“Architecture is more than a building. Consider people, emotions, experiences…

At Hanbury, it’s our role to help tell the story; the story about people—about how design can transform a community. We focus on documenting the big idea along with those moments that are sometimes lost behind the scenes. All our in-house videographers have professional degrees in architecture and have roots in the profession.

We utilize filmmaking as a tool for client storytelling, internal documentation, and to innovate and establish new standards in the architecture field. Videography has become part of our culture at Hanbury, never an add-on. We’ve learned that videography is another communication tool and a way to bridge the gap between our profession and the public by decrypting architecture-speak. As architects and designers, we must be community builders.

We firmly believe that to improve the cities in which we work, we must include the residents in the design process; it’s the first step. Community activation comes before construction. We utilize short films to reach out to the community for fundraising with projects like “Dream Center” or “Kappa Park” or to build hype and buzz around a project soon to be constructed like “Atlantic Park.” With “CID,” we focus on the people–the staff and students whose lives were transformed by the opportunities of a new place. With films like these, we’re reminded why we became architects at the start, to catalyze growth and positive change. Too many little moments and client interactions are lost along the way, and our mission is to shine a spotlight on the design process in its entirety. We find the spark behind the project and simply place that in front of the lens.”

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Maggie’s Manchester has provided people living with cancer with a therapeutic space for healing and free access to practical, emotional, and social support that might not otherwise be available. The film shows Foster + Partners revisiting the centre in 2022, to speak to some of the staff and visitors who use the space and understand the role it has come to play in their lives.

Project: Revisiting Maggie’s Manchester by Foster + Partners
Long Form Video, Special Mention, Vision Awards 2023

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River City was never meant to be just a series of residential buildings, it was envisioned as a community, a unique environment for Torontonians. A rare coup of this project was having the public and private sectors working in unison in the residential space.

In the end, “MAKING RIVER CITY” proves a new standard for what a private developer can do to contribute to the public realm while being design progressive and contribute towards the community. In turn, River City has become the gateway that Toronto always deserved and few thought it would ever have.

Project: River City by Saucier+Perrotte Architectes
Videographer: Pureblink Inc.
Long Form Video, Special Mention, Vision Awards 2023

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Spanning a period from 1965 to 2100, the proposition questions how a landscape can by passively designed to respond to the site’s heat, humidity, salt, tides and bird excrement – often “unwanted”, unproductive elements that architecture tends to insulate from. \

By closely looking at how these unproductive elements, it reveals that notions of ruination often take on human-centric perspectives. In designing for the site as a coproducer of architecture, alternative typologies and construction techniques are proposed in the form of a Coccolith Well, Weathering Perch and a Sunken Reef.

These interventions are co-produced by humans, architecture and non-human actants to form more land mass, a tourist destination and an ecologically rich site; all while asserting sovereignty of the state without the need for overdevelopment and the maximisation of territorial space.

Project: Incomplete Landscapes
Videographer: Eugene Tan
Long Form Video, Special Mention, Vision Awards 2023

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The scientist is incarcerated but to save face, the scientist, otherwise known as subject #002, is recruited to take part in a government experiment of a domicile to protect against all things apocalyptic. Subject #002 is brainwashed into thinking that the historical faux towns populated by mannequins are actually real, however in ‘Nuke Town’, population is 1. Birds to the subject are drones, people; mannequins…

Once the historical 20th century nuclear bomb trials took place, government afflicted architects learn from the previous trials and incorporate remnants of the 1960s American Home. The byproduct, an atypical American home reassembled due to the atomic bombs destruction.

Project: NUKE TOWN
Videographer: Michelle Ashley Ovanessians
Long Form Video, Special Mention, Vision Awards 2023

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A common language with its own identity defines this network of architectural complexes, which aim to create a peaceful and appealing environment for children’s rehabilitation. They draw inspiration from local symbols, incorporating their morphology into the design. Playful forms, geometrical patterns in vibrant colors, well-placed openings for natural lighting, and facades that showcase changing perspectives define their design elements.

The video showcases the daily life of four CRITs, using drone footage and cinematic shots. Its purpose is to juxtapose the stationary forms of the center’s architecture with the energy and dynamism of the children who seek treatment there.

Project: Teletón Children’s Rehabilitation Centers (CRITs)
Videographer: Sordo Madaleno
Long Form Video, Special Mention Vision Awards 2023

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The film highlights the house’s design elements such as the central courtyard around a Mango tree and the double-height living area that fosters communal living.

Ilyas employs music, lighting, and narrative to emphasize the ‘window as a room’ concept and the harmonious blend of whitewashed exteriors with local stone flooring.

The video gives a detailed view of how the house merges traditional and modern design, resonating with its farm setting and local village culture.

Project: The Village House
Videographer: Sohaib Ilyas
Architectural Videographer of the Year, Professional Winner, Vision Awards 2023

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Set in the luxurious backdrop of Palm Jumeirah Island, the visuals highlight the resort’s unique design, including its sky-bridge, private pools and shaded gardens.

HGEsch Photography’s expert videography accentuates the interplay of light and landscape, offering viewers an immersive glimpse into the grandeur of this iconic destination.

The video provides an engaging overview of one of Dubai’s architectural jewels, Atlantis The Royal while showcasing the videographer’s skill in bringing its details to life.

Project: Atlantis the Royal by Kohn Pedersen Fox
Videographer: HGEsch Photography
Architectural Videographer of the Year, Studio Winner, Vision Awards 2023

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It’s a space where architecture and nature coalesce, featuring a library, a café and various public spaces all within its flowing, organic form.

The video features a young girl having a fancy dream inside and outside the “Cloudscape”, where the concrete “wormholes” lead her to a surreal space travel.

Project Cloudscape of Haikou by MAD Architects
Videographer: Yumeng Zhu
Short Form Video, Professional Winner, Vision Awards 2023

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Brought along with the prosperity in the economy are tremendous amounts of plastic waste that are left wandering in the wind and sea, only to be fed to careless animals.

The Great Ocean Beast represents a new form of life, acting as the mediator between human and nature.The Beasts are collectively intelligent, collecting plastics from both land and sea while recycling these collections into their own inhabitants, cleaning the environment and thriving on doing so.

Project: The Great Ocean Beast
Videographer: Shi Percy Pan
Collaborators: Jiaao Wayne Wang, Yingna Celina Sun
Short Form Video, Student Winner, Vision Awards 2023

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