The Volume Zero: The Work of Charles Correa

Overview

VOLUME ZERO is an hour-long documentary on the work and the ideas of Charles Correa, one of the world’s most important architects. It deals with his childhood, architectural training, formative years and the paradigm underlying his large and complex oeuvre spanning over five decades – as well as his pivotal role in addressing issues of urbanization in the Developing World. It uses first person narration by the filmmaker, combined with extended excerpts of interviews with Correa, live action, stills, diagrams, animation and archival footage to open up the thought processes that generate architectural space and form.

Trailer

Cast

Charles Correa

As Himself

Benjamin Gilani

Narrator

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris

Archive Footage