Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?
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http://www.ted.com Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances ... Read more
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- -: Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?
October 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too. TEDTalks is a daily...
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- -: Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust
November 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of ...
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- -: Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff
November 29, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this funny and insightful talk from TEDxHouston, builder Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he's built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. Brilliant, low-tech design details will refresh your own creative drive. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization
April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an ent...
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- -: Charlie Rose - Pritzker Prize
June 6, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Pritzker Prize Winners Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano discusss collaboration. Visit charlierose.com to see the full discussion.
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege- Dr. Merle Kindred-The Challenge of Change
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Merle discusses the challenges of embracing sustainable construction highlighting her experiences in India. Dr. Kindred's background is in education, theatre, and administration working in the US, Canada, the Caribbean, and India. Her dissertation for her doctorate in Rhetoric and Technical Commu...
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- -: Could Infrastructure Spending Save the Economy?
September 24, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/17/Michael_Bloomberg_on_the_Economy_in_Crisis Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg, L.P., suggests that increased spending on infrastructure may help revive the economy. ----- Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses a Georgetow...
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- -: Frank Gehry - Bringing Movement to Architecture
July 31, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/03/In_Conversation_with_Frank_Gehry Celebrated architect Frank Gehry describes how he conveys "movement" as a quality of his architecture. ----- Frank Gehry, in conversation with Thomas Pritzker, talks about his long and distinguished career as one of ...
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- -: Crossing San Francisco Bay: A Bridge Is Born
December 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/04/Rick_Prelinger_Lost_Landscapes_of_San_Francisco_4 Archivist Rick Prelinger shows found film of San Francisco's Bay Bridge from various periods during its construction and shortly after its completion. Footage includes a trip across the bridge on the r...
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- -: Atlanta in 2108: Merging DNA with Architecture
January 12, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/25/The_Philosophy_of_Organic_Design Matthias Hollwich, founder of the concept design firm HWKN, discusses his far-seeing project to envision Atlanta in the year 2108. Hollwich believes that, in the near future, scientists will be able to merge DNA into a...
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