Refugio de emergencia • Crisis de vivienda • Gentrificación • Desarrollo y planificación urbana • Viviendas transportables y viviendas innovadoras • Ingeniería y diseño • Fideicomisos de tierras comunitarias • Justicia social y derechos humanos
Fecha de finalización: 2024 | Duración: 59 minutos | Idioma: Inglés con subtítulos en inglés, español y alemán | Subtítulos: Sí | Director/Productor: Rory Ryder | Director de fotografía: Samuel Grasberger | Editores: Samuel Grasberger y Rory Ryder | Compositor: Marcos Steinel
En su búsqueda por descubrir las causas fundamentales de la crisis inmobiliaria de Berlín y la respuesta del gobierno, el director de cine Rory Ryder tropieza con un edificio olvidado, el Silverfish, que despierta su curiosidad y altera el curso de la película. A medida que profundiza en su historia, contempla su potencial como solución innovadora para alojamiento de emergencia . El resultado es una película que explora la importancia histórica del edificio Silverfish y su alineación con las tendencias inmobiliarias contemporáneas, como las minicasas, las casas móviles y la vida nómada. Con imágenes nunca antes vistas, los espectadores se sumergen en una historia cautivadora que no sólo arroja luz sobre los desafíos de vivienda que afectan a grandes ciudades como Berlín, sino que también explora cómo un encuentro inesperado con un edificio pasado por alto podría ser la clave para una solución más global. un refugio de emergencia que ofrece dignidad genuina y un sentido de comunidad para los millones de desplazados por desastres naturales y guerras cada año.
What is The Silverfish Project?
The Silverfish Project is a groundbreaking educational initiative calling on visionary universities to lead in the rapidly growing field of mobile architecture.
Learn more at: https://silverfishproject.co.uk/
How can The Lost Silverfish of Berlin support your students?
“Designed for undergraduates, postgraduates, and international learners across architecture, engineering, urban planning, digital media, and more, this initiative can give your institution the chance to develop a new module to teach mobile architecture and stand out.” - Rory Ryder, Director & Producer
AWARDS
Best Human Rights Film | Berlin Kiez Film Festival
Best Human Rights Film | Better World Festival
Best Documentary | Arctic Film Festival
FILM FESTIVALS
Lisbon Indie Film Festival
BARCIFF Barcelona Film Festival
Galway Film Fleadh
Director & Producer of LOST SILVERFISH OF BERLIN
Rory Ryder is a British designer, filmmaker, and educator who through design enjoys solving real-world problems and meeting human needs. Born in Manchester in 1968, Rory's multidisciplinary career has spanned storytelling, art, design, technology, education, and film all driven by his deep curiosity about how we live, and how we might live better.In 2016, Rory started filming LOST SILVERFISH OF BERLIN, a multi-award-winning documentary filmed over eight years, uncovering forgotten mobile architecture from East Germany between the 1950s and 1980s. The film became the foundation for Silverfish Project an innovative educational project that empowers students to challenge conventional thinking, act with purpose, and design not just as architects or engineers, but as real problem-solvers.
Now collaborating with universities across the UK and beyond, Silverfish Project invites students to imagine and prototype modular, sustainable housing that responds to today's urgent global challenges. Designed to adapt within each institution's framework, the project encourages hands-on learning and prepares architecture and engineering students from theory to practice developing critical thinkers who rise to the challenge of designing real-world solutions.
Expertise
My expertise lies in design, architecture, and storytelling, with over 25 years of experience using creative practice to address real-world challenges. As the director of LOST SILVERFISH OF BERLIN and founder of the Silverfish Project, I’ve spent nearly a decade researching forgotten GDR mobile housing and exploring how it can inform sustainable, human-centered design today. I offer a unique perspective that blends historical insight with future-focused thinking. Students and audiences will gain a deeper understanding of how architecture intersects with politics, community, and activism and how they, too, can become change makers through design.
Speaking History
Over the past 10 years, I’ve spoken with heads of departments, government officials, and leaders of major organizations, sharing insights at national and international conferences on design, housing, and social impact. These experiences have shaped my ability to engage with diverse audiences from students to policymakers through compelling storytelling, grounded research, and real-world application. I bring a clear, inspiring voice to complex topics, helping audiences connect big ideas with practical change.