"Tuning Léon Krier" came to be as a response to BETA's (Timișoara Architecture Biennial) 2024 open call, titled "Cover Me Softly." The cover is based on the lecture "The Architectural Tuning of Settlements" by Léon Krier, presented at the IHMC Institute in 2015. Besides being known as a strong advocate of New Classical architecture and New Urbanism, Krier is a fervent critic of modernist architecture as well. In this video, I used method acting to get closer to the architect’s character, and to satirize his contested tendencies: the romanticizing of the past, architectural revivalism, and his adoration of concrete.

Special thanks to Oana Stănescu, Ludwig Engel, Tal Stadler and Tomer Slutzky.

Link to the original lecture