Polar.Pictures

                                                                    POLAR.PICTURES
                                
                                                                    INDEPENDENT
                                
                                                                    STUDIO
                                                                    FOR
                                
                                                                    MOVING
                                                                    IMAGES

SOUND ON

                                                                    SWR
                                
                                                                    BROADCASTING
                                
                                                                    BUILDING
                                
                                                                    STEIMLE
                                
                                                                    ARCHITECTS

IN A NUTSHELL

‘Send and Receive’ is a short film that marks the beginning of a film series that aims to show contemporary architecture through the eyes of international architectural filmmakers.
The film shows the new SWR Mannheim broadcasting building designed by Steimle Architekten. In 90 seconds, the film takes a poetic look at the structure and function of the building.
A cinematic interpretation of a built idea.

Architecture

From inside to outside and vice versa.
The interplay between indoor and outdoor spaces blurs the boundaries between work in the studio and urban space. The building is both a transmitter and a receiver. The all-round glazed glass façade, rhythmised by vertical white pilaster strips, creates a high degree of visual permeability.
Views from the outside enter the interior of the building and, in turn, connect the media players with their immediate surroundings. Two storeys each form a storey package. The three storey packages are skilfully arranged on top of each other, so that the projections and recesses give the solitary building on the banks of the Neckar a sculptural effect.

Making-of

Steimle Architekten

„Send and Receive“
SWR Broadcasting Building
Mannheim Ludwigshafen 2024

a film by Polar.Pictures for Steimle Architekten

CREATIVE DIRECTION Brigida González, Jan Horvath, Hannes Bierkämper

B-ROLL Jan Horvath

ORIGINAL MUSIC Paul Menz

EDIT Jan Horvath, Lasse Truckenmüller

GRADING Susi Montgomery

RETOUCHING Reinhard Truckenmüller

About

ABOUT US

The artists
Brigida González is a renowned photographer who specialises in architectural photography. After her classical training as a photographer, she gained valuable experience as a camerawoman for film and television productions. Her work is characterised by her unique eye for architecture and space.

Hannes Bierkämper is an experienced exhibition architect who is known for his innovative and sustainable designs. His projects combine functionality with aesthetic appeal and offer contemporary answers to today’s challenges in dealing with space and its stories.

Team
Freelance directors, musicians, colorists and editors make up the Polar.Pictures team.

Polar. Pictures explores innovative formats and creative approaches that push the boundaries of traditional filmmaking.
It examines the interfaces between the built environment and its real and media representation.
Polar.Pictures aims to overcome the limits between different disciplines and open up new perspectives on the relationship between architecture, space and moving images. This project promises to make an important contribution to the further development of interdisciplinary discourse in the fields of architecture, photography and film.