act on children around the world. many been missing school and their friends. we asked kids age between 6 and 15 and dozens of countries to take part in a project recording their impressions of the crisis. that of drawings conveys sadness and loneliness, but also admiration for doctors and nurses as superheroes who might just save the world. ah, ah, ah, where i come from, we have to fly for a footprint i was born and raised me. how was dictatorship with one tv channel and a few newspapers with official information as a journey, i have work on history of many cancer. and their problems are always the same for

to mean equality and lack of the freedom of the press. corruption on the floor to safe side and when it comes to the defense, you see the white to those who have inside of their drug enough. my name is candy purse and i work at b, w ah, through the germany greatest poets, your hand was gone. fun grew to one said that he liked to call architecture frozen music which invites us to consider the effect that architecture can have on the senses. well, that is the gist of today's edition of arts and culture. so welcome. and we've got these stories coming up. architecture that he'll the maggie center network of

cancer support centers in the u. k. strive for spaces that enveloped us like an embrace. architecture that cheers. berlin, base to artist, you know, you could, she creates colorful, expansive neural to transform public spaces and buildings. but we are starting off with architecture to change the world because nothing less than that is and i hearing those vision, she believes that can transform and improve lives on multiple levels, be a cultural, social, economic, environmental, or psychological. and she also sees sustainability as a synonym for beauty, which is why her material of choice is clay. something that comes straight from nature and endorse this. your video center in rosenheim, a city in the southern german state of the area looks like a huge burden. it's made if you're of a large group. untreated willow was designed by an

hanging pioneer of sustainable construction. ah, creates a pleasant indoor climate in germany. it's more expensive and conventional building materials and it still doesn't have a great reputation. in fact, chloe has many advantages. stores heat absorbs harmful substances and it's environmental friendly. was telling is also water soluble, and that's a very important and wonderful quality because it can easily be recycled. clay can also be repaired very easily. if an edge breaks off, you just went in the same material to fix it by pressing it on top of the crack. so that was me. the end, it's available everywhere. it's literally beneath our feet, change another he can be worked with manually without the use of expensive

machinery herring, i discovered her passion for the use of local resources at the age of 19 a year brought back with a few years later she carried at her 1st construction project. 024. 1. her 1st award for school in which were india. she designed for her thesis. ah, ever since everything has been building was clear and with a clear conscience. initially in asia and africa. in 2013 construction began of these hospitals, me to frankly, students and who in china. this was an a hearing a contribution to a long chat. international b and the design is reminiscent of chinese lanterns. she completed the daycare center in san pathway in 2014. 0, area. sustainable building cause that is in demand worldwide. she teaches harvard

immune answering and is one of the few women to run her own architectural firm. again and again, she feels drawn back to bangladesh, me participation high, equal rights to the bowl village. both men and women joined in to build this award winning to story therapy center for people with disabilities law. the 1st building made a clean year. it went up in 2016, a birthing room for rob or austria. ah, once the project confusing him to be completed, you move on to the next construction site. this time and you see last night and how many color nuances play has from reddish yellow issue to dark brown. you don't need any chemicals for and this will be our problem is that the cannibal

alternative is always cheaper. and that definitely has to change this pioneer of sustainable building. those are still a long way to go night. i hope you might hope that architecture can really be a tool for improving living conditioning and bolstering social justice and cultural diversity. consider the suspect and can help preserve this planet for generations to comp, jonah, and with every new design and a hanger comes a little closer to achieving that goal. she may not change the world from one day to the next, but every step can looking back to history, it's quite obvious that the best architect. so those have understood that architecture and the human condition are tightly intertwined. and that the shape and form of spaces, both interior and exterior, can dramatically impact our mental and physical well being. all that was the

thinking behind maggie's centers, and they enlisted the professions heavy weights to create places of refuge and healing. oh, this is maggie center in leads, england. it's a place where cancer patients or their relatives can receive practical or emotional support during treatment. it was built on a hospital campus but stands out in stark contrast to the other buildings around the architecture and interior design with its soft curves are meant to be inviting to both patients and other visitors. when people come here to this big, beautiful space, i feel really safe and calm away from the clinical area over at the hospital. in fact, one led a thought was how it feels like a warm fluffy bon cake keeping you safe. the interior of the center contains natural cereals, sauce lighting, and numerous spaces designed to encourage social interaction. the would use is

sustainably forested screws. the walls are made out of porous materials, such as limestone, which help ventilated the building naturally. as you come into the center, obviously it's a big fast and we know that comes through as been shrouded in the christ day. but this gives the impression that we can be open about that. now when we can talk about cancer, and we can talk about that as a thing that's happening to people as they come into the center. but then we have much smaller space is that have no corners, so they envelop you as you go into the celia nice husband was recently diagnosed with leukemia. maggie centers helped her cope during his treatment. i have to bring my husband till after he doesn't drive. so the center has been incredibly helpful to me as a comfortable place to wait. while his having his treatment maggie

center and leads was completed in 2020 by british architect thomas herwick. he base the design on oversize garden planters with the goal of enhancing the greenery around the building. he says, architecture plays an important role in our well being. ah, this was really interesting for us because i think an issue of our time is how buildings affect us emotionally. and many buildings have failed us in the last century or so. emotionally, they've made bad places and you couldn't get a more extreme need for something that connects with people's emotions and feelings than a cancer care center. famous architects have taken part in designing the center, such as the hi deed, frank geary with the center and done the scotland. norman foster and rim cool has

with this center in glasgow, scotland, american architect, daniel leaders can't, is working on the next maggie center in london, making it the 25th in the u. k. executive director dame. laura lee has been a part of the center since the very beginning 25 years ago. so the 1st mikey center came about 3 women called maggot catholic gangs. maggie herself had a diagnosis of breast cancer and she did to fight aspects of care that weren't being provided within our system. here in the u. k, the 1st center opened after maggie had died. when we were asked to work on other centers, the other hospital grains, her friends who happened to be frank gehry, richard rogers, norman foster. then offered to to help and who wanted to take part in providing a maggie center and different hostile grains. maggie center in lead just one

example of how architecture can help in the healing process. ah. speaking of healing, a smile can also have a therapeutic effect, which is why soothing colors are cheery. images can transform a drab cityscape. i, christina, you could to enhance this buildings all over the glow with his monumental wall paintings that invite you not only to smile, but to linger in the italian city of south of rome, a giant meal is being painted. the city has commissioned agostino corte to redesign the library facade. this is my biggest mural so far. and so it was already a big challenge. and those say the 1st time i'm painting a full architecture on each side. so it's a kind of a dialogue between my paintings and the existing space. agostino you could,

she has been working on the 700 square meter bureau for 12 days using about 300 leaders of paint. his idea is to reinterpret permit his cultural heritage. drawing inspiration from the fall of g and traditional stories. i'll go steven. you could, she striking style is composed of geometric shapes and vibrant colors. did murals can be viewed the world over, for instance, in type a, in taiwan, in the mexican city of monterey, or his craziest job so far, of the metro station in the indian city of new delhi. since 2017, the italian have been living in berlin, where he not only focuses on paintings, but also works on sculptures and installations in his studio. he experiments with

a variety of materials such as plaster, was my work is very like kind of architecture, very simple. it's closer to drawing then to painting somehow. and so the same i tried to play around with bought. and so i like this mix of nature and the key texture somehow. next year, augustine, who could she wanted mural to build a bridge between the cities architecture and the modern world. the artist approach has one over artistic director, marcelo smiley. let's work up a sheet. the the go to guy. he has the great ability to take traditions of ancient rome and painting most of the need to understand why calling from charlotte in particular that of the painting of roman palace before 580 in there. it's all of all russia. as a result, he appeals to a broad audience to makes artic testable to,

to experts on a people. even if augustine, which is art, is not destined for the ages, the mural at the library and permit via will certainly be seen for some years to come. a breath of fresh air through arts and architecture. that's all for this time. so thanks for watching an old event from us in berlin to the cast off luca figure stretched out for an adventure on the water with a sail boat across the lake constance. he dog at the city of constance while she's there. and of course, hit drugs lower island of mine. now the check

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