporary context.
Documentary, 11min
Narrated by: Harry Gugger
Film by: Aureliano Ramella
Camera assistant: Marine de Carbonnières
Music by: Vincent Schmidt
2023
Festivals & screening:
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (2023)
Istanbul International Architecture and urban films festival (2023)
Transfer Architecture Video Award (2023)
Budapest Architecture film festival (2024)
New Zealand's Architecture and Design Film Festival (2024)
