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JUAN BENAVIDES works in and around architecture. His work encompasses families of projects, including films, drawings, buildings, collages, photographs, and sound recordings—in no particular order of importance. At present, Juan is based in the Netherlands making films on contemporary architecture, composing music as Mutual Ignorance, and teaching at The Berlage.
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Currently working in three documentaries
A GARDEN’S PACE
Hilversum, The Netherlands
2023–
In 2018, the Pinetum Blijdenstein in Hilversum issued a competition for the design of a multifunctional pavilion in the garden. After five years of gathering funds to build it, the film follows the construction of the winning proposal and its further occupation, along with the many activities that unfold in and around the site. With appearances by the architects, the workers, the client, the gardener, the contractors, the volunteers, and the visitors.
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HET NIEUWE WESTLAND
Maasdijk, The Netherlands2023–
A documentary on the glasshouses in Westland and the geothermal efforts in the agricultural sector. The film will follow a group of growers and an energy company as they work together in the development of a geothermal energy project in the area.
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VILLA WAALRE
Waalre, The Netherlands2023–
A documentary about the villa designed by Russell Jones outside of Eindhoven that presents the relationship between the villa and the surrounding landscape as they transform across the year and the seasons.
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Three recent and upcoming short films
MORNINGSIDE RESIDENCE
Miami, United States
4 min, 2023
Four small structures connected by bridges form a tropical courtyard in this Miami residence.
Film and music by Juan Benavides
Architecture by Brillhart Architecture
Premiere during Fall 2023
RAIN HARVEST HOME
Valle de Bravo, Mexico
9 min, 2022
Rain Harvest Home is situated inside a nature reserve on a landscape-driven development with water self-sufficiency, only two hours away from drought-prone Mexico City. The three buildings that comprise the home capture rainwater, and are connected to a reservoir and on-site treatment and storage system that supplies all of the home's water year-round.
Filmed and edited by Juan Benavides
Soundtrack by Andrés Lavalle
Architecture by Robert Hutchison and Javier Sánchez
Premiere during Fall 2023
SUNCREST RESIDENCE
Orcas Island, United States
3 min, 2021
The home is situated where the forest gives way to a large rocky clearing with views to the sea. The structure is ‘wrapped’ around a prominent outcropping of rock and carefully situated to require a minimum of tree removal.
Film and music by Juan Benavides
Architecture by Heliotrope Architects
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