Marc Kushner: Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by … you
“Architecture is not about math or zoning — it’s about visceral emotions,” says Marc Kushner. In a sweeping — often funny — talk, he zooms through the past thirty years of architecture to show how the public, once disconnected, have become an essential part of the design process. With the help of social media, feedback reaches architects years before a building is even created. The result? Architecture that will do more for us than ever before.
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March 10, 2015 @ 4:14 pm
“So how is it possible that in the same year, in the same country, two
buildins both called libraries look so completly diffrent and the answer
is…” ——–> Money
March 10, 2015 @ 4:16 pm
Ya, sorry we won’t be alive by then. Good to see architects have wet-dreams
like 12 year old school boys just discovering girl’s boobs.
March 10, 2015 @ 4:25 pm
Brutalism is not that bad. In its modern form it is revolutionary, clean,
useable and durable.
March 10, 2015 @ 4:40 pm
Amazing talk. Accessible, funny and insightful. Loved it!
March 10, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
Cost plays a factor. I’d be perfectly happy going to a plain looking
library rather than paying increased taxes to spend $100 million more so it
can look futuristic.
March 10, 2015 @ 4:54 pm
perhaps people wouldn’t hate architects so much if they considered function
in their design
March 10, 2015 @ 5:11 pm
concrete is a cheap material and is used much more frequently now more than
ever. It is also a material that has endless possibilities in terms of
shapes and size. Building interesting shapes and exploring new ways to look
at architecture wont cost more. It’s stupid to think that. Of course
architects put materials into question, and also building techniques.
Architects have a budget and this will only open up for creative
exploration, inside the budgets limits of course, but that in and of itself
is also a great creative challenge for the architect that helps with the
way we can stay innovative.
March 10, 2015 @ 5:13 pm
Marc Kushner is assuming that people want the “innovation” that
starchitects produce. The majority of the time, the majority of the people
will oppose the changes.Architects know what already works, but the
starchitects want to experiment to create something different, even though
not all change is an improvement. If the people really had a say, I believe
the will probably demand something they already know works rather than what
a starchitect is trying to innovate. Which is probably by some newly rich
person, corporation, or government who wants get attention rather than to
give people what they want.
March 10, 2015 @ 5:16 pm
I wonder about the sturdiness of these new designs when it comes to
withstanding: hurricanes/earthquakes/tornadoes/etc.? That’s what we should
be more focused on rather than eye candy…
March 10, 2015 @ 5:31 pm
So, digital media is the GREATEST REVOLUTION in architecture since the
invention of concrete and steel? That is laughable. A building’s narrative
comes from your experience of using it, often repetitively; not spoon-fed
by some digital renderings, often accompanied by beautiful people in
swimsuit. The only way to speed up the feed-back system of architecture is
to speed up design and construction. And it’s always a gamble. Digital
rendering helps. But given the budget constraints (big buildings are very
costly), once construction starts it’s hard to change the design if people
don’t like the rendering.
Also, the fact that people now take photos of buildings with their cell
phone does not mean buildings should be “disembodied” from the site (9:58). That
is just wrong. Too bad he cannot look beyond the building itself and pay
attention to other factors(budget, environment, neighborhood, social and
cultural context, etc.) I bet his next big talk will be how VIRTUAL REALITY
is the greatest revolution in architecture.
March 10, 2015 @ 5:36 pm
Not sure why there are dislikes, the talk was great.
He’s showing buildings that are computer simulated to be structural sound,
ergonomic, multifunctional and look distinct enough to be accepted into the
community and have it’s own identity.
Also that buildings can now be built with better techniques, can be made
green and recyclable as well.
March 10, 2015 @ 6:06 pm
My future home will be like this. Simple, elegant, open, tone of light , no
rooms, and cozy.
March 10, 2015 @ 6:31 pm
The Bilbao Museum looks nice, but it melts parts of houses and cars parked
near it,
Again proving the modern architecture just doesn´t care about its
surrounding
March 10, 2015 @ 6:55 pm
Good presenter, but boring talk.
March 10, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
I could never hack it as an architect. I’d just look for the most cost
effective sturdy design every single time. People would complain because
their fortress of a house was ugly, and I’d be on the streets.
March 10, 2015 @ 7:28 pm
This was a good talk, but did anyone else think that the building the
speaker’s firm designed was kinda ugly?
March 10, 2015 @ 7:49 pm
TED is becoming a huge advertisement place
March 10, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
every structural engineer’s nightmare/headache.
March 10, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
well presented, but modern architects care more about making abstract art
than, making livable spaces or having any concern for cost, or the people
actually building them.
They are like spoiled children, and need to stick their overpaid head
outside their cult bubble of principles. don’t get me wrong, i’m all for
new building technology, and making buildings practical, beautiful, and
smart.
March 10, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
An I the only one who actually loves brutalism, and yearns for the day we
move away from bloody 2000 years old Greek aesthetics?
March 10, 2015 @ 10:46 pm
man this guy is fucking annoying
March 10, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
I can’t say how happy I am to hear an arcitect say that brutalism looks
like crap. Its such an eyesore – the idea of sharing building designs on
social media to introduce people to the concept and visuals of a new
building, before its built – brilliant!
March 10, 2015 @ 11:41 pm
Our cities ould be much better if architects were not so pretentious.
March 11, 2015 @ 12:59 am
I wonder how the world will change when architectural innovation becomes a
symbol in and of itself.
March 11, 2015 @ 1:10 am
He briefly mentioned robots but not 3D-printing? Pretty sure this is going
to revolutionize architecture in the long run as well. With our technology
improving so fast, buildings could be printed so much faster than today
(sure, this is not going to happen in the next decade or 2).