A Lot With Little
February 7–March 3, 2024
A Lot With Little, a touring multi-channel film installation showcases architects worldwide who are innovating sustainable solutions in housing, education, building transformation, and disaster relief, emphasizing social impact alongside environmental consciousness.
Hosted by Prague’s Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) until March 3, the exhibition aligns with the city’s focus on sustainable development. Additionally, CAMP has curated a catalogue titled Little Resources, Big Change, showcasing local projects with a similar ethos, furthering the exhibition’s message with the local context.
The range of projects is remarkably diverse: social housing in the suburbs of Barcelona, rural schools in the Peruvian Amazon, a children's rehabilitation center in Asunción, Paraguay, and emergency housing for landless Bangladeshi women, as well as a school of architecture in Nantes by Pritzker Prize winners Lacaton & Vassal and a technology campus on the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya by Kéré Architecture. Viewers see the individual projects through a multi-channel film installation. Film footage of the projects in everyday use is accompanied by interviews with the architects themselves.
First showcased at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, the exhibition visits a few selected cultural metropolises—Chicago, Zurich, Berlin, Guangzhou—and now Prague.
A unique 25-meter-long projection screen at Prague’s Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning takes one on an extraordinary journey around a diverse and complex world. Visitors sail through a variety of geographical, cultural, social, and economic contexts and discover the problems facing contemporary architecture.
“While CAMP usually hosts exhibitions related to Prague’s development, A Lot With Little seems to break away from that pattern. But, it actually fits right in, since the projects featured in the film show how metropolises like Prague or even smaller cities and municipalities can build a more sustainable future. The innovative essence of A Lot With Little is relevant in many parts of the Czech Republic, from UNESCO-listed sites and brownfields to protected landscapes,” says Štěpán Bärtl, Head of CAMP.
“I think there is a lack of communication between architects and people for whom a lot of these projects are destined. There is a need to break these barriers by talking about architecture in a language that the public can understand – such as a film. And there’s a need for a forum where they can discuss it as well – such as CAMP, that acts as a bridge between different stakeholders in the city’s planning – the professionals, the public, politicians, and developers. CAMP is unique. I would love to see many more “CAMPs” in other cities,” adds Noemí Blager.
