In 1963, a devastating earthquake struck Skopje. A team of Yugoslav and foreign experts responded immediately to the demand for reconstruction. The project featured a massive, brutalist part by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. This Macedonian documentary presents the grandiose projects of a golden age, placing them in the broader context of architectural and urban history while covering the city’s current urban challenges and the failures of the responses to them. The personal commentary emphasizes the symbolic architectural values of the reconstruction and contrasts them with the current image of the city.
