Buildings for Society
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Play S1 E1How can we build architectural environments that help children learn, provide dignity and protection to the most vulnerable, and help offenders rehabilitate? This series looks at new schools, prisons, and homeless shelters whose architects have used innovative techniques to create buildings that help society.
Cast: Edda Fischer
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1. School ArchitectureHow can architects build spaces where people coexist peacefully and feel good? This episode focuses on schools. In Austria, in Denmark, and in France newly built educational establishments with innovative architecture are transforming how children learn and how teachers teach.CC26minFeb 8, 2026
2. Homeless SheltersHow can we build spaces for the most vulnerable in society? In Vienna, Frankfurt and Lyon, there are building projects that have been designed for homeless people to provide shelter, dignity, protection and community.CC26minFeb 15, 2026
3. Prison ArchitectureHow can we build environments which enclose without being punitive? A look at new prisons in Switzerland and Germany where architects have created light, welcoming spaces in order to aide the rehabilitation process.CC26minFeb 22, 2026
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How can we build architectural environments that help children learn, provide dignity and protection to the most vulnerable, and help offenders rehabilitate? This series looks at new schools, prisons, and homeless shelters whose architects have used innovative techniques to create buildings that help society.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Cordula Echterhoff
- Created by
- Cordula Echterhoff
- Cast
- Edda Fischer
- Studio
- SCHNITTSTELLE Film und Video GmbH, ARTE, NDR
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Audio languages
German
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