
"Threemonthsinanarchitects’firminBerlin.Fromthearchitecturedowntothetiniestdoorhandle,aquestioningofmatterandtheverb."<br/> --HarunFarocki<br/> "Architectsatwork:apriorinothinglendsitselfbettertocinema,nothingismoregraphicthanshotsthatalternatebetweenthedrawingandthebuiltstructure,betweenthetwo-dimensionalplanandthethreedimensionalresult.Yetthisfilm,withitscorporate-soundingtitle,shotoverthreemonthsinalargeBerlin-basedfirmabandonsthisclaritytoinstilageneraliseddoubt—notsomuchaboutthevalueofthoseitfilmsasaboutitsowncriticalviewpoint.Certainly,itisnotriflingmatterthatinoneoftheiron-goingprojects(aVirtualRealityCentreinLaval),thearchitectsaretryingtomergethebuildingintothelandscape:theinvisibilityjustifiedbytheenduseofthebuildingoperatesasacluetothefactthat,inarchitecture,duringthedesignphasethereisnothingtosee,andthatactualconstructionislessamatterofachangeinscalethanasudden,demiurgicleapwherethereisnogoingback.Inthisgroupportrait,thecreatorsappearbothasmasterrhetoriciansandchildrenplayingwithmaterialsandcolours.Throughtheirchangingopinions,whatFarockiisquestioningisnothinglessthantherelationshipsbetweenwordandmatter—whichinevitablyfindsamirrorofcinemaintherenewedmysteryofarchitecturalart:producingformfromdiscourse."<br/> --CharlotteGarson,CinemaduReel

