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Pagoda

Architecture essay film

Year
Fall 2024
Course
VIS 2471 · Architecture of Time
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Location
Boston Chinatown
Duration
6 min 33 sec
Pagoda6:33

Architecture as performance

Pagoda is an architecture essay film that investigates the intersection of architecture, theatricality, and cultural identity in Boston Chinatown. The film seeks to understand how architectural spaces shape, and are shaped by, the everyday performance of urban life.

RecognitionBest Documentary · 2026 Design Student Film Festival ↗

Credits

Director
Betty Chen
Cinematographer
Emanuel Cardenas
Editor
Sun Woo Byun
Instructor
Clara Kraft Isono
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