‘Three Roles Played by Architecture in Three Recent Films’ is an article published in the online arts magazine O that discusses, as the title suggests, three different roles played by architecture in three recent films: REM, by Tomas Koolhaas; High Rise, by Ben Wheatley; and Aloys, by Tobias Nölle.
About Rafael Gomez-Moriana
I am an architect, writer and educator. rafagomo.com chronicles my architectural making, writing, teaching and curating activity, while criticalista.com is an archive of my writings as well as a platform for venting personal rants and observations. I studied architecture at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and at the Berlage Institute (the Netherlands). I direct the University of Calgary’s architecture term-abroad program in Barcelona, and have previously taught in the Metropolis Masters Program in Architecture and Urban Culture, CIEE Architecture and Design program, as well as at Carleton University and the University of Manitoba.
