Lisa Schmidt-Colinet
2021Institute Above-Ground
Alexander Schmoeger, Florian Zeyfang
Institute Above-Ground is a documentary narrative about visionary architecture in Cuba. The “Instituto technologico de suelos y fertilizantes André Voisin” is a symbol of the early, euphoric building experiments that emerged shortly after the revolution.
Institute Above-Ground
Microbrigades: Variations of a Story
Alexander Schmoeger, Florian Zeyfang
Aside from health care and education, the housing was one of the main pillars of the Cuban revolution. In view of the continuing housing shortage, self-build groups of varying intensity, the "Microbrigadas", were set up in Cuba in 1971. To this day, these groups continue to build their own apartment buildings as well as municipal buildings throughout Cuba. Architectural images, archive material and interviews are combined to create an experimental collage on this phenomenon of a revolutionary modernity.
Microbrigades: Variations of a Story