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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.72,0:00:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say we have to become
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.32,0:00:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than just designers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.68,0:00:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the two dimensional facades
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.24,0:00:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or three dimensional architectural objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.88,0:00:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to become
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.62,0:00:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designers of ecosystems, systems of both
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.63,0:00:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ecology and economy that channel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.40,0:00:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only the flow of people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.79,0:00:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout cities and buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.85,0:00:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the flow of resources
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.63,0:00:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like heat, energy, waste and water
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.51,0:00:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this sort of perpetual motion engines,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.35,0:00:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is sort of stop seeing our presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.12,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the human presence, on the planet earth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.90,0:00:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sort of detrimental to our eco-system,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually tries to sort of integrate and incorporate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.04,0:00:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our consumption patterns and our leftovers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.61,0:00:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our natural environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.47,0:01:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason for this sort of expanded role of the architect
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.63,0:01:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because of the atmosphere you capture in this image.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.35,0:01:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was taken at the COP 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.03,0:01:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United Nations Conference on Climate Change,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.76,0:01:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Copenhagen, a year and a half ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.23,0:01:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you can see, you know, Sarkozy and Brown
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.14,0:01:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Merkel and even Obama, it wasn't exactly a party.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.43,0:01:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.81,0:01:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like a -- it was a complete failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.12,0:01:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially none of the goals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.11,0:01:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been established for the meeting were met,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.55,0:01:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the generals of discussion about sustainability
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.95,0:01:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was sort of drowning in this general misconception
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.59,0:01:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sustainability is a question of how much
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.75,0:01:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our existing quality of life are we prepared to sacrifice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.50,0:01:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to afford becoming sustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost like this sort of protestant idea
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.96,0:01:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it has to hurt to do good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.52,0:01:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sustainability can't be like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.30,0:01:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some kind of moral sacrifice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.65,0:01:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or political dilemma or even like a philanthropical cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.22,0:02:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has to be a design challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.62,0:02:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when we were sort of recently asked to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.27,0:02:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Danish pavillion for the Shanghai World Expo
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.31,0:02:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was focusing on sustainable cities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.78,0:02:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tried to ask ourselves if there was another sustainability
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.52,0:02:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than this sort of sad depressing one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.94,0:02:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tried to ask ourselves if we could find examples
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.48,0:02:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sustainable cities and buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.02,0:02:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually increased life quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.69,0:02:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we decided to make the pavillion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.89,0:02:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sort of a condensation of how
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.69,0:02:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Danish cities through their sustainable design
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.12,0:02:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually increase life quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.61,0:02:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see the pavillion as a sort of loop of a Danish street
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.51,0:02:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complete with the blue bicycle lanes of Copenhagen,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.80,0:02:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in Copenhagen 37%
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.94,0:02:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Copenhageners commute by bike,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.12,0:02:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so people visiting could actually feel how cool it is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.76,0:02:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ride a bike through the city instead of sitting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.53,0:02:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a traffic jam or looking endlessly for a parking spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.44,0:02:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also in Copenhagen, our harbour water
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.86,0:02:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has become so clean that you can swim in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.91,0:03:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you don't have to, like, take the bus for hours
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.38,0:03:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to the Hamptons,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.03,0:03:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can actually jump in the port.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.05,0:03:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at the heart of the pavillion
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.21,0:03:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we allow the visitors to experience on their own body
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.10,0:03:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how clean, if not how cold, the Danish harbour water is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.69,0:03:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the middle of this sort of harbour bath
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.38,0:03:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we decided to place the little mermaid of Denmark,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.88,0:03:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a copy of the mermaid, we actually moved her to China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.85,0:03:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to wrestle her out of the hand of the Danish
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.32,0:03:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equivalent of the tea party, who was trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.99,0:03:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pass a law specifically against moving the mermaid,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.88,0:03:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to get her through Chinese customs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.11,0:03:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.44,0:03:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there she is!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.12,0:03:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her absence we invited the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.41,0:03:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sort of install an installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.14,0:03:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He installed a Chinese surveillance camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.17,0:03:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same Chinese surveillance camera
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.26,0:03:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Chinese State has installed in front of his house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.47,0:04:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one, however, was part of an installation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.95,0:04:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he called "The mermaid exchange".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.26,0:04:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was transmitting a live image
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.05,0:04:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a giant flat screen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.78,0:04:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the Copenhagen tourists that went in vain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.60,0:04:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would sort of see that she was alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.83,0:04:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sort of more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.97,0:04:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the six months of the duration of the Expo
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.79,0:04:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it became like this sort of, the only sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.40,0:04:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TV feed from China to the rest of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.22,0:04:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trasmitting a sort of uncensored live footage,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.76,0:04:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost turning Copenhagen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.89,0:04:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this sort of global speakers' corner for China.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.63,0:04:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, Ai Weiwei has now been sort of silenced,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.08,0:04:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this critical voice of China
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.06,0:04:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has actually been captured by the government,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.44,0:04:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has been missing for the last six weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.58,0:04:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sort of back in the pavillion, we can say like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.81,0:04:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just sum it up, what we wanted to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.37,0:04:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to do, was to show how, essentially,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.55,0:04:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sustainable life can be more fun than normal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.01,0:05:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a sort of litmus test,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.54,0:05:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the first image we've pubblished
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.86,0:05:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Danish pavillion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.92,0:05:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice the red rectangle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.21,0:05:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first image or one of the first images
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.40,0:05:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pubblished of Iron man 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.32,0:05:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing Tony Stark's Mad Science Expo,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.33,0:05:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you sort of compare the two rectangles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.33,0:05:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Hollywood and this Shanghai,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.04,0:05:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so first of all like this is, this is big business
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.10,0:05:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's America, the land of litigation, we should
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.36,0:05:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should sue them and get rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.10,0:05:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then we thought
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.20,0:05:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sort of Coco Chanel said that copying
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.58,0:05:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the highest form of compliment, and you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.18,0:05:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Hollywood starts using our sustainable architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.85,0:05:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to portrait science fiction, it could be a sign
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.76,0:05:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are moving towards hedonistic sustainability.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.38,0:05:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So another idea we've been working on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.18,0:05:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to build this idea of how
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.95,0:05:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,artificial design can actually be most of,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.16,0:05:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be environmentally aware but also increase life quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.100,0:05:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started a project we called "The Mountain", in Copenhagen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.81,0:06:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's essentially a combination
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.94,0:06:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a big parking building and an apartment building,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.74,0:06:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the parking creates a man-made mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.84,0:06:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lifts all the apartments up in the sun and the view,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.35,0:06:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating this sort of houses with gardens,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.65,0:06:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the middle of the Danish city.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.73,0:06:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We called this idea architectural alchemy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.50,0:06:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's this idea that by mixing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.47,0:06:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditional ingredients, like parkings and apartments,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.90,0:06:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can actually create if not gold,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.63,0:06:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then at least added value.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.43,0:06:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took this idea one step further
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.66,0:06:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a project in Copenhagen,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.85,0:06:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sort of by mixing shops and offices,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.08,0:06:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,town houses and apartments, putting them in a
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.05,0:06:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stak where they occupy their favourite position
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.71,0:06:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distorting the block to sort of maximise
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.29,0:06:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,views for the apartments and access to sunlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.49,0:06:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we created this building we call "The 8 House",
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.54,0:06:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named after its shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.78,0:06:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this sort of approach
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.97,0:06:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't only allow us to optimize the individual position
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.02,0:07:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the different parts of the program,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.90,0:07:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like leaving shops and offices on the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.63,0:07:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lifting the town houses with gardens
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.33,0:07:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up into the sunshine, but it also sort of allows
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.60,0:07:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public life, which is traditionally
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.42,0:07:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,restricted to occurring on street level,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually invade the three dimensional space
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.16,0:07:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the urban block, so that the 8 House in Copenhagen
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.77,0:07:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not, you know, a two dimensional facade design
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.64,0:07:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even a three dimensional
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.76,0:07:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,architectural object, it's a sort of three dimensional
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.25,0:07:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,urban condition that allows, public life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.35,0:07:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the possibility for spontaneous social encounters,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.68,0:07:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually invade the normally private space
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.100,0:07:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the urban block and reach
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.36,0:07:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the penthouse of the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.61,0:07:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this building is at the edge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.11,0:07:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Copenhagen, basically at the city limits,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.46,0:07:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you have this clash of life forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.10,0:07:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last idea in the 8 House, it is essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.20,0:07:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a private developer project,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.70,0:08:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built for private apartments and town houses,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.99,0:08:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but somehow it has this sort of generosity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.71,0:08:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the city that it invites public life into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.83,0:08:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sort of idea of public participation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.27,0:08:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we took one step further in a project
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.67,0:08:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did for the new city hall in Tallin.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.11,0:08:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought that instead of having
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.44,0:08:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this sort of traditional dicotomy of the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.12,0:08:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politicians inside and the public outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.36,0:08:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would harbour the city hall above the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.90,0:08:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing the public to invade the ground floor
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.98,0:08:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what we called the public service market place,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.38,0:08:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can interact with the public servants
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.08,0:08:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even sort of see the politicians at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.77,0:08:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We called it the public village,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.90,0:08:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is essentially like an accumulation of all
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.15,0:08:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the different departments that have their own building.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.87,0:08:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sort of merge to form a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.16,0:08:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sort of a single consolidated village.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.25,0:08:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one place we invited the people of Tallin
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.100,0:08:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to access the roof and enjoy the panorama
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.13,0:08:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the surrounding city.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.93,0:09:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally in the masterplan they wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.34,0:09:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tower, because like in Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.22,0:09:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's hard to imagine a city hall without a tower.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.83,0:09:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we thought, what are we going to do with the tower?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.58,0:09:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought, why don't we place
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.10,0:09:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the city council inside the tower?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.15,0:09:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we created this incredibly generous space for political reflection.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.85,0:09:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ceiling is made as a giant mirror,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.14,0:09:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that when politicians have to make difficult decisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.79,0:09:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all they have to do is to look up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.89,0:09:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they get this sort of periscopic overview
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.90,0:09:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the city that they are actually messing with.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.27,0:09:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.43,0:09:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as a sort of a side effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.56,0:09:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the angry citizens gather to demonstrate,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.56,0:09:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they get this perfect insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.99,0:09:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can see, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.02,0:09:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if politicians are missing, if they are sleeping,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.94,0:09:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they are playing Angry Birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.67,0:09:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we called it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the democratic periscope
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.31,0:09:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that combines political overview with public insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.72,0:09:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to our extreme luck the City council
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.88,0:09:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liked the idea and we are now building
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.83,0:10:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this sort of architectural relaxation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.77,0:10:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of radical political transparency.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.33,0:10:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these three ideas we tried to bring together in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.42,0:10:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is, until now, our biggest
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.60,0:10:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,project, it combines
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.62,0:10:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of hedonistic sustainability
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.27,0:10:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this sort of architectural alchemy and this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.02,0:10:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notion of public participation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.18,0:10:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's located within a masterplan
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.86,0:10:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were commissioned by the 10 municipalities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.98,0:10:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Metropolitan Copenhagen, to do a plan
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.02,0:10:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to, like along the new train line
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.35,0:10:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would connect all the municipalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.76,0:10:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we proposed in return to saying
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.29,0:10:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why just focus on Copenhagen, or even Denmark,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.77,0:10:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right on the other side of the Oresund waters
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.35,0:10:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have Sweden, southern Sweden.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.83,0:10:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is sort of the most densely populated
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.90,0:10:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most economically active region
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.100,0:10:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scandinavia, and by adding a simple 3 mile bridge
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.31,0:10:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could actually connect it all
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.51,0:11:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a sort of a single bi-national
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.20,0:11:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,metropolitan region where no area
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.73,0:11:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is further away than fourty minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.14,0:11:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by public transportation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.86,0:11:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wouldn't just be like an infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.76,0:11:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for public transportation, it would also be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.08,0:11:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an infrastructure for waste management,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.44,0:11:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for water management, for energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.57,0:11:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combining a smart grid that combines
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.21,0:11:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hydro electricity from Sweden
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.16,0:11:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with wind power from Denmark.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.59,0:11:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It connects all of the most prosperous businesses
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.78,0:11:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the entire region and by merging it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.85,0:11:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making it sort of a bi-national masterplan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.04,0:11:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also introduced
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.30,0:11:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pink in the flag for the first time. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.48,0:11:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has exactly the same size
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.55,0:11:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the San Francisco Bay area.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.12,0:11:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is actually quite likely
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.47,0:11:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of a regional planning size,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.98,0:11:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because of the national boundaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.50,0:11:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this sort of holistic perspective has never been applied.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.90,0:11:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our idea was to instead of focusing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.73,0:11:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the individual infrastructure,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.28,0:11:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually merge it all, so that the train line is also
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.70,0:11:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first faced densification of the downtown areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.97,0:12:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The train really stops
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.46,0:12:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the heart of the different neighbourhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.74,0:12:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, since we are combining
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.38,0:12:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,industry, commerce and residential
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.05,0:12:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are proposing that perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.86,0:12:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the excess energy from the power production
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.96,0:12:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the industry could become
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.75,0:12:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a human programme, like thermal baths.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.48,0:12:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this could sound like sort of science fiction
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.25,0:12:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Jetsons, but to take it to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.75,0:12:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something really tangible, this is going to be the first
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.62,0:12:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building that we're completing within the Loop city.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.28,0:12:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a waste-to-energy plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.53,0:12:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Copenhagen we only landfill 4% of our waste --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.68,0:12:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an example in Chicago it is 85% --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.97,0:12:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,42% gets recycled,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.14,0:12:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 54% is essentially used as fuel to create heat and electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.26,0:12:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,97% of the homes in Copenhagen have district heating,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.03,0:12:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't spend any energy on heating
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.04,0:12:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very cold country, they get it all as excess heat
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.81,0:12:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the power production.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.98,0:13:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And essentially they form this loop
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.09,0:13:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people give their trash to the incineration plant
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.54,0:13:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they get it back as power.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.96,0:13:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as a thumb rule, three kilos of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.41,0:13:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,household trash turn into four hours of electricity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.03,0:13:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and five hours of heating. And just to give you an idea of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.69,0:13:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this resource, one tonne of waste is almost
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.82,0:13:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two barrels of oil. But essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.40,0:13:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a power plant like any other,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.37,0:13:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a big, ugly, boxy factory
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.08,0:13:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that casts shadow on the neighbours
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.88,0:13:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blocks the view, so the city wanted,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.50,0:13:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since it is located in downtown Copenhagen,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.53,0:13:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to somehow try to make it beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.77,0:13:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be a gift to the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.77,0:13:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said the CEO of the plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.85,0:13:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is not only going to be the biggest building
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.37,0:13:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Copenhagen, it is also going to be the tallest,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.46,0:13:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is going to be more than 350 feet tall.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.08,0:13:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's located right in the middle of the historical city,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.05,0:13:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see just the opera, the royal theatre,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.33,0:13:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,downtown, and that's where it is going.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.86,0:13:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is right next to the Copenhagen marina.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.65,0:13:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right in front of it there is something called
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.89,0:14:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Copenhagen cable track,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.43,0:14:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a track that pools wakeboarders,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.56,0:14:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and water skiers around in this sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.86,0:14:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perpetual loop of water fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.53,0:14:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And speaking of skiing, Copenhagen has loved skiing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.65,0:14:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unfortunately Copenhagen is flat as a pancake,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.75,0:14:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the snow but we don't have the hills
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.88,0:14:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we heavily go for hours on buses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.58,0:14:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the south of Sweden, so we thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.30,0:14:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, if Copenhagen doesn't have mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.16,0:14:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least we have mountains of trash, so why don't we
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.98,0:14:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transplant one of the Swedish ski slopes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.38,0:14:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it on the roof of the factory?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.53,0:14:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So essentially we know the size of the machines,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.36,0:14:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we created this sort of minimum envelope.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.15,0:14:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to make a visitor centre,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.66,0:14:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which essentially is a place
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.14,0:14:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where school teachers drag the children
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.10,0:14:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to force them to listen to how trash turns into energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.65,0:14:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead we proposed to install
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.20,0:14:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an elevator that takes you to the roof,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.87,0:15:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can choose between
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.15,0:15:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a green, a blue and black ski slope.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.76,0:15:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because it is man-made, we can make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.45,0:15:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it ends up at the foot of the elevator,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.54,0:15:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create this sort of perpetual loop of skiing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.65,0:15:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miraculously we actually won the competition
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.86,0:15:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on this idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.95,0:15:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.38,0:15:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The roof material is a form of artificial carpet
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.66,0:15:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all the rainwater that drops on the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.18,0:15:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is collected and can be blown out
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.56,0:15:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these humidifiers, that in the summer
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.88,0:15:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually create so little friction that,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.15,0:15:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with normal skiing equipment you can actually ski,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.26,0:15:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating this sort of nice brasilian
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.01,0:15:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hybrid of bikini skiing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.68,0:15:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the winter we do have
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.93,0:15:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three to four months of frost and snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.98,0:15:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So from 2015
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.70,0:15:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are going to have to look out
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.84,0:16:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Danish competitors in Alpine skiing!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.44,0:16:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, originally the competition was
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.33,0:16:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make the factory look good,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.85,0:16:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we also had to do a facade.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.71,0:16:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We proposed to make it out of these giant planters
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.06,0:16:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made out of recycled plastics. The excess water
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.35,0:16:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,runs through the facade watering the plants,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.68,0:16:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so in the summer we create this sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.87,0:16:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural shade that turns the working space
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.27,0:16:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the factory into this sort of nice, naturally illuminated
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.72,0:16:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and naturally ventilated work space.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.39,0:16:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At night you see the machines working inside the factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.29,0:16:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can say, the initial vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.51,0:16:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know of trying to design our cities and buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.60,0:16:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as ecosystems, is quite close to materializing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.11,0:16:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this project, because not only locally
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.03,0:16:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is this reuse of the water, the daylight,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.74,0:16:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the natural ventilation,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.68,0:16:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in a more regional perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.53,0:16:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with Copenhagen and the rest of the loop city
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.93,0:16:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plant actually forms an ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.07,0:16:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a last thing, they were imagining,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.77,0:16:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanted some kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.85,0:16:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building integrated art project,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.16,0:17:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and traditionally what you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.65,0:17:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you hire some light artist to blow coloured lights
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.98,0:17:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the building at night. We thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.77,0:17:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we play with the resources we have?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.23,0:17:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is going to be the cleanest waste-to-energy plant
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.07,0:17:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, the smoke coming out
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.31,0:17:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the chimney is completely non toxic,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.01,0:17:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it still does contain some CO2.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.48,0:17:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot less than the current plant, but it does contain
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.73,0:17:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of it. So we thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.57,0:17:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we design the mouth of the chimney
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.26,0:17:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a way that it fills gradually with CO2
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.01,0:17:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it contains 100 kilos, it compresses
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.58,0:17:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and puffs a giant smoke ring?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.80,0:17:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we can play with it at night!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.88,0:17:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course, on one end we like it, cause it's
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.86,0:17:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost like the ultimate artistic expression
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.51,0:17:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hedonistic sustainability,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.12,0:17:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you take the symbol of the problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.10,0:17:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pollution, the chimney,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.31,0:18:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn it into something playful.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.35,0:18:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the main drivers of behavioural change
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.88,0:18:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is knowledge, but if people don't know they can't act.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.65,0:18:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when my nephews ask me, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.18,0:18:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's a ton of CO2, I have to say, I don't have a clue!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.25,0:18:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2015 I can tell them to count 10 smoke rings
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.31,0:18:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they have counted 10 of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.56,0:18:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have just emitted one ton of CO2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.02,0:18:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can say the waste-to-energy plant
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.35,0:18:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Copenhagen is not only sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.74,0:18:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economically and ecologically sustainable,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.74,0:18:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by turning waste into energy, it's also
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.05,0:18:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,socially sustainable because it turns a power plant
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.63,0:18:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a park, and it turns a flat land
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.05,0:18:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a man-made mountain for skiing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.56,0:18:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as a last thing, you might object that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.95,0:18:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is something that can only happen
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.38,0:18:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in sunny, semi-socialist, sentimental Scandinavia.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.65,0:18:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just to wrap it up,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.95,0:18:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recently we got approached by Durst Fetner Residential,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.60,0:18:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Manhattan, to look at this side
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.15,0:19:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the west side water front.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.01,0:19:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite far away from the nearby parks,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.30,0:19:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's right next to the Helena, a building
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.75,0:19:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,owned by our client, named after his daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.63,0:19:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And normally residential in the area
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.18,0:19:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks like this, sort of sturdy boxes, we thought:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.26,0:19:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we, you know, having spent 10 years of
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.57,0:19:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my career as an architect trying to escape
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.06,0:19:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tiranny of the Copenhagen courtyard
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.35,0:19:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a typology, we thought that maybe, in Manhattan
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.06,0:19:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of creating an urban oasis
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.69,0:19:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the heart of the block could be interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.46,0:19:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like, the Copenhagen courtyard
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.26,0:19:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the architectural scale
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.57,0:19:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Central Park is at an urban scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.87,0:19:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a human habitat surrounded by
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.68,0:19:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dense wall of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.97,0:19:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we asked ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.32,0:19:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens when you combine a skyscraper
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.82,0:19:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a courtyard? Essentially, what would a
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.73,0:19:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,courtscraper look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.20,0:19:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we first we placed the courtyard next to the Helena,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.36,0:19:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tried to preserve all of its views
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.20,0:19:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a good neighbour, but also because it is
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.23,0:19:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our client's building.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.93,0:19:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in the north east corner, to create
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.96,0:19:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,density and views, we lifted it up to 450 feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.23,0:20:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating this sort of walked perimeter block
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.76,0:20:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has views and sunshine from the west side.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.05,0:20:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is that you can say, traditionally
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.24,0:20:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perimeter blocks or courtyards
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.40,0:20:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are secrets kept for the tenants.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.41,0:20:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this case, it really becomes
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.27,0:20:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the main facade of the building towards the highway,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.18,0:20:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost showing how the rejuvination of the waterfront
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.91,0:20:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moves into the city fabric itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.03,0:20:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the warped geometry also brings daylight
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.66,0:20:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the streetscape, and finally
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.98,0:20:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the apartments are rotated towards the view,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.11,0:20:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating this sort of pattern of balconies,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.55,0:20:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also allowing the residents
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.98,0:20:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recognise their own apartment,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.73,0:20:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost as a building within the building.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.23,0:20:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, people living next to the roof
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.88,0:20:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have this nice view of the Hudson.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.33,0:20:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, because of the incredible asimmetry,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.01,0:20:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the courtyard really goes from 42 inches
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.08,0:20:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 400 feet and back down again.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.08,0:20:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this has been sort of passed forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.08,0:20:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this has been well received,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.49,0:20:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and according to plan, and sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.41,0:21:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in architecture, things happen according to plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.01,0:21:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be breaking ground
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.63,0:21:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 1st of September this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.41,0:21:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.13,0:21:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you are gonna see some of the
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.47,0:21:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of architectural evolution
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.60,0:21:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have been conducting in Scandinavia
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.05,0:21:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now starting to cross-breed
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.89,0:21:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the New York typologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.86,0:21:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To finish off, this is what it could look like
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.43,0:21:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving down the west side highway in four years.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.16,0:22:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Aplause)