Pierre De Meuron

Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, on two very different projects: the national stadium for the Olympic summer games in Peking 2008 and a city area in the provincial town of Jinhua, China.

One of the best concert halls in the world is to be built. The development process of the Elbphilharmonie. Over a period of eleven and a half years, the largest construction site in Hamburg is documented by all its ups and downs.

Visiting examples of Herzog and de Meurons ground-breaking style, this film reflects their capacity to astonish and explore the way in which they transform what might otherwise be ordinary through new treatments and techniques.