An Ingenious Mini-Farm – Trailer – May 7, 2024 – (02:58)
An Ingenious Mini-Farm film takes us into the world of permaculture at La Source Dorée, 30 km west of Lyon, France. Co-founded by Nathalie Gaillet-Boidin, she guides us through it, showing her creative and passionate way of interacting with nature.
A Permaculture Path – Trailer – April 18, 2024 – (02:43)
Ruth Meghiddo’s experience as an architect and permaculture designer illustrates with examples from several countries the present and future need for growing food close to where we live. The film inspires the viewer to work with nature, to protect biodiversity, and to conserve natural resources for future generations.
Proyectos en Israel – July 23, 2023 – (02:28)
Este es un resumen de algunos proyectos hechos por Meghiddo Architects, AIA, en Israel.
Blue Boulevard Land – Trailer – September 11, 2022 – (01:55)
This trailer was made in 2012 for a prospective documentary.
Arquitectura Contemporanea en Israel – July 23, 2023 – (04:10)
Este es un documental breve con algunos ejemplos de la arquitectura contemporanea en Israel.
Art for Everyone? – Trailer – (02:59)
The documentary “Art for Everyone? – Keith Haring at The Broad” illustrates the largest solo exhibition of his work in Los Angeles. The film’s title question mark tries to bring attention to the misconception that his art is simple; it is not. Haring’s work is very complex.
Israel 75 – Trailer – April 24, 2023 – (02:54)
This short documentary illustrates Israel’s multi-layered complexity. It shows selected works of architecture and people.
Art in the Desert – Trailer – March 28, 2023 – (02:42)
Art in the Desert documents the 2023 Desert X Biennale. Artists talk about their site-specific artworks spread over a vast area of the Coachella Valley.
An Eye on Rome – Trailer – March 11, 2023 – (02:38)
An Eye on Rome documentary attempts to give the spectator a general idea of the city’s main components: history, culture, and people. It is presented from a personal viewpoint.
An Eye on Berlin – Trailer – February 19, 2023 – (02:32)
An EYE in BERLIN illustrates some contemporary architecture and art within a consciousness of the city’s recent history. It includes the Reichstag dome, the Jewish Museum, and the Sony Center. It also illustrates aspects of the city’s past and present and a visit to the Hamburger Bahnhof art museum and the German Historical Museum.
An Eye on Paris – Trailer – February 2, 2023 – (02:47)
An Eye on Paris looks at places that many visitors bypass: contemporary architecture and art, and places Parisians frequent, such as markets, public parks, dancing by the Seine, relaxing by Canal Saint-Martin, or celebrating public events.
The New OCMA – Trailer February 2, 2023 – (02:14)
The new Orange County Museum of Art, OCMA, has a poetic edge without being overwhelming, the space has flow and transparency, and artworks can be seen with good lighting and without distractions. More than a museum, it is an educational facility that stimulates social interaction.
Always Unfinished – Trailer February 2, 2022 – (02:38)
This documentary starts from the exhibition of Anselm Kiefer’s “Exodus” at the Gagosian Gallery in L.A., staged at the Marciano Foundation, to bring us the artist in his thoughts and working method. The film “Always Unfinished” reflects how Kiefer looks at his artwork.
Piazzolla Con Brio – En Breve – August 24, 2021 – (10:16)
“Piazzolla Con Brío – En Breve” es una versión abreviada del documental original. Honora el centenario del nacimiento de Piazzolla. Lo introduce a el y a su música, y también a músicos contemporáneos el contexto de la cuna del tango, Buenos Aires. También relaciona el film a algunos ejemplos de arquitectura concebidos en un espíritu similar al de el, y también un poema autobiográfico. Para ver la versión completa, vaya a https://vimeo.com/543851233
“Piazzolla Con Brio – En Breve” is a short version of the original documentary. It honors Astor Piazzolla’s centenary of his birth. It brings him, his music, and contemporary musicians within the context of the tango’s birthplace, Buenos Aires. It also relates to some examples of architecture conceived in a spirit similar to his, and an autobiographical poem. To watch the original film, go to https://vimeo.com/543851233
Piazzolla Con Brio – Trailer – May 21, 2021 – (03:41)
“Piazzolla Con Brio” (with vigor) honors Astor Piazzolla’s centenary of his birth. It brings him, his music, and contemporary musicians within the context of the tango’s birthplace, Buenos Aires.
As We Saw It – Abridged – March 27, 2021 – (03:43)
Shot in Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Israel and turned into eight documentaries under the umbrella title “As We Saw It,” It has now been condensed into one abridged version that shows how forefront architecture and art can impact the human condition.
Art Snippers in L.A. – Trailer – March 24, 2021 – (03:17)
“Art Snippets in L.A.” condenses in 2021 ten short documentaries on art-related events in Los Angeles during the 2016 and 2020 period. The film includes artworks by Jasper Johns, Anish Kapoor, Shirin Neshat, Black Power Art, and many avant-garde artists in painting, sculpture, installations, photography, film, performance art, and architecture.
Jasper Jones and Vanguard Art Today – Trailer – May 21, 2018 – (02:30)
What is vanguard art today? Who are “today’s Jasper Johns” working within the present reality? This documentary tries to establish a link between one of the most important artists of the 1960s avant-garde, and some of today’s avant-garde artists in multiple disciplines and media: painting, sculpture, film, video-art, choreography, architecture. It provides a stimulant example for the young generation of artists.
My Green Journey – Trailer – May 17, 2018 – (02:30)
My Green Journey film is Ruth Meghiddo’s “autobiography of a vision.” It shows her path from architecture to urban farming, and how sustainability for a growing population can be improved by creating edible gardens close to our homes. Combining earthy pragmatism with futuristic visions, her concepts of permaculture design and the use of hydroponic systems within our habitat help to transform the world we live in.My Green Journey film is Ruth Meghiddo’s “autobiography of a vision.” It shows her path from architecture to urban farming, and how sustainability for a growing population can be improved by creating edible gardens close to our homes. Combining earthy pragmatism with futuristic visions, her concepts of permaculture design and the use of hydroponic systems within our habitat help to transform the world we live in.
The Wright Way – An Overture – TRAILER – September 28, 2017 – (02:36)
A feature documentary under development. The film is to be a cry-out to the new generation to study and use many of Frank Lloyd Wright’s principles and visionary ideas to create a better future of livable cities and human settlements.
Normality “Lo-Normali Trailer – March 10, 2017 / (0:29’)
NORMALITY “LO-NORMALI” is coming soon. This trailer anticipates some aspects of Israel’s everyday life that you won’t see on the news. You will be surprised!
https://archidocu.com/2017/03/10/normality-lo-normali-trailer/
https://vimeo.com/2078
Human-Made Plastic Ocean (3:56) “A Plastic Ocean” film promotion – February 8, 2017
The premiere of “A Plastic Ocean” at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills signals the beginning of the long march of an eye-opener documentary, that shows to what degree we all contribute to pollute the ocean every day. Adam Leipzig, co-producer of the film and publisher of Cultural Weekly, talks about the film, that was shot in twenty different locations around the world and took four years to produce.
Trailer: The City that Never Sleeps + Jerusalem Journal – October 5, 2016 – (02:58)
The combined documentaries “The City that Never Sleeps” and “Jerusalem Journal” bring to the viewer contrasts between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and within each city. By showing “normality within abnormality,” they defy perceptions propagated by the media or by promotional videos.
Food for Thought (2:59) Farm Urbana Promotion January 16, 2017.
Farm Urbana, as presented in “Food for Thought,” proposes practical solutions to help the rapidly growing urban population’s access to fresh food close to home. Ruth Meghiddo challenges developers, architects, and property owners to include urban farming as an integral part of the built environment. She sees bridging between urban farming and design a critical response to the planet’s sustainability problems.
https://archidocu.com/2017/01/16/food-for-thought/
With an Architect’s Eye (2:51) ArchiDocu self-promotion (English)
https://vimeo.com/184766965
The Architect’s Eye (2:53’)
ArchiDocu self-promotion
New House for Santa Monica Lifestyle (4:17)
A real estate promotional video.
10601 Wilshire Blvd., # 1602 – (2:46’)
A real estate promotional video.
Wilshire House 704 (2:17’)
a real estate promotional video.
Urban Corridor Matrix (9:31’)
The Urban Corridor Matrix is the result of a research conducted by Meghiddo Architects over several years to look for alternative ways of conceiving medium to high density mixed-use development. Some of its features include public spaces within the blocks, institutional facilities above street level, residential units of multiple types, time share of working spaces, a mix of retail commerce and site-specific public art. It is based on a system open to change and future growth and it confronts comprehensively issues of sustainability and affordability.
Real Estate with an architect’s eye (2:51’)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtWW7mCQAZ4
El ojo del arquitecto en inmobiliaria (2:51’)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flZE09fMfrs
Who is She? – August 1, 2013 / (2:48’)
Trailer preceding “Empty Lot for People) A rehearsal of a performance-collaboration by three artists: choreographer Cyrus Parker-Jeannette, public artist Terry Braunstein and animator David Familian. With audio of Beat Poet Jack Kerouac. Recorded by Rick Meghiddo at CSULB’s Dance Department on August 14, 2013.