The building called "Mäusebunker”, or "Mouse Bunker" is a giant concrete bunker or warship-like former experimental animal laboratory in Berlin. There are many kinds of reuse-related discussions and plans underway, considering this building. The short film is a creation of the Bplus.xyz group operating in "Lichtenberg's San Gimignano" in Berlin.
HouseEurope! is an ambitious project whose goal is to influence legislation at the EU level, to prevent the unnecessary demolition of usable buildings. Interviewees in the film include representatives from renowned architectural firms, such as the Pritzker Prize-winning architectural firms Lacaton & Vassal and Herzog & de Meuron, as well as e.g. experts in economic life. The film, which also includes several arguments, describes the project and presents strong arguments for preserving valid buildings and against unnecessary demolition.
HouseEurope! is the European Citizens' Initiative for new EU-laws to make renovation and transformation more easy, affordable and social. Because the demolition of existing buildings is as outdated as food waste, animal testing and single-use plastics.
A short film about the private house designed by Marie-José Van Hee, with its private home and practice gives a peek into the refined and human-respecting design approach of the recently recognized architect. The same approach and quality are related to many of her works, which led to the jury's unanimous choice for the internationally prestigious Alvar Aalto Medal 2024, and after evaluating numerous candidates and their architecture and buildings. The house has been shoehorned into the village structure of Opwijk in the old Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, is named House VA-O.