Lewerentz Divine Darkness - AFFR
8–12 Oct 2025
film • stad • architectuur

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Bye Bye Tiberias winner of the AFFR Audience Award 2024

After each screening, we asked our visitors for their opinion of the film with the celebrated AFFR tear-off card. A convincing majority chose Bye Bye Tiberias, in which filmmaker Lina Soualem travels back in time and place to capture the…
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Lewerentz Divine Darkness

Sigurd Lewerentz stood up against the reigning spirit of Swedish modernism. He designed not with light but with darkness, stressing craft rather than prefabrication. He gave no interviews and shunned media attention. He preferred to let his projects do the talking. After a hefty argument over the elaboration of a big project with Gunnar Asplund, that other big Swedish architect, he stepped away from architecture for a long time. When he picked up his pencil again for his second flourishing, he designed his most daring and experimental architecture.

film • city • architecture 8 - 12 Oct. 2025