This documentary chronicles the work of late architect and teacher Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio, a radical design/build program he co-founded at Auburn University in Alabama. Mockbee inspired a generation of future architects by working with them in one of Alabama’s poorest counties, creating innovative structures from salvaged materials for the betterment of the community. The film features numerous interviews with Mockbee, along with such architectural heavyweights as peter Eisenman, Michael Rotondi, and Cameron Sinclair (2010, video, 60 minutes).
A discussion follows the screening, featuring panelists Maureen colburn, cofounder of the Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter of Architecture for Humanity and architect with LHB in Minneapolis; Paul Neseth, cofounder of Locus Architecture in Minneapolis; and James Wheeler, intern architect at Gulf Coast Community Design Studio in Biloxi, Mississippi.
