Christchurch
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
In 1993 the late architect and MacArthur Genius Samuel Mockbee started the Rural Studio at Auburn University, a design/build education program, in which students create striking architecture for impoverished communities in rural Alabama. Guided by frank, passionate interviews with Mockbee, the documentary Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio shows how a group of students use their creativity, ingenuity and compassion to craft a home for their charismatic, destitute client, Jimmie Lee Matthews, known to locals as Music Man because of his zeal for R&B and Soul records. The film reveals that the Rural Studio is about more than architecture and building.
Mockbee’s program provides students with an experience that forever inspires them to consider how they can use their skills to better their communities. Interviews with Mockbee’s peers and scenes with those he’s influenced infuse the film with a larger discussion of architecture’s role in issues of poverty, class, race, education, citizenship and social change.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday 17 June
Time: 5.30pm - 7.45pm
Location: Arties Bar & Café, HOYTS EntX, 617 Colombo Street, Christchurch
CPD and LBP Points
NZRAB Members: 10 CPD points, please enter your NZRAB # below
LBP Members: 2 hours / points elective learning as part of meeting your skills maintenance requirements
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Registration
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