The main question of the film is: What creates emotional bond between human being and environment. Why do we return?

In the late 90s there were few places where one could go as a kid and have fun. Tbilisi zoo was one of them. While skipping the school, me and my friends would go there often. By that time this place had no much meaning, it was just a place to hide. I have not been to the zoo since childhood, until my kid got 3-4 years old. After almost 20years gap, revisiting this place got me into a big emotional mess. I started to go there for my photo projects, at first, I was obsessed with the architecture of the cages. Later in 2015 Tbilisi flood happened. It resulted in around 20 peoples and in half of the zoo’s animals’ deaths. Some of the wild animals escaped from the zoo and were roaming in the city, just like in Hollywood movies or animations. For me it got more meaning to observe the life of the zoo after the flood. From a happy childhood attraction, it has transformed into a saddest place, which is located in the city center, surrounded by highways and constructions. We go there and take our kids, as if we are getting them used to have fun in a most primitive way.

Due to public shaming, lack of awareness and education, and exclusive spaces, disabled communities struggle the most and turn into home prisoners at some point. The integration of disabled people into society is very limited in Azerbaijan and the film highlights a deaf person’s perspective on daily life. Due to little to no existing inclusive infrastructure in Baku, most disabled people find it hard to go out of their houses without being dependent on a helper. Also, those who feel comfortable going out are always subjected as someone “in need” and get many offers from the public for help which the person did not even ask for in the first place. Many also assume that people with disabilities are in need of money and often offer them some financial help as well, which leaves many in an uncomfortable situation. The public authorities who are responsible for the city design and institutions working with people with disabilities are usually very irresponsive and the needs of the community have been unfortunately neglected for years with many empty promises to provide necessary design and tools around the neighborhoods to make life easier for them.

The World And The Flock speculates about the capacities of the famous Geneva sheep flock to change our perception of the city. Thus, the flock that roams the gardens of Jardin des Nations, the heart of so called International Geneva, becomes a connecting and form-making element. The project offers an alternative reading, beyond the dispersed, isolated and fenced estates of International Geneva. The circulating flock becomes a spatial factor that is ordering social realtions through the (un)built. Seen, observed, monitored, the event unfolds its impact on multiple channels: from the physical to the digital. Thereby, the public space which nowadays is weakly articulated, scattered and isolated within the city of Geneva, becomes more connected and attractive to both locals and tourists and not only for members of International Geneva. Ingredients Grass, fences, water, trees – everything the flock needs can be found on site. The only missing elements, were a barn and salt for the sheep to winter. The flock is kept on rotating pastures, called padocks. There it grazes for four days before moving on, rotating from land to land, using normal asphalt roads. In the course of one year, the flock visits the United Nations, the U.S. Mission, the Rothschild estate, and many others. Every last weekend of the month, the flock leaves the Jardin des Nations and moves into the city. This urban event reconnects the isolated Jardin des Nations with the city of Geneva which is itself a city of (dis)connected madows.

A young woman experiencing the city by night, in a game of lights which expand her senses and her fear of walking alone.

A school is built just minutes away from Dhorkin Tanda, a hamlet in Maharashtra inhabited by sugarcane-cutting labor near Paithan, Aurangabad. The district had one school accommodating a total of 30 students, which was dilapidated over time. What the old structure lacked, the new structure had it hacked: ample lighting and ventilation achieved with the help of vaulted roofs, 140 sq ft stand-alone sanitation facility, a kitchen area of 95 sq ft for mid-day meals, and an overall conducive environment for knowledge to reside in and foster with the ‘play and learn’ ideology. The vaulted school is designed to evoke and satisfy the curiosities children are capable of, and answers them in the most natural way possible: the breeze on their faces that flows because of the Venturi effect, the green buffer zones that cut off the UV radiations, and the importance of planting native flora and fauna in and around the school. The planning provides ample space for one of the most essential needs of a school—the playground, tucked on one side of the site. The overall site of 3000 sq ft offers a 420 sq ft classroom equipped with storage shelves for books and educational toys, a 95 sq ft staff room for the teachers, designed with storage units for examination papers and academic journals, and lastly, 205 sq ft multi-purpose hall which doubles up as an additional classroom or a dining hall if and when need be. All these spaces are carefully designed in the 1110 sq ft built-up area the premise offers. The classroom’s orientation responds evidently to the breeze pattern and sun path. Considering the soil conditions present, a pile foundation is constructed to strengthen the substructure on which the load-bearing brick walls find their ground. The process is furthered with the vaulted metal sheet roof that minimizes the heavy structural cost and makes the form structurally rigid with minimal support. As one looks deeper into the shape of the structure and the design of the classrooms, the semi-circular volumes serve as noise buffers to the disturbances caused by vehicles passing by on the adjacent side of the road. A free path for ventilation and light is created by the high ceilings, which on the outer side are made up of non-reflective roofing material to reduce heat gain. Each and every wall is painted with pieces of information the child will imbibe even while sitting idly; one of the prominent being a depiction of The Big Dipper on the classroom’s low-height ceilings which is a craft intervention made by inserting an acrylic rod within the slab. Waste stone pieces are used for flooring, and are painted with mathematical learnings and traditional floor games to utilise the flooring area at its best. Moreover, the playground, just like the classroom, is a product of psychologically backed design thinking, subtly introducing the concept of an amphitheater to its tiny users. The steps under the overhang double up as seats for when the school is to conduct a recreational activity that requires staging and audience areas. The superstructure revolves around recycled timber, cycle rim, plastic bottles, and eco-bricks as infill materials to bridge the gap between technicalities and aesthetics. The project was completed over a period of 6 months under a budget of ₹25,00,000, with a vision to build a sustainable and eco-friendly school, which can become an example for other villages. While following the precept of maximizing the use with minimal available resources, it empowers the community through involvement of local volunteers in a construction that advocates a sustainable design concept in a remote and environmentally fragile location. The school utilizes local materials and construction techniques to derive a role model structure that not only reduces the dependency on conventional water and electricity sources in the village through innovative design but also evolves from a strong set of noble parameters—of climate responsiveness, resource availability, affordable building, and constructional feasibility. Lastly, while taking care of all needs and inclusions, the structure does not fail to accommodate physically disabled students, making it a design worth taking ahead.

Tbilisi has a lot if underground crossing for pedestrians and it's role and only purpose was to help people cross the roads with intensive car traffic. However, with time they have turned into multifunctional public spaces, places where people communicate with each other - shops, beauty salons, ateliers, pharmacies and many more. At the same time, at night, the underground crossing transforms into absolutely different space - dark and dangerous, especially for women. The film explores the underground crosses from all sides of its multifunctional meanings.

Film "REDSHIFT - 3'- Direction and Script - Patricia Lume. Country- Brazil Site: https://en.humanaexpress.com/ Synopsis: The saga of the human being to overcome the suffering of existence and its anguish in the confrontation of the trilogy of time (past, present and future). To reach the forces of liberation and rediscover his path, man must recognize the illusion of time and his own light as a guide.

Only discoveries remain Shadows play around People are playing around The world around you is playing We even follow its flow Flow Which The flow too We do not know We do not know Our move We do not know Ours The next step The direction has a form Form which Leads Leads But Where We do not know either In these new discoveries We find ourselves We will find ourselves and be discovered Then Disappears All that Only Discoveries remain.

The film is about the toxic chaikhana culture of Baku. A chaikhana is a space where men come together to drink tea mainly in the company of domino and gossip. Many building complexes (particularly old ones from the soviet era) has an inner public spot for parking, playground, shops, and other businesses such as chaikhahas. Not only these places are very precarious for many to pass by, but also such facilities create a significant inconvenience for housewives. Sometimes the game and the chat last almost until early morning in the summer and the noise disturbs the citizens of the buildings very much. The film addresses the challenges of a housewife due to the situation and also, highlights the irresponsibility of public institutions regarding the issue.