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Bjarke Ingels to Cities: Take a Longer View

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Bjarke Ingels to Cities: Take a Longer View

Time Sensitive

2019/05/22
Time Sensitive

Time Sensitive

2019/05/22
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Shownote

Bjarke Ingels communicates the value—and world-changing potential—of architecture with the giddy enthusiasm and excitement of a sci-fi obsessive anticipating the next big Hollywood blockbuster. This is an analogy that especially makes sense when one gets d...

Highlights

Bjarke Ingels, the visionary architect behind BIG, discusses his optimistic, adaptive approach to design, drawing from his Danish upbringing and a career path that began with a passion for drawing. He explores how architecture must evolve with societal and technological changes, using projects like a ski-slope-topped power plant to illustrate his philosophy of creating functional, joyful spaces that anticipate the future.
00:01
Everyone can win.
01:50
We shape our environment rather than being shaped by it.
32:35
Migration drives innovation like evolutionary leaps.
38:30
Architecture is a Darwinian process of production and selection.
55:25
Cities are over-coded, restricting behavior, while nature offers freedom.

Chapters

Introduction
00:00
Change Maker
01:50
Drawing Conclusions
25:25
BIG Picture
38:30
The Natural Order of Things
51:30

Transcript

Andrew Zuckerman: Hi, I'm Andrew, and I'm Spencer, and we're here at the Slowdown's New York headquarters. You're listening to Time Sensitive, a podcast where we profile curious and courageous people in business, the arts and beyond, who have a distinct pe...