Utopia

Synopsis

The year is 2000. Existing towns and cities have become violent ungovernable places. The government has therefore decided to mark the turn of the century by establishing a project named Utopia 2000 - whose brief is to recommend a new ‘design for living’, a design for the buildings and spaces which should be provided in order to develop a sense of community and a better quality of life. The project team pick out the work of three important 19th-centruy Utopian thinkers - Owen, Fourier, and Morris. But the team’s initial view of what ‘community’ and ‘utopia’ imply is quickly challenged by two people whose night-time job it is to clean the building and who discover how to activate and communicate with the computer.

Series

Built Form and Society, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min.

Year of production

1977

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Uses

Students of architecture and planning, urban studies, social & human geography, urban sociology.

Subjects

Architecture; Geography; Sociology

Keywords

cities & towns; social life and customs; town & regional planning; urban communities

Credits

Director

Gillian Skirrow

Producer

Gillian Skirrow; Stephen Sharples

Cast

Stephen Sharples

Production Company

Name

University of Strathclyde Audio Visual Media Services

Sponsor

Name

University of Strathclyde, Department of Architecture

Distributor

Name

CFL Vision