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Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
Architectures series
Editor(s) of the series: Richard Copans, Stan Neumann
The "Architectures" series highlights a selection of the world's most significant monuments, considering each with regard to its historical and geographical context. Each film pays equal attention to the inside and outside of the building in question.
Director(s): Richard Copans, Stan Neumann
Scientific advisor(s): Geneviève Bresc
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2004
Length
26 minutes
Producer(s)
Marie Guirauden, Florence Gilles, Les Films d’Ici
Co-producer(s)
ARTE, Musée d’Orsay, DAPA, Cité de l’architecture, Musée du Louvre
Selections / Awards
Selected for the "Out of Competition" section at "architetturadocfest", Festival di Palazzio Venezia, 2006
A number of factors contributed to the construction of the Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, a masterpiece of 18th-century European architecture: financial motivation, industrial innovation, and what its visionary architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux described as the "architectural frenzy" of the period.
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