This documentary was built using new open source technologies: HTML5, webGL and Mozilla's Popcorn.
Jim Guthrie + Owen Pallett
Ob, Priti, Faith, Jamal
Graeme Stewart
E.R.A. Architects
Heather Frise
Howie Shia, Lilian Chan
+ Kelly Sommerfeld
Branden Bratuhin
Sarah Arruda
Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam
Gerry Flahive
Silva Basmajian
EXPLORE the full documentary on your own.
Walk and click through a virtual neighbourhood
to unleash stories of imagination in six locations.
Sit back and watch the full six minute
documentary unfold in an animated virtual space.
Watch the same story in the standard,
non-interactive non-experimental version.
an interactive documentary experiment
by Katerina Cizek, Mike Robbins + friends
music by Jim Guthrie, Owen Pallett
You see them all over the world. More than a billion of us live in highrises. But most of these low- and middle-income buildings are now aging and falling into disrepair.
Could life in the global highrise be different?
Take an interactive journey through a virtual landscape,
where the power of imagination transforms spaces - and lives.
Explore the One Millionth Tower documentary on your own. Walk and click through a virtual neighbourhood to unleash stories of imagination on six locations. (Features current weather conditions at the real tower. fun!)
Imagine
video
It takes a village to raise a community. A four minute documentary celebrating the unique process of collaboration that brings the story of One Millionth Tower to life on the web.
World of Highrises
interactive
Visit a highrise community in almost any country on the planet, look around with Google streetview (where available) or through satellite imagery. Bring our animation with you. And tell us about one you know!
Just Watch
documentary
Watch the One Millionth Tower, the full six minute documentary, unfold in an animated virtual space. Witness the power of imagination transform a dilapidated highrise community.
Living Proof
video
Tower renewal is not a pipe dream. This three minute video gives living proof examples of successful highrise revitalization projects around the world, narrated by architect Graeme Stewart.
Open Technology
video
Nerd alert! This three minute video goes behind the scenes to explain our use of the world's leading edge open source web technologies to create One Millionth Tower: HTML5, webGL, Three.js and Mozilla's popcorn.
