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The Portland Center for Architecture next month will screen three films that explore issues related to urban density and infill development.

Screenings for the series, 鈥�The Inevitable City,鈥� will take place Oct. 6-9 starting at 6 p.m. at the center, at 403 N.W. 11th Ave.

鈥�Urbanized,鈥� a 2001 documentary about city design and how to combat issues and challenges tied to shifting populations, will be shown on Oct. 6. The Oct. 7 feature will be 鈥�Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio.鈥� The 2010 documentary is based on the life of late architect Samuel Mockbee. The film series will conclude Oct. 9 with 2004 documentary 鈥�The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream,鈥� which discusses American’s modern way of living and its effect on natural resources and the economy.

Each film was selected by Balazs Bognar of Tokyo-based Kengo Kuma and Associates; he is the project architect for an expansion of the Portland Japanese Garden, said Amy Sabin, managing director for the Center for Architecture. The garden is sponsoring the film series, she said.

The film series is the first the Center for Architecture has hosted in conjunction with Design Week Portland, Sabin said. It will take place Oct. 4-11.