A serpent, a giant larva, a bulging vein, or a river. Seen from above, the structure of Médiacité, a large shopping complex in the heart of Liège looks like a huge stained-glass window. This striking artery which swells and winds its way for some 450 metres forms a covered passage, the central walkway of a vast shopping mall completed in 2009 to revitalise a former industrial zone. The roof was designed by the Israeli industrial designer Ron Arad, a leading figure in provocative experimentation, with a global reputation for his playful furniture with rounded, sculptural forms. For the Liège project, he switches scale to take on a major architectural challenge – that of updating the oft-decried architecture of the mall.
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un film de Juliette Garcias - ArchitectureA serpent, a giant larva, a bulging vein, or a river. Seen from above, the structure of Médiacité, a large shopping complex in the heart of Liège looks like a huge stained-glass window. This striking artery which swells and winds its way for some 450 metres forms a covered passage, the central walkway of a vast shopping mall completed in 2009 to revitalise a former industrial zone. The roof was designed by the Israeli industrial designer Ron Arad, a leading figure in provocative experimentation, with a global reputation for his playful furniture with rounded, sculptural forms. For the Liège project, he switches scale to take on a major architectural challenge – that of updating the oft-decried architecture of the mall.
A serpent, a giant larva, a bulging vein, or a river. Seen from above, the structure of Médiacité, a large shopping complex in the heart of Liège looks like a huge stained-glass window. This striking artery which swells and winds its way for some 450 metres forms a covered passage, the central walkway of a vast shopping mall completed in 2009 to revitalise a former industrial zone. The roof was designed by the Israeli industrial designer Ron Arad, a leading figure in provocative experimentation, with a global reputation for his playful furniture with rounded, sculptural forms. For the Liège project, he switches scale to take on a major architectural challenge – that of updating the oft-decried architecture of the mall.
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Data sheet
- Buy the DVD
- https://boutique.arte.tv/detail/architectures_integrale_coffret_10_dvd
- Directed by
- Juliette Garcias
- Collection
- Architectures
- Year
- 2016
- Genre
- Architecture
- With
- Ron Arad & Jaspers Eyers
- Editing
- Catherine Bonétat
- Author
- Juliette Garcias
- Photography
- Richard Copans
- Sound
- Sylvain Copans
- Mixage
- Benoit Héry
- Producer
- Arte France, Les Films D’ici, Les Films D’archi & Centre Pompidou
- Broadcaster
- Arte France
- Partners
- Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Centre Pompidou & Wilhelm
- Format
- HDCAM
- Manager of production
- Clémentine Noël
- Langue
- Français
- Available version
- français
- Length
- 26’
- ISAN
- 0000-0001-9CE2-0048-9-0000-0000-A
- Sub title
- A Designer Mall
- Distributor
- Arte France Distribution
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