Films by Florian Zeyfang

Germany 2015, 22 min
by Florian Zeyfang, Lisa Schmidt-Colinet, Alexander Schmoeger

Institute Above-Ground is a documentary narrative about visionary architecture in Cuba. The “Instituto technologico de suelos y fertilizantes André Voisin” is a symbol of the early, euphoric building experiments that emerged shortly after the revolution. In addition, it represents an early example of the politics of the “rural schools,” with which Cuba sought to decentralize education during the 1970s. The whole facility was designed by Vittorio Garatti in 1961, one of the three architects at th