Kibwe tavares biography for kids

British film maker and architect

Kibwe Tavares ()^[1] is a British filmmaker and architect. He is the co-founder of Factory Fifteen, a studio that uses animation and emerging technologies to understand and explain the built environment.

His first short, Robots of Brixton, was awarded the 2011 Royal Institute of British Architects President's Medal. He is a 2020 TED Senior Fellow.

Early life and education

Tavares was born in South London in the 1980s.^[2] He studied architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture.^[3] His first short, Robots of Brixton, which was the outcome of his master's degree, was awarded the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award.^[4][5] The film explored the relationship between architecture, class and race, and showed Brixton as a disregarded area populated by London's future robotic workforce.^[6] It was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects President's M