hello I’m an architect and I make sculpture and I want to share with you
sculpture and I want to share with you
sculpture and I want to share with you today what I think I can call a vision
today what I think I can call a vision
today what I think I can call a vision for making making in the environment in
for making making in the environment in
for making making in the environment in tributing but I must say that some of
tributing but I must say that some of
tributing but I must say that some of the things I’m gonna say I feel a bit
the things I’m gonna say I feel a bit
the things I’m gonna say I feel a bit shy about I hope I can speak of it
shy about I hope I can speak of it
shy about I hope I can speak of it personally with you when I was little I
personally with you when I was little I
personally with you when I was little I stood and I sat on the shoulders of my
stood and I sat on the shoulders of my
stood and I sat on the shoulders of my father and I was carried by my mother
father and I was carried by my mother
father and I was carried by my mother and I remember the unspeakably delicious
and I remember the unspeakably delicious
and I remember the unspeakably delicious sense of being carried as if the world
sense of being carried as if the world
sense of being carried as if the world will always be with me as if this will
will always be with me as if this will
will always be with me as if this will be my home as if I can lean and be
be my home as if I can lean and be
be my home as if I can lean and be carried and feel that my world is
carried and feel that my world is
carried and feel that my world is eternal as a young man I stand on the
eternal as a young man I stand on the
eternal as a young man I stand on the ice scoured ground of our country and I
ice scoured ground of our country and I
ice scoured ground of our country and I think I’ve had that sense two of the
think I’ve had that sense two of the
think I’ve had that sense two of the world’s being certain of nature always
world’s being certain of nature always
world’s being certain of nature always being strong with me as if nature would
being strong with me as if nature would
being strong with me as if nature would be eternal and what of the ground that
be eternal and what of the ground that
be eternal and what of the ground that we speak on today
unspeakably insecure as if nature is
unspeakably insecure as if nature is changed forever as if we are somehow
changed forever as if we are somehow
changed forever as if we are somehow tumbling as a planet how is it possible
tumbling as a planet how is it possible
tumbling as a planet how is it possible as a maker as an architect to be
as a maker as an architect to be
as a maker as an architect to be confident in making for this world
confident in making for this world
confident in making for this world in contributing to this world I think
in contributing to this world I think
in contributing to this world I think that if I were a young designer today
that if I were a young designer today
that if I were a young designer today then I would make very tight jackets at
then I would make very tight jackets at
then I would make very tight jackets at least I would understand if someone felt
least I would understand if someone felt
least I would understand if someone felt that way I would try to limit myself and
that way I would try to limit myself and
that way I would try to limit myself and try to make the tightest possible shells
try to make the tightest possible shells
try to make the tightest possible shells perhaps seek a kind of No Trace camping
perhaps seek a kind of No Trace camping
perhaps seek a kind of No Trace camping the clearest possible boundaries
the clearest possible boundaries
the clearest possible boundaries limiting what I do and yet what possible
limiting what I do and yet what possible
limiting what I do and yet what possible contribution to this world comes from
contribution to this world comes from
contribution to this world comes from making the tightest possible closed
making the tightest possible closed
making the tightest possible closed possible things around us I hope that we
possible things around us I hope that we
possible things around us I hope that we might be able to share visions of the
might be able to share visions of the
might be able to share visions of the world in which we build and feel the
world in which we build and feel the
world in which we build and feel the multiple octaves the myriad of ways that
multiple octaves the myriad of ways that
multiple octaves the myriad of ways that we are open and interrelated and I hope
we are open and interrelated and I hope
we are open and interrelated and I hope that we might be able to build a kind of
that we might be able to build a kind of
that we might be able to build a kind of collective sense in which we create
collective sense in which we create
collective sense in which we create fertility and share I hope that I can
fertility and share I hope that I can
fertility and share I hope that I can justify that kind of confidence by
justify that kind of confidence by
justify that kind of confidence by sharing some very particular craft with
sharing some very particular craft with
sharing some very particular craft with you that changes the way we make things
you that changes the way we make things
you that changes the way we make things I used to work with bricks and mortar
I used to work with bricks and mortar
I used to work with bricks and mortar and very very solidly very clear things
and very very solidly very clear things
and very very solidly very clear things but the way I’ve been working now
but the way I’ve been working now
but the way I’ve been working now learning from many partners are now part
learning from many partners are now part
learning from many partners are now part of a partnership called the living
of a partnership called the living
of a partnership called the living architecture systems group with about 70
architecture systems group with about 70
architecture systems group with about 70 people around the world over 20
people around the world over 20
people around the world over 20 countries working together and we have a
countries working together and we have a
countries working together and we have a rather special way of working
rather special way of working
rather special way of working we start with ordinary buildings
we start with ordinary buildings
we start with ordinary buildings and inside those spaces perhaps a bit
and inside those spaces perhaps a bit
and inside those spaces perhaps a bit like a petri dish has a very special
like a petri dish has a very special
like a petri dish has a very special culture in it
culture in it
culture in it we hang and suspend and weave
we hang and suspend and weave
we hang and suspend and weave very very delicate things deliberately
very very delicate things deliberately
very very delicate things deliberately fragile trying to find ways for things
fragile trying to find ways for things
fragile trying to find ways for things to build and become fertile and renew
to build and become fertile and renew
to build and become fertile and renew themselves and become literally alive
learning from those things from those
learning from those things from those delicate dependant things we then make
delicate dependant things we then make
delicate dependant things we then make jackets around buildings solar
jackets around buildings solar
jackets around buildings solar responsive envelopes self-renewing IVs
responsive envelopes self-renewing IVs
responsive envelopes self-renewing IVs that start to make new skins around
that start to make new skins around
that start to make new skins around buildings that refresh the environment
buildings that refresh the environment
buildings that refresh the environment that collect carbon that set out new
that collect carbon that set out new
that collect carbon that set out new material that can grow itself and we
material that can grow itself and we
material that can grow itself and we hope that learning from this that we can
hope that learning from this that we can
hope that learning from this that we can start to build the ground as well making
start to build the ground as well making
start to build the ground as well making self spinning geotextiles that are
self spinning geotextiles that are
self spinning geotextiles that are renewing that our growth matrices that
renewing that our growth matrices that
renewing that our growth matrices that will truly make things fertile and we
will truly make things fertile and we
will truly make things fertile and we hope even more that we’ll be able to
hope even more that we’ll be able to
hope even more that we’ll be able to address the air and the many ripples of
address the air and the many ripples of
address the air and the many ripples of warmth and exchange and chemistry that
warmth and exchange and chemistry that
warmth and exchange and chemistry that constitute there our entire world
constitute there our entire world
constitute there our entire world changing architecture into a design
changing architecture into a design
changing architecture into a design space that might be thought of as a kind
space that might be thought of as a kind
space that might be thought of as a kind of a soil our fertility a renewal let me
of a soil our fertility a renewal let me
of a soil our fertility a renewal let me show you some images of the kinds of
show you some images of the kinds of
show you some images of the kinds of things that we’re making that I hope
things that we’re making that I hope
things that we’re making that I hope will justify that kind of vision some of
will justify that kind of vision some of
will justify that kind of vision some of the work appears like a great gentle
the work appears like a great gentle
the work appears like a great gentle swamp full of multiple hyperbolic arches
swamp full of multiple hyperbolic arches
swamp full of multiple hyperbolic arches and basket-like columns
and basket-like columns
and basket-like columns deeply clothed with mechanisms that had
deeply clothed with mechanisms that had
deeply clothed with mechanisms that had arrays of microprocessors that run
arrays of microprocessors that run
arrays of microprocessors that run through them making artificial
through them making artificial
through them making artificial intelligence that sends ripples of
intelligence that sends ripples of
intelligence that sends ripples of response all the way through the
response all the way through the
response all the way through the environments in some of these
environments in some of these
environments in some of these installations we’ve been rather
installations we’ve been rather
installations we’ve been rather confident such as the Venice Biennale
confident such as the Venice Biennale
confident such as the Venice Biennale for architecture where we set up a kind
for architecture where we set up a kind
for architecture where we set up a kind of a symphony of multiple layers
of a symphony of multiple layers
of a symphony of multiple layers hyperbolic vaults above us basket like
hyperbolic vaults above us basket like
hyperbolic vaults above us basket like columns hundreds of microprocessors and
columns hundreds of microprocessors and
columns hundreds of microprocessors and sensors that set up a raise of
sensors that set up a raise of
sensors that set up a raise of artificial intelligence hanging filters
artificial intelligence hanging filters
artificial intelligence hanging filters that pass
that pass
that pass stare through very gently many many
stare through very gently many many
stare through very gently many many small implants of chemistry to
small implants of chemistry to
small implants of chemistry to protocells prototype cells serving to
protocells prototype cells serving to
protocells prototype cells serving to generate new carbon captured material
generate new carbon captured material
generate new carbon captured material refreshing the air when we went in that
refreshing the air when we went in that
refreshing the air when we went in that kind of environment at first things were
kind of environment at first things were
kind of environment at first things were very still and then as you move through
very still and then as you move through
very still and then as you move through it the multiple arrays of sensors start
it the multiple arrays of sensors start
it the multiple arrays of sensors start to detect your movement and start to
to detect your movement and start to
to detect your movement and start to offer blooms of light and tiny trickles
offer blooms of light and tiny trickles
offer blooms of light and tiny trickles of vibration and sensation and tiny
of vibration and sensation and tiny
of vibration and sensation and tiny whispers of sound to that start to move
whispers of sound to that start to move
whispers of sound to that start to move and chorus following you echoing you
and chorus following you echoing you
and chorus following you echoing you making conversations with you quite
making conversations with you quite
making conversations with you quite literally being curious about you and
literally being curious about you and
literally being curious about you and offering empathetically a kind of
offering empathetically a kind of
offering empathetically a kind of conversation in which the environment
conversation in which the environment
conversation in which the environment almost literally becomes alive not alive
almost literally becomes alive not alive
almost literally becomes alive not alive as someone that’s trying to do your
as someone that’s trying to do your
as someone that’s trying to do your bidding
bidding
bidding not alive as something that makes you
not alive as something that makes you
not alive as something that makes you feel powerful but rather the much more
feel powerful but rather the much more
feel powerful but rather the much more delicate sense of exchange surrounded by
delicate sense of exchange surrounded by
delicate sense of exchange surrounded by that environment there are many many
that environment there are many many
that environment there are many many mechanisms that gently stir air and that
mechanisms that gently stir air and that
mechanisms that gently stir air and that send out ripples of response all the way
send out ripples of response all the way
send out ripples of response all the way through following you and tracing you
let me look a little bit closer at the
let me look a little bit closer at the kinds of things we’ve been making I hope
kinds of things we’ve been making I hope
kinds of things we’ve been making I hope that you can see in this image the kind
that you can see in this image the kind
that you can see in this image the kind of quite robust interwove and scaffold
of quite robust interwove and scaffold
of quite robust interwove and scaffold this is made by carefully digitally
this is made by carefully digitally
this is made by carefully digitally addressed material thermoplastics which
addressed material thermoplastics which
addressed material thermoplastics which are carefully drawn and then drawn out
are carefully drawn and then drawn out
are carefully drawn and then drawn out into these hyperbolic forms and then
into these hyperbolic forms and then
into these hyperbolic forms and then woven through with the cable works of
woven through with the cable works of
woven through with the cable works of the multiple microprocessors and then
the multiple microprocessors and then
the multiple microprocessors and then filled again with the chemistry that
filled again with the chemistry that
filled again with the chemistry that starts to be self renewing this new
starts to be self renewing this new
starts to be self renewing this new fertile like turf which replaces the
fertile like turf which replaces the
fertile like turf which replaces the bricks and mortar of a previous
bricks and mortar of a previous
bricks and mortar of a previous architecture the material is deeply
architecture the material is deeply
architecture the material is deeply resilient and it has sensors through it
resilient and it has sensors through it
resilient and it has sensors through it that impart movement that allow very
that impart movement that allow very
that impart movement that allow very very gentle movements back
very gentle movements back
very gentle movements back rippling breathing fostering an exchange
there start to be individual movements
there start to be individual movements using very special mechanisms
using very special mechanisms
using very special mechanisms shape-memory alloys that silently
shape-memory alloys that silently
shape-memory alloys that silently contract and ripple and move large
contract and ripple and move large
contract and ripple and move large scales of things that start to ripple
scales of things that start to ripple
scales of things that start to ripple out and make great rolling waves around
out and make great rolling waves around
out and make great rolling waves around you turbulent waves this delicious sense
you turbulent waves this delicious sense
you turbulent waves this delicious sense of not being alone in a building but
of not being alone in a building but
of not being alone in a building but rather having conversations directly
rather having conversations directly
rather having conversations directly with the environment an inter woven also
with the environment an inter woven also
with the environment an inter woven also in those fabrics our chemical systems
in those fabrics our chemical systems
in those fabrics our chemical systems protocells prototype cells that have
protocells prototype cells that have
protocells prototype cells that have small bits of chemistry woven into them
small bits of chemistry woven into them
small bits of chemistry woven into them that capture carbon and send out new
that capture carbon and send out new
that capture carbon and send out new veils of material that start to renew
veils of material that start to renew
veils of material that start to renew themselves this work has acquired a
themselves this work has acquired a
themselves this work has acquired a number of different scales and I’ve been
number of different scales and I’ve been
number of different scales and I’ve been describing large environments but it is
describing large environments but it is
describing large environments but it is also moved into clothing as well at a
also moved into clothing as well at a
also moved into clothing as well at a really lovely collaboration with Iris
really lovely collaboration with Iris
really lovely collaboration with Iris van Herpen we’re now ten collections
van Herpen we’re now ten collections
van Herpen we’re now ten collections have been generated a new vision of
have been generated a new vision of
have been generated a new vision of clothing is architecture in which
clothing is architecture in which
clothing is architecture in which possibility shells rippling around our
possibility shells rippling around our
possibility shells rippling around our bodies are enacted and rather carefully
bodies are enacted and rather carefully
bodies are enacted and rather carefully addressed fabrics as well such as these
addressed fabrics as well such as these
addressed fabrics as well such as these deeply laser-cut oscillating fabrics
deeply laser-cut oscillating fabrics
deeply laser-cut oscillating fabrics that shimmer and work around your body
that shimmer and work around your body
that shimmer and work around your body just to show a little bit more of these
just to show a little bit more of these
just to show a little bit more of these kind of environments here’s one from
kind of environments here’s one from
kind of environments here’s one from Seoul where I hope that you can see the
Seoul where I hope that you can see the
Seoul where I hope that you can see the multiple strata of individually
multiple strata of individually
multiple strata of individually thermally formed elements which weave
thermally formed elements which weave
thermally formed elements which weave together into these basket like
together into these basket like
together into these basket like instructions and then are interwoven
instructions and then are interwoven
instructions and then are interwoven with the chemistry and the micro
with the chemistry and the micro
with the chemistry and the micro processing standing back from this
processing standing back from this
processing standing back from this environment also is tremendous darkness
environment also is tremendous darkness
environment also is tremendous darkness projecting to the edges of our
projecting to the edges of our
projecting to the edges of our perception the sense that rather than
perception the sense that rather than
perception the sense that rather than for grounding the kind of certainty of
for grounding the kind of certainty of
for grounding the kind of certainty of territory trying to make walls and
territory trying to make walls and
territory trying to make walls and boundaries it’s a delicious sense of
boundaries it’s a delicious sense of
boundaries it’s a delicious sense of openness working right at the very edges
openness working right at the very edges
openness working right at the very edges of our perception flickering and I see
of our perception flickering and I see
of our perception flickering and I see it did I imagine it
it did I imagine it
it did I imagine it a kind of lovely sense of possibility a
a kind of lovely sense of possibility a
a kind of lovely sense of possibility a very personal kind of detailing is a
very personal kind of detailing is a
very personal kind of detailing is a fundamental building block for this
fundamental building block for this
fundamental building block for this architecture of setting up individual
architecture of setting up individual
architecture of setting up individual tentacles and individual elements which
tentacles and individual elements which
tentacles and individual elements which are organized robotically touching and
are organized robotically touching and
are organized robotically touching and touching back and in that environment
touching back and in that environment
touching back and in that environment there are many many of these mechanisms
there are many many of these mechanisms
there are many many of these mechanisms making a rather thick fur child textile
making a rather thick fur child textile
making a rather thick fur child textile that ripples out and moves together and
that ripples out and moves together and
that ripples out and moves together and there’s a number of very specialized
there’s a number of very specialized
there’s a number of very specialized crafts that make this possible one of
crafts that make this possible one of
crafts that make this possible one of them is schlieren photography I love
them is schlieren photography I love
them is schlieren photography I love that word clear and you want to say it
that word clear and you want to say it
that word clear and you want to say it with me clearing you didn’t say Sharon
with me clearing you didn’t say Sharon
with me clearing you didn’t say Sharon please sling
please sling
please sling clear and photography looks very
clear and photography looks very
clear and photography looks very carefully at the differential of
carefully at the differential of
carefully at the differential of thermodynamics that right that will work
thermodynamics that right that will work
thermodynamics that right that will work around your body and it allows us to see
around your body and it allows us to see
around your body and it allows us to see that instead of acting and avoid that
that instead of acting and avoid that
that instead of acting and avoid that there are convective plumes that move
there are convective plumes that move
there are convective plumes that move around us and that we’re deeply deeply
around us and that we’re deeply deeply
around us and that we’re deeply deeply interwoven in the world and this
interwoven in the world and this
interwoven in the world and this translates into a very particular way of
translates into a very particular way of
translates into a very particular way of making things of trying to make things
making things of trying to make things
making things of trying to make things as delicate as possible as trying to
as delicate as possible as trying to
as delicate as possible as trying to make things resonant and responsive
make things resonant and responsive
make things resonant and responsive perhaps the opposite of strength perhaps
perhaps the opposite of strength perhaps
perhaps the opposite of strength perhaps the opposite of clarity when we made
the opposite of clarity when we made
the opposite of clarity when we made this kind of material the kinds of
this kind of material the kinds of
this kind of material the kinds of things we’re trying to do are seeking
things we’re trying to do are seeking
things we’re trying to do are seeking the most possible precarious point where
the most possible precarious point where
the most possible precarious point where it’s impossible for something to stay
it’s impossible for something to stay
it’s impossible for something to stay stable and then we amplify and using
stable and then we amplify and using
stable and then we amplify and using mechanisms we try to make things that
mechanisms we try to make things that
mechanisms we try to make things that are deeply deeply responsive
are deeply deeply responsive
are deeply deeply responsive unapologetically fragile
supporting that kind of detailing is a
supporting that kind of detailing is a geometry as well the geometry that
geometry as well the geometry that
geometry as well the geometry that allows us to see how things are coupled
allows us to see how things are coupled
allows us to see how things are coupled and interrelated in the world this is a
and interrelated in the world this is a
and interrelated in the world this is a beautiful slide it’s a slide of quasi
beautiful slide it’s a slide of quasi
beautiful slide it’s a slide of quasi geostrophic turbulence please say it
geostrophic turbulence please say it
geostrophic turbulence please say it with me
geostrophic
geostrophic turning the turning of the world quasi
turning the turning of the world quasi
turning the turning of the world quasi meaning that exquisitely unstable
meaning that exquisitely unstable
meaning that exquisitely unstable wavering butterfly wing kind of motion
wavering butterfly wing kind of motion
wavering butterfly wing kind of motion in which something flutters and arises
in which something flutters and arises
in which something flutters and arises this is open-source software it’s
this is open-source software it’s
this is open-source software it’s available to any designer today and it
available to any designer today and it
available to any designer today and it allows us with the same kind of
allows us with the same kind of
allows us with the same kind of knowledge that allows us with exquisite
knowledge that allows us with exquisite
knowledge that allows us with exquisite precision to predict the weather to
precision to predict the weather to
precision to predict the weather to understand how we are inextricably bound
understand how we are inextricably bound
understand how we are inextricably bound up in the continuum of so many
up in the continuum of so many
up in the continuum of so many dimensions and this translates into
dimensions and this translates into
dimensions and this translates into practical geometry here’s another quasi
practical geometry here’s another quasi
practical geometry here’s another quasi quasi periodic geometry say it again
quasi periodic geometry say it again
quasi periodic geometry say it again please
please
please quasi periodic rather than making things
quasi periodic rather than making things
quasi periodic rather than making things as stable and crystalline and orderly as
as stable and crystalline and orderly as
as stable and crystalline and orderly as possible we use quasi periodic geometry
possible we use quasi periodic geometry
possible we use quasi periodic geometry to have multiple different vectors in
to have multiple different vectors in
to have multiple different vectors in which as many possible different strands
which as many possible different strands
which as many possible different strands can cross each other and create a great
can cross each other and create a great
can cross each other and create a great web of resilience taking on any vector
web of resilience taking on any vector
web of resilience taking on any vector at all rather than the kind of
at all rather than the kind of
at all rather than the kind of crystalline homogeneous making where
crystalline homogeneous making where
crystalline homogeneous making where cracks can happen we’re unified failure
cracks can happen we’re unified failure
cracks can happen we’re unified failure happens and this craft in turn is
happens and this craft in turn is
happens and this craft in turn is supported by quite careful detailing
supported by quite careful detailing
supported by quite careful detailing drawing things patiently harvesting the
drawing things patiently harvesting the
drawing things patiently harvesting the resilience of material using snap that
resilience of material using snap that
resilience of material using snap that technology that allows individual joints
technology that allows individual joints
technology that allows individual joints to to join together without without
to to join together without without
to to join together without without adhesives anticipating that by
adhesives anticipating that by
adhesives anticipating that by addressing tiny things and then
addressing tiny things and then
addressing tiny things and then multiplying them by hundreds of
multiplying them by hundreds of
multiplying them by hundreds of thousands of times literally in a chain
thousands of times literally in a chain
thousands of times literally in a chain environment it becomes possible to make
environment it becomes possible to make
environment it becomes possible to make hyperbolic vaults and scaffolds and
hyperbolic vaults and scaffolds and
hyperbolic vaults and scaffolds and great tech textile and environments that
great tech textile and environments that
great tech textile and environments that are capable of handling tremendous
are capable of handling tremendous
are capable of handling tremendous amounts of turbulent force these that in
amounts of turbulent force these that in
amounts of turbulent force these that in turn are clothed by chemistry such as
turn are clothed by chemistry such as
turn are clothed by chemistry such as the protocells that I’m showing you
the protocells that I’m showing you
the protocells that I’m showing you right now and just to get a sense of the
right now and just to get a sense of the
right now and just to get a sense of the dynamics that happen within each of
dynamics that happen within each of
dynamics that happen within each of these protocells here’s an image where
these protocells here’s an image where
these protocells here’s an image where you can see the individual chemicals
you can see the individual chemicals
you can see the individual chemicals that working together this is a copper
that working together this is a copper
that working together this is a copper sulphate crystal with potassium
sulphate crystal with potassium
sulphate crystal with potassium ferrocyanide a very simple inorganic
ferrocyanide a very simple inorganic
ferrocyanide a very simple inorganic solution around it and those two things
solution around it and those two things
solution around it and those two things interact blooming osmotically pumping to
interact blooming osmotically pumping to
interact blooming osmotically pumping to make these kind of self renewing skins
make these kind of self renewing skins
make these kind of self renewing skins it’s a lucky thing that they’re inside
it’s a lucky thing that they’re inside
it’s a lucky thing that they’re inside glass chambers right now because they
glass chambers right now because they
glass chambers right now because they make sticky messes but with more
make sticky messes but with more
make sticky messes but with more development we’re very hopeful that this
development we’re very hopeful that this
development we’re very hopeful that this kind of process this protocell process
kind of process this protocell process
kind of process this protocell process embedded as a metabolism inside
embedded as a metabolism inside
embedded as a metabolism inside buildings might work a bit like the self
buildings might work a bit like the self
buildings might work a bit like the self renewing ivy of seasonal change in
renewing ivy of seasonal change in
renewing ivy of seasonal change in clothing buildings underlying this
clothing buildings underlying this
clothing buildings underlying this process also is a kind of artificial
process also is a kind of artificial
process also is a kind of artificial intelligence and curiosity that
intelligence and curiosity that
intelligence and curiosity that continually searches out the human
continually searches out the human
continually searches out the human occupant and engenders conversations
occupant and engenders conversations
occupant and engenders conversations feeling curiously trying on
feeling curiously trying on
feeling curiously trying on empathetically responding and if we take
empathetically responding and if we take
empathetically responding and if we take these kinds of details then I think that
these kinds of details then I think that
these kinds of details then I think that I can say that there are some
I can say that there are some
I can say that there are some fundamental ways of making design that
fundamental ways of making design that
fundamental ways of making design that underlie them as a young person I was
underlie them as a young person I was
underlie them as a young person I was taught that things start with order and
taught that things start with order and
taught that things start with order and then they fall apart Shakespeare told me
then they fall apart Shakespeare told me
then they fall apart Shakespeare told me that
my destiny is dust I wonder if that’s
my destiny is dust I wonder if that’s something that we share I’m quoting that
something that we share I’m quoting that
something that we share I’m quoting that the second law of thermodynamics perhaps
the second law of thermodynamics perhaps
the second law of thermodynamics perhaps the idea that entropy increases and then
the idea that entropy increases and then
the idea that entropy increases and then entropy means disorder what a terrible
entropy means disorder what a terrible
entropy means disorder what a terrible thing to say about the world
thing to say about the world
thing to say about the world the sense that somehow the further and
the sense that somehow the further and
the sense that somehow the further and further we go the more and more
further we go the more and more
further we go the more and more disappointed we would become new physics
disappointed we would become new physics
disappointed we would become new physics tells us something very different about
tells us something very different about
tells us something very different about entropy rather than disorder we get an
entropy rather than disorder we get an
entropy rather than disorder we get an extraordinary sense the standing in
extraordinary sense the standing in
extraordinary sense the standing in between order and disorder things last
between order and disorder things last
between order and disorder things last the world of dissipative forms the kind
the world of dissipative forms the kind
the world of dissipative forms the kind of ripples at the edge of a beach
of ripples at the edge of a beach
of ripples at the edge of a beach perhaps or the barred cumulus clouds
perhaps or the barred cumulus clouds
perhaps or the barred cumulus clouds that make up fundamentally the world of
that make up fundamentally the world of
that make up fundamentally the world of natural things under the drive of the
natural things under the drive of the
natural things under the drive of the Sun and the turning of the planet this
Sun and the turning of the planet this
Sun and the turning of the planet this sense that instead of things decaying
sense that instead of things decaying
sense that instead of things decaying that things can last and in fact that
that things can last and in fact that
that things can last and in fact that life can make the maximum possible
life can make the maximum possible
life can make the maximum possible entropy invites us to have a fundamental
entropy invites us to have a fundamental
entropy invites us to have a fundamental kind of change about how we feel about
kind of change about how we feel about
kind of change about how we feel about the world entropy needs to be changed as
the world entropy needs to be changed as
the world entropy needs to be changed as well because it needs to be understood
well because it needs to be understood
well because it needs to be understood not as decay and disorder but rather
not as decay and disorder but rather
not as decay and disorder but rather maximum potential the maximum degrees of
maximum potential the maximum degrees of
maximum potential the maximum degrees of freedom and what that allows is a sense
freedom and what that allows is a sense
freedom and what that allows is a sense that the greatest possible interaction
that the greatest possible interaction
that the greatest possible interaction with the world and the greatest possible
with the world and the greatest possible
with the world and the greatest possible involvement becomes something that we
involvement becomes something that we
involvement becomes something that we can contribute there’s a form language
can contribute there’s a form language
can contribute there’s a form language that goes with this kind of design and
that goes with this kind of design and
that goes with this kind of design and it’s a form language that is very
it’s a form language that is very
it’s a form language that is very different than the one that I’ve
different than the one that I’ve
different than the one that I’ve personally been taught as a young person
personally been taught as a young person
personally been taught as a young person I think I was taught that something like
I think I was taught that something like
I think I was taught that something like a sphere was the perfect form the ideal
a sphere was the perfect form the ideal
a sphere was the perfect form the ideal kind of thing that it was good to make
kind of thing that it was good to make
kind of thing that it was good to make clear boundaries to make things as rigid
clear boundaries to make things as rigid
clear boundaries to make things as rigid and clear and crisp as possible
and clear and crisp as possible
and clear and crisp as possible I wonder if you can look at this kind of
I wonder if you can look at this kind of
I wonder if you can look at this kind of form and see as I think I do now
form and see as I think I do now
form and see as I think I do now something ugly are you with me can you
something ugly are you with me can you
something ugly are you with me can you hate this raindrop I think I do hate
hate this raindrop I think I do hate
hate this raindrop I think I do hate this raindrop I hate it because in the
this raindrop I hate it because in the
this raindrop I hate it because in the equations of this form language is an
equations of this form language is an
equations of this form language is an inexorable sense that the maximum
inexorable sense that the maximum
inexorable sense that the maximum possible enclosed territory and the
possible enclosed territory and the
possible enclosed territory and the minimum possible surroundings is
minimum possible surroundings is
minimum possible surroundings is absolutely inevitable that it’s good to
absolutely inevitable that it’s good to
absolutely inevitable that it’s good to exclude that it’s good to have as much
exclude that it’s good to have as much
exclude that it’s good to have as much inside you that it’s good to have the
inside you that it’s good to have the
inside you that it’s good to have the rigidus possible boundary it treats the
rigidus possible boundary it treats the
rigidus possible boundary it treats the outside is somehow an emptiness it’s an
outside is somehow an emptiness it’s an
outside is somehow an emptiness it’s an architecture of death I wonder you
architecture of death I wonder you
architecture of death I wonder you didn’t laugh at all when I said the
didn’t laugh at all when I said the
didn’t laugh at all when I said the architecture of death but I mean it this
architecture of death but I mean it this
architecture of death but I mean it this is an ugly raindrop why would it not be
is an ugly raindrop why would it not be
is an ugly raindrop why would it not be possible for the same material to
possible for the same material to
possible for the same material to exfoliate and have the maximum possible
exfoliate and have the maximum possible
exfoliate and have the maximum possible reticulation and the greatest possible
reticulation and the greatest possible
reticulation and the greatest possible vulnerability why do we have itchy think
vulnerability why do we have itchy think
vulnerability why do we have itchy think that such a form as a snowflake is
that such a form as a snowflake is
that such a form as a snowflake is somehow freely excessive good only for
somehow freely excessive good only for
somehow freely excessive good only for peacetime why indeed might we not think
peacetime why indeed might we not think
peacetime why indeed might we not think of foreign languages much like this
of foreign languages much like this
of foreign languages much like this little creature in amoeba in which
little creature in amoeba in which
little creature in amoeba in which multiple granular forms are all together
multiple granular forms are all together
multiple granular forms are all together and the boundaries are as much pulled
and the boundaries are as much pulled
and the boundaries are as much pulled into their surroundings
into their surroundings
into their surroundings as pushing in foraging would it not be
as pushing in foraging would it not be
as pushing in foraging would it not be possible then to think of boundaries as
possible then to think of boundaries as
possible then to think of boundaries as being open and have many many delicate
being open and have many many delicate
being open and have many many delicate things to be an extraordinarily
things to be an extraordinarily
things to be an extraordinarily effective way to make our world
this relates fundamentally to a way of
this relates fundamentally to a way of making architecture and the older world
making architecture and the older world
making architecture and the older world the world of the solid ground
the world of the solid ground
the world of the solid ground is still with us perhaps it’s embodied
is still with us perhaps it’s embodied
is still with us perhaps it’s embodied in the term dear Metis the Vitruvian
in the term dear Metis the Vitruvian
in the term dear Metis the Vitruvian writer who spoke of this 2,000 years ago
writer who spoke of this 2,000 years ago
writer who spoke of this 2,000 years ago and said that permanence and closure and
and said that permanence and closure and
and said that permanence and closure and clarity are the fundaments of
clarity are the fundaments of
clarity are the fundaments of architecture but what I want to share is
architecture but what I want to share is
architecture but what I want to share is that a new set of paradigms might be
that a new set of paradigms might be
that a new set of paradigms might be possible to paradigms that are founded
possible to paradigms that are founded
possible to paradigms that are founded on the making of life on compartments
on the making of life on compartments
on the making of life on compartments and resilient organizations and
and resilient organizations and
and resilient organizations and information and metabolism architecture
information and metabolism architecture
information and metabolism architecture that might be designed in very much the
that might be designed in very much the
that might be designed in very much the same way that we make living things I
if it is possible to understand that the
if it is possible to understand that the world is something in which we are
world is something in which we are
world is something in which we are inexorably coupled and in which making
inexorably coupled and in which making
inexorably coupled and in which making delicate things unapologetically fragile
delicate things unapologetically fragile
delicate things unapologetically fragile things can serve life and create
things can serve life and create
things can serve life and create fertility can be effective then why if I
fertility can be effective then why if I
fertility can be effective then why if I encounter the kind of opening of
encounter the kind of opening of
encounter the kind of opening of boundaries that I see in this kind of
boundaries that I see in this kind of
boundaries that I see in this kind of world of this little creature emptying
world of this little creature emptying
world of this little creature emptying itself dying
if it’s true that it’s coupled with its
if it’s true that it’s coupled with its environment then why if that is what’s
environment then why if that is what’s
environment then why if that is what’s happened to me would I not feel joy
is it possible to be confident standing
is it possible to be confident standing on this trembling surface of the world
on this trembling surface of the world
on this trembling surface of the world today in making substantial things and
today in making substantial things and
today in making substantial things and creating fertility and building
creating fertility and building
creating fertility and building responsibly
but I do hope that by sharing these
but I do hope that by sharing these kinds of strategies that a kind of hope
kinds of strategies that a kind of hope
kinds of strategies that a kind of hope can be justified and I hope that’s a
can be justified and I hope that’s a
can be justified and I hope that’s a contribution thank you
contribution thank you
contribution thank you [Applause]
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