Brick Award 2010 Caravatti

Production of an architectural video for the Brick Award 2010
Special prize: Emilio Caravatti
Public Buildings, Republic of Mali

For architect Emilio Caravatti, architecture has always been about more than just design and for this reason, he began to build with locals in the Republic of Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world. His primary focus here was on ‘an architecture of the essential’. The award-winning project began in 2005 as an ongoing work in progress and to date has resulted in several public buildings: two schools, a medical care station, and accommodation for teachers — all in a small savannah region in Beledougou in western Mali. The idea is to complete additional construction projects by expanding a network of skills and experience in cooperation with the local community and through the social organisations that exist in every village. The projects use locally sourced materials and traditional construction techniques, some of which had been forgotten by the locals. Having learned from their experiences on these construction sites, local trainees have applied their skills in other villages outside their regions and passed on to others the construction techniques they have learned.
(www.brick10.com)


Production: ZONE Media
In close cooperation with Ute Woltron.

Producer: Benno Pichler
Editing & Project Management: Eva Pfaffeneder
Camera: Peter Gstach, Wilderness Films India LTd., Cornelius Göritz
Sound: Atanas Tchokalov, Ralph Windisch
Digital Editing: Peter Gstach
Motion Graphics: Claudia Nussbaumer
Production Assistant: Boris Steiner

Commentary: Ute Woltron

Commissioned by Wienerberger AG