With a focus on sustainability, flexibility and participation x!mage produced a series of documentaries on iconic architectural projects, like on the Dutch artist Louis LeRoy, on the experimental housing project NEXT21 in Osaka, Japan, and on the ecological housing project of Frei Otto in Berlin.

You can watch all documentaries of x!mage on YouTube

Case Studies NL - 
adaptable & participatory housing in the Netherlands 
individual & collective development

The documentary `CASE STUDIES NL` is a research project that portrays a kaleidoscope of seven Dutch housing developments which all have adaptability and participation of the inhabitants as their core concepts. The key players of each project discuss the failures and successes of the various designs and their underlying processes. Although set in very different contexts and scales, mutual issues arise. Understanding these may help future initiatives and developments to succeed.



 #1 HOMERUSKWARTIER Almere 

 #2 NIEUW LEYDEN Leiden 

 #3 SOLIDS Amsterdam 

 #4 KLUSHUIZEN Rotterdam 

 #5 MEANDERHOF Zwolle 

 #6 VRIJBURCHT Amsterdam

 #7 GW Nieuwegein

Der Traum vom Baumhaus

Dreaming of a treehouse -
Frei Otto`s ecological building project in Berlin

The documentary `Dreaming of a Treehouse` addresses the Ökohaus, an experimental collective housing project in Berlin, conceived by the famous German architect/engineer Frei Otto for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) of 1984-1987 held in Berlin. Through a series of interviews with the key players involved in the design and realisation process, it looks back on the implemented innovative ecological and adaptable design strategies, as well as on the participatory co-design process behind this remarkable building.



Interviews with Frei Otto, Christine Kanstinger-Otto, Hermann Kendel, co-architects, planners as well as inhabitants and participatory builders. Commentary by architects Yona Friedman, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal.

NEXT21 - an experiment

With the aim of creating an energy-efficient, green, social and flexible urban living environment fit for the challenges of the 21st century and its demands, Osaka Gas commissioned the experimental residential complex `NEXT21` in Osaka in 1989 (completed in 1993). 15 years into its existence and after three consecutive five-year cycles of ongoing inhabitation experimentation, this half-hour documentary `NEXT21 - an experiment` looks back on the context and conditions of its visionary and pioneering multi-disciplinary design process.



Interviews with the architects and engineers, inhabitants and Dutch architect John Habraken as commentator.

Louis LeRoy - life and work in time and space

Short portret of the Dutch artist Louis LeRoy and his work the `ecokathedraal`in the North of Holland.