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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.11,0:00:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We conventionally divide space
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.51,0:00:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into private and public realms,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.07,0:00:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know these legal\Ndistinctions very well
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.34,0:00:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've become experts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.35,0:00:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at protecting our private\Nproperty and private space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.21,0:00:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're less attuned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.11,0:00:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the nuances of the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.67,0:00:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What translates generic public\Nspace into qualitative space?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.59,0:00:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.100,0:00:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our studio has been working on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.82,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the past decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.33,0:00:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're doing this\Nthrough some case studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.59,0:00:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A large chunk of our work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.08,0:00:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been put into transforming
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.62,0:00:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this neglected industrial ruin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.42,0:00:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a viable post-industrial space
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.49,0:00:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looks forward and backward
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.99,0:00:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.25,0:00:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another huge chunk of our work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.75,0:00:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has gone into making relevant
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.79,0:00:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a site that's grown\Nout of sync with its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.49,0:00:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been working\Non democratizing Lincoln Center
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.53,0:00:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a public that doesn't\Nusually have $300
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.25,0:00:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend on an opera ticket.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.02,0:01:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've been eating, drinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.71,0:01:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking, living public space
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for quite a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.97,0:01:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's taught us really one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.24,0:01:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is to truly\Nmake good public space,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.21,0:01:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to erase the distinctions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.46,0:01:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between architecture, urbanism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.08,0:01:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscape, media design
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.96,0:01:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.54,0:01:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really goes beyond distinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.57,0:01:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're moving onto Washington, D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.62,0:01:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're working\Non another transformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.96,0:01:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is for the existing\NHirshhorn Museum
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.58,0:01:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's sited
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.21,0:01:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the most revered\Npublic space in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.50,0:01:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.43,0:01:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mall is a symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of American democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.83,0:01:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's fantastic is that this symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not a thing, it's not an image,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not an artifact,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.75,0:01:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually it's a space,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.46,0:01:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's kind of just defined\Nby a line of buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.31,0:01:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on either side.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.34,0:02:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a space where citizens\Ncan voice their discontent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.08,0:02:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show their power.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.38,0:02:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a place where pivotal\Nmoments in American history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.29,0:02:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken place.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.45,0:02:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're inscribed in there forever --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.85,0:02:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the march on Washington\Nfor jobs and freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.23,0:02:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the great speech that Martin\NLuther King gave there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.32,0:02:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Vietnam protests,\Nthe commemoration of all that died
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the pandemic of AIDS,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.75,0:02:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the march for women's reproductive rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.29,0:02:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right up until almost the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.75,0:02:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mall is the greatest civic stage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.91,0:02:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this country for dissent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.58,0:02:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's synonymous with free speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.47,0:02:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you're not sure what it\Nis that you have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.16,0:02:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may just be a place\Nfor civic commiseration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a huge disconnect, we believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.83,0:02:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the communicative\Nand discursive space of the Mall
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the museums that line\Nit to either side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.04,0:03:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is that those\Nmuseums are usually passive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.67,0:03:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have passive relationships\Nbetween the museum
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.04,0:03:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the presenter and the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.69,0:03:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the receiver of information.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.96,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you can see dinosaurs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.71,0:03:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and insects and collections of locomotives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.79,0:03:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.12,0:03:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're really not involved;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.65,0:03:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're being talked to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.29,0:03:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Richard Koshalek took\Nover as director of the Hirshhorn
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.100,0:03:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.79,0:03:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was determined to take advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.21,0:03:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fact that this museum was sited
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.46,0:03:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the most unique place:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.21,0:03:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the seat of power in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.08,0:03:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while art and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.29,0:03:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are inherently and implicitly\Ntogether always and all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.75,0:03:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there could be some very\Nspecial relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.92,0:03:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could be forged\Nhere in its uniqueness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.83,0:03:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is, is it possible ultimately
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.46,0:03:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for art to insert itself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.21,0:03:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the dialogue of national\Nand world affairs?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.33,0:04:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And could the museum be\Nan agent of cultural diplomacy?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.20,0:04:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over 180 embassies\Nin Washington D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.26,0:04:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over 500 think tanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.25,0:04:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be a way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.75,0:04:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of harnessing all of that intellectual\Nand global energy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.67,0:04:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into, and somehow through, the museum.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.82,0:04:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be some kind of brain trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.90,0:04:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Hirshhorn, as we began\Nto think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.21,0:04:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we evolved the mission,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.71,0:04:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Richard and his team --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.54,0:04:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really his life blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.67,0:04:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beyond exhibiting contemporary art,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.75,0:04:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hirshhorn will become a public forum,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.54,0:04:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place of discourse
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.67,0:04:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for issues around arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.88,0:04:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culture, politics and policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.96,0:04:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have the global reach\Nof the World Economic Forum.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have the interdisciplinarity\Nof the TED Conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.84,0:04:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have the informality\Nof the town square.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.30,0:04:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for this new initiative,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.23,0:05:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hirshhorn would have to expand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.04,0:05:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or appropriate a site
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.42,0:05:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a contemporary, deployable structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.31,0:05:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it. This is the Hirshhorn --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.05,0:05:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a 230-foot-diameter concrete doughnut
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.17,0:05:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed in the early '70s
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.38,0:05:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Gordon Bunshaft.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.13,0:05:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hulking, it's silent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.42,0:05:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's cloistered, it's arrogant,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.17,0:05:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a design challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.50,0:05:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Architects love to hate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.07,0:05:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One redeeming feature
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.08,0:05:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's lifted up off the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.79,0:05:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's got this void,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.54,0:05:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's got an empty core
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.17,0:05:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of in the spirit and that facade
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.08,0:05:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much corporate and federal style.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.83,0:05:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And around that space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.75,0:05:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ring is actually galleries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.29,0:05:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very, very difficult\Nto mount shows in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.92,0:05:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Hirshhorn opened,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.88,0:05:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ada Louise Huxstable,\Nthe New York Times critic,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.18,0:05:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had some choice words:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.70,0:05:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Neo-penitentiary modern."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.50,0:05:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A maimed monument and a maimed Mall
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.36,0:05:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a maimed collection."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.79,0:05:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost four decades later,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.55,0:05:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how will this building expand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.29,0:05:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a new progressive program?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.32,0:05:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where would it go?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.83,0:06:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't go in the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.08,0:06:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no space there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.33,0:06:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't go in the courtyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.88,0:06:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's already taken up by landscape\Nand by sculptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.08,0:06:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well there's always the hole.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.49,0:06:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how could it take\Nthe space of that hole
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.00,0:06:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be buried in it invisibly?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.00,0:06:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could it become iconic?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.75,0:06:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what language would it take?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.30,0:06:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hirshhorn sits\Namong the Mall's monumental institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.50,0:06:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most are neoclassical, heavy and opaque,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.34,0:06:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made of stone or concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.14,0:06:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the question is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.03,0:06:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if one inhabits that space,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.45,0:06:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the material of the Mall?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.81,0:06:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be different\Nfrom the buildings there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.46,0:06:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be something entirely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.48,0:06:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be air.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.27,0:06:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our imagination, it has to be light.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.79,0:06:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be ephemeral.\NIt has to be formless.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.01,0:06:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has to be free.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.03,0:06:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.39,0:07:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the big idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.52,0:07:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a giant airbag.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.08,0:07:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The expansion takes\Nthe shape of its container
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.74,0:07:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it oozes out wherever it can --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.48,0:07:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the top and sides.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.50,0:07:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more poetically,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.25,0:07:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we like to think of the structure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.29,0:07:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as inhaling the democratic\Nair of the Mall,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.36,0:07:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing it into itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.12,0:07:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The before and the after.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.10,0:07:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was dubbed "the bubble" by the press.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.25,0:07:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the lounge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.79,0:07:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically one big volume of air
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.75,0:07:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just oozes out in every direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.04,0:07:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The membrane is translucent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.08,0:07:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's made of silcon-coated glass fiber.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.76,0:07:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's inflated twice a year\Nfor one month at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.86,0:07:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the view from the inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.04,0:07:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might have been wondering
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.89,0:07:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.86,0:07:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did we get this approved\Nby the federal government.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.32,0:08:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had to be approved\Nby actually two agencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.20,0:08:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one is there to preserve
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.08,0:08:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dignity and sanctity of the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.45,0:08:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I blush whenever I show this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.18,0:08:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is yours to interpret.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.00,0:08:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one thing I can say
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.04,0:08:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's a combination
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.50,0:08:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of iconoclasm
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.75,0:08:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adoration.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.38,0:08:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was also some creative\Ninterpretation involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.49,0:08:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Congressional Buildings Act of 1910
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.42,0:08:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limits the height of buildings in D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.38,0:08:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 130 feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.33,0:08:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for spires, towers,\Ndomes and minarets.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.21,0:08:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This pretty much exempts monuments\Nof the church and state.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.88,0:08:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the bubble is 153 ft.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the Pantheon next to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.62,0:08:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 1.2 million cubic\Nfeet of compressed air.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.92,0:08:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we argued it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.83,0:08:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the merits of being a dome.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.83,0:08:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.92,0:08:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very stately,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.09,0:09:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among all the stately\Nbuildings in the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.54,0:09:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while this Hirshhorn\Nis not landmarked,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.58,0:09:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very, very historically sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.96,0:09:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we couldn't really\Ntouch its surfaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.33,0:09:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We couldn't leave any traces behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.07,0:09:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we strained it from the edges,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.25,0:09:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we held it by cables.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.38,0:09:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a study of some bondage techniques,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.75,0:09:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are actually very important
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.43,0:09:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's hit by wind all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.36,0:09:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one permanent\Nsteel ring at the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.47,0:09:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can't be seen\Nfrom any vantage point on the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.19,0:09:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also some restrictions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.38,0:09:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how much it could be lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.88,0:09:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It glows from within, it's translucent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.92,0:09:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can't be more lit than the Capitol
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.08,0:09:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some of the monuments.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.50,0:09:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's down the hierarchy on lighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.88,0:09:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it comes to the site twice a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's taken off the delivery truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.96,0:09:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hoisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.46,0:09:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's inflated
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.75,0:09:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this low-pressure air.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.50,0:09:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's restrained with the cables.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.48,0:09:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's ballasted\Nwith water at the very bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.67,0:10:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very strange moment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.79,0:10:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were asked\Nby the bureaucracy at the Mall
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.21,0:10:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much time would it take to install.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.42,0:10:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we said, well the first\Nerection would take one week.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.16,0:10:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they really connected with that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.50,0:10:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it was really\Neasy all the way through.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.50,0:10:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we didn't really have\Nthat many hurdles, I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.58,0:10:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the government\Nand all the authorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.66,0:10:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some of the toughest hurdles
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.20,0:10:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been the technical ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.71,0:10:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the warp and weft.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a point cloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.04,0:10:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are extreme pressures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.17,0:10:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very, very unusual building
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.95,0:10:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that there's no gravity load,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.88,0:10:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's load in every direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.61,0:10:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just going to zip\Nthrough these slides.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.17,0:10:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the space in action.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.29,0:10:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So flexible interior for discussions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.12,0:10:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like this, but in the round --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.46,0:10:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,luminous and reconfigurable.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.92,0:10:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could be used for anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.33,0:10:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for performances, films,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.08,0:10:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for installations.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.62,0:11:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the very first program
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.04,0:11:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be one of cultural\Ndialogue and diplomacy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.26,0:11:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organized in partnership
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.54,0:11:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.17,0:11:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Form and content are together here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.92,0:11:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bubble is an anti-monument.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.58,0:11:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ideals of participatory democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.12,0:11:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are represented through suppleness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.25,0:11:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than rigidity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.70,0:11:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.12,0:11:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupy an ambiguous site\Noutside the museum walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.76,0:11:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but inside of the museum's core,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.36,0:11:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blending its air
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.21,0:11:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the democratic air of the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.58,0:11:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the bubble will inflate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.12,0:11:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully for the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.75,0:11:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of 2013.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.96,0:11:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.46,0:11:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)