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MAISON TROPICALE
Synopsis
The Maison Tropicale was a house designed by Jean Prouvé in Brazzaville which was soon dismantled by colonialists who exhibited it as an art object worldwide. This film takes Ângela Ferreira’s artistic project on the Maison Tropicale as a starting point to show the stories of the locals left behind.
Synopsis
The Maison Tropicale was a house designed by Jean Prouvé in Brazzaville which was soon dismantled by colonialists who exhibited it as an art object worldwide. This film takes Ângela Ferreira’s artistic project on the Maison Tropicale as a starting point to show the stories of the locals left behind.
Our take
Diawara mounts a personal investigation of the complex interrelationship between modernism, colonialism, and architecture through an unusual case study. This reflective documentary focuses on the Maison Tropicales prefab houses, created to solve the housing shortages in France’s African colonies.