Tom Dyckhoff looks at how we're affected by the design of buildings we visit in our leisure time. He argues that architects are now designing buildings that are all about spectacle and cheap thrills (however expensive to build), and have forgotten the true purpose of 'play': to bring people together for a communal experience.
From shopping malls to football stadiums and museums, Tom discovers how important play is in our lives and argues controversially that, ever since the commercial success of the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the buildings we're being given to play in are damaging us.
With their increasingly crazy, computer-designed looks, they may seem playful, but these individualistic, flashy, narcissistic icons produce an increasingly alienating and fragmented landscape where we feel less joined up and less playful, and make less sense of our world, not more.
On TV
First Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 15 August 2011 | 8PM | Channel 4 |
Last Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
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| Monday 15 August 2011 | 8PM | Channel 4 |
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