Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself

Woot?

5 stars!

I believe architects more are directly responsible for wasting more energy and seeding economic waste than any other discipline.

I believe greed and self-interest are directly responsible for wasting more energy and seeding economic waste than any other single reason.

When he said Dallas, i kept thinking Dallas Green? Where?

fuckin hippy

Im so creative i made a building with holes and suspended curtains and I do methafors...

Brilliant work, fabulous.

hmmm... yes.

Try again: ARE ARCHITECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY HALF OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION? from Christopher Hawthorne, Metropolis, Assessments of US energy consumption traditionally: industry (35 %), transportation (27 %), residential (21 %), and commercial (17 %) By combining the residential and commercial sectors, and then adding the portion of the industry sector that goes to the construction and operation of industrial bldgs, he attributes 48% of total US energy consumption to the architectural sector.

Howard Roark of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" at 1:54. One of the greatest architects in fiction.

this really is not TED quality. this is like intro to architecture, a lecture to high school students

have to disagree, that would be civil engineers

If you want to make execution a job for the architect be my guest. It will only add another 15 years to the study schedule. If you think of how much engineering goes into a building of any important size you will quickly notice that nobody can know everything to the detail required about the process. It's like asking doctors to know everything about every field related to medicine.

You don't seem to have any understanding how much engineering goes into a sizable building.

absolutely awesome, great job!!!!!!!!!!!

On the other hand, Professional Engineers are socially inept and fail to organize their own profession - as architects have been quite successful at doing. BTW; If I cited McBeth, Human Copulation, and "dangling bits" in a fire suppression system design, I wouldn't expect to find myself speaking at TED

I have the exact same belt...

Witness works of art within a work of art. Sounds good.

@audiowiz Actually rake and thrust are theatre terms - possibly just as pompus ;)

This level of innovation to the medium of theatrical performance is the most remarkable change since Theatre-in-the-round

@Rhuthmos the worst thing in the video was the belt

@miltyu97 ...and you live in the lap of modern luxury in the western world as a result of the same "vices." Can you name any ground-breaking innovations that were spawned from communism or communal cultures that aim to eliminate these "vices?" I can't stand people who spew generic, P.C. garbage like this. How about instead of answering my first question, you tell me one person that doesn't act out of "self-interest" and how you can stop this natural, intuitive urge?

Amazing project <3 and building !

Far too dependent on mechanical devices, elevators, lifts, jacks, hydraulics, numatics and engineering for my taste.