Directed by Louise Lockwood
2014 / 60 min / UK / US Premiere
Charles Rennie
Mackintosh's design for The Glasgow School of Art is renowned
worldwide. New York-based Steven Holl Architects was given the daunting
task of creating a new building to sit opposite Mackintosh's masterpiece.
Filmed over
three years, Facing up to Mackintosh
charts the design and construction of the new design school, now named the Reid
Building, and explores how a building can affect the people working in it.
The
documentary is a collaboration with four recent graduates - Roberta Knox,
Gibran Farrah, Walter Hamilton and Lu-Sisi- who contribute sound, illustration,
graphics and digital design. Also included are interviews with Architects
Steven Holl and Chris McVoy.
Facing up to
Mackintosh was completed just weeks before a tragic fire destroyed parts of the
Mackintosh building including the iconic library, which was the inspiration for
the Reid Building.
