Short film
In Residence: Ricardo Bofill
2014 · 6 min
A hushed, contemplative tour of a vast concrete home that feels more like a cathedral than a house.
- Directed by
- Albert Moya
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Ricardo Bofill
- Overview
- There are houses, and then there’s Ricardo Bofill’s house: a brutalist former cement factory of epic proportions on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain. A grandiose monument to industrial architecture in the Catalonian town of Sant Just Desvern, La Fabrica is a poetic and personal space that redefines the notion of the conventional home. “Nowadays we want everyone who comes through our door to feel comfortable, but that's not Bofill’s idea here,” says filmmaker Albert Moya, who directed latest installment of In Residence. “It goes much further, you connect with the space in a more spiritual way.” Rising above lush gardens that mask the grounds’ unglamorous roots, the eight remaining silos that once hosted an endless stream of workmen and heavy machinery now house both Bofill’s private life, and his award-winning architecture and urban design practice.
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- Directed by
- Albert Moya
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Ricardo Bofill
