Urge to Build is a 1981 American short documentary film directed by Roland Hallé about individuals building their own homes. They share the experience and the different phases of construction, providing a background for more human issues: stress, confidence, and control of one's own life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Urge to Build is a 1981 American short documentary film directed by Roland Hallé about individuals building their own homes. They share the experience and the different phases of construction, providing a background for more human issues: stress, confidence, and control of one's own life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
This is quite a interesting feature that shows how possible it was in early 1980s rural America - with quite a degree of community effort, to build a large family home for the equivalent of $13 per square foot. This follows a few couples as armed with some architect's plans, they test their mettles, their relationships and their skills with an (heavy) hammer as they set about constructing their own dream houses whilst bruising their own fingers. Aside from the concrete foundations, the vast majority of this building work involved lumber and as they build each pair impart some tricks of the trade that keep things moving efficiently and surprisingly cost-effectively. These aren't professionals here, nor do they take themselves too seriously, either. They make it look like fun and do imbue a certain sense of satisfaction as the roof goes on and a water-tight structure takes shape. What this steers very clearly away from is plumbing and electrics - perhaps to avoid law suits from viewers who see this and decide to have a go themselves, but in some cases it takes less than six months for them to craft something habitable and suitably rustic to look at. I'd hate to see their annual creosote bills, though!
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