La Vie en kit

In the 1970’, community housing became a vision that responded to the housing crisis and the austere modernist architecture. Three architects and a group of courageous residents were willing to turn the then-utopia of self-housing into reality in several Belgian cities. Houses constructed as modular units became a cheap, sustainable, and above all accessible option for all, while at the same time effectively creating the conditions for local communities to function. Architect and filmmaker Elodie Degavre revisits these projects 50 years after their completion, using archival material and contemporary interviews with their creators to outline how these housing ideals have stood the test of time and how they are relevant again today. (Film a Architektura)