I really enjoyed this lecture. At a time when we are capable to create complex structures I see how you would want to go beyond simple proportion. Calculus can be a powerful tool that can enable us to interpret the patterns of change in nature. It appears to be random but indeed very harmonious. What really is random is the twisted architecture of today that has no deeper meaning of form. It is only meant to be interesting because boxes no longer do. But we are evolving.
It depends on the artist/architect. Greg Lynn made a MAJOR statement on what he chose to wear. Granted, some of the best fashion designers and hair stylists look laughable until you see their work. In Lynn's case, I found his clothes and architecture to be one. It all stood out like a sore/(deformed?) thumb.
They only looked out of place to me because all of the other buildings were made with such right curves. A whole city of buildings like these would be breathtaking.
Well I'm happy we have people making sure we don't have cities full of flat grey boxes. But I'm not architecturally minded so I never really associate beauty with buildings anyway. I like Frank Lloyd Wright but I think thats more about the nostalgia factor for me. I just dig that late modernist era in general and Wright style houses just seem to go hand in hand with it. I do get a little obsessed over shotgun houses though.
The thing about the Wright houses is that they did not stand up to the test of time. They are falling apart. They may be very beautiful to look at but they were not constructed well. Shocking, isn't it?
It's impressive that we're able to produce these organic structures with modern design tools, but a lot of what was shown seemed to be adhering to the new design methods for the sake of being diffrent. Some of the designs were breathtaking, but others seemed out of place. I think a classic style works in most cases and trying to mix it up just because you can gives us something that looks lumpy and awkward.
@nikanj nice catch from "a beautiful mind" movie, but in the movie russel crowe used it referring to a tie and there also be a mathematicl explanation for how bad his tie is.
Breathtaking yes, but it would be a nightmare to navigate, service, or provide utilities for. There are a multitude of reasons for the grid/right angle design modern cities are based on, most of which have nothing to do with aesthetics. As nice as it would look I don't think a city of these buildings would work. These designs would be easier to apply to something like a business campus, of a planed community where all the requirements can be decided in advance.
By mentioning a final trait in the style of contemporary life whose rationalistic character clearly betrays the influence of money Simmel writes"by and large one may characterizethe intellectual functions that are used at present in coping with the world and in regulating both individual and social relations as calculative functions.Their cognitive ideal is to conceive of the world as a huge arithmetical problem,to conceive events and the qualitative distinction of things as a system of numbers
Your so right. I hate how people are using decimals now. That will never catch on. we will all be using fractions once people see how stupid it is to do new things.
Yeah the 1.6 ratio is phi; the golden ratio. You can see this everywhere, even on your body. For example you can take your finger (that is divided in 3 segments) you will see that each segment is 1.6 times bigger than the previous. The ancients have found this kind of universal harmony and used it in all forms of art, but with capitalism, industrialism and modern philosophy such things fell unimportant.
yes, there is a higher probability of finding stupid people bothering about the shirt of a genius instead of understanding his ideas , because they are more numerous.Thats the mathematical explanation you were looking for.
hehe "I don't know what to do and the architect isn't reachable!" Lets just do what we did on the other side of the building. "You mean a house with two fronts?" Yes it'll be great! Now set up the double doors and I'll get the marble pillars up.
Okay, so I'm confused: "The Gothic was invented after the invention of calculus"? I thought calculus was invented in the West by Newton and Leibniz, in the 1600s. How is that before the invention of the Gothic?
calculus was invented by Newton and Leibnitz , way after gothic architecture . Gothic architecture has nothing to dowith calculus . Calculus is about derrivatives and integrals
I know nothing about architecture. So...I'm a little embarrassed to say that whenever confronted with it I always ask myself "What would Howard Roark think?" I think Howard would generally approve of this--certainly, an element of rationality underlies it. As for me...most of the buildings he showed were BUTT UGLY!
Oooh right... Well. Color me uncultured. I'm actually chipping away at Atlas Shrugged right now. Slooowly. Its a monster of a book. I really don't have a problem with Randian philosophy, like some. I get it. There are parts that I like. But I'm not one to say thats THE way life should be. Works ok when your closest neighbor is 30 miles away; in dense urban areas, probably not so much. I think you need a mix of systems working around, against, and with each other depending on the circumstances.
Is this the kind of lecture that architecture students have to listen to every day?! omg, kill me now! p.s. those bldgs are ugly. I don't care if they are "organic" or calculus-based. Go ahead and call me small minded.
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I really enjoyed this lecture. At a time when we are capable to create complex structures I see how you would want to go beyond simple proportion. Calculus can be a powerful tool that can enable us to interpret the patterns of change in nature. It appears to be random but indeed very harmonious. What really is random is the twisted architecture of today that has no deeper meaning of form. It is only meant to be interesting because boxes no longer do. But we are evolving.
The fact that he found a tie to match that shirt is a mathematical miracle.
Mathematically, his underpants should match the tie.
It depends on the artist/architect.
Greg Lynn made a MAJOR statement on what he chose to wear. Granted, some of the best fashion designers and hair stylists look laughable until you see their work.
In Lynn's case, I found his clothes and architecture to be one. It all stood out like a sore/(deformed?) thumb.
Ted has come a long way
this is a fantastic session. open the mind to this guy.
contrary to what most comments are expressing, I find the buildings he showed very beautiful. much better than normal buildings.
They only looked out of place to me because all of the other buildings were made with such right curves. A whole city of buildings like these would be breathtaking.
Well I got a new way of thinking about symmetry, can't get better than a new idea.
5 stars!
the european bank sketch looks wicked! i like the "envelope of change" idea.
love his shirt :)
Well I'm happy we have people making sure we don't have cities full of flat grey boxes. But I'm not architecturally minded so I never really associate beauty with buildings anyway.
I like Frank Lloyd Wright but I think thats more about the nostalgia factor for me. I just dig that late modernist era in general and Wright style houses just seem to go hand in hand with it.
I do get a little obsessed over shotgun houses though.
The thing about the Wright houses is that they did not stand up to the test of time. They are falling apart. They may be very beautiful to look at but they were not constructed well.
Shocking, isn't it?
It's impressive that we're able to produce these organic structures with modern design tools, but a lot of what was shown seemed to be adhering to the new design methods for the sake of being diffrent. Some of the designs were breathtaking, but others seemed out of place. I think a classic style works in most cases and trying to mix it up just because you can gives us something that looks lumpy and awkward.
@nikanj nice catch from "a beautiful mind" movie, but in the movie russel crowe used it referring to a tie and there also be a mathematicl explanation for how bad his tie is.
The Elephant man was actually a more advanced human due to his lack of symmetry.
Congratulations, you know that some people appreciate it and some people despise it. Is this the place to discuss that?
Breathtaking yes, but it would be a nightmare to navigate, service, or provide utilities for. There are a multitude of reasons for the grid/right angle design modern cities are based on, most of which have nothing to do with aesthetics.
As nice as it would look I don't think a city of these buildings would work. These designs would be easier to apply to something like a business campus, of a planed community where all the requirements can be decided in advance.
Amen, brother!
By mentioning a final trait in the style of contemporary life whose rationalistic character clearly betrays the influence of money Simmel writes"by and large one may characterizethe intellectual functions that are used at present in coping with the world and in regulating both individual and social relations as calculative functions.Their cognitive ideal is to conceive of the world as a huge arithmetical problem,to conceive events and the qualitative distinction of things as a system of numbers
He killed it.
Hmm ... I think this is one of the reasons why podcasts exist.
You know that smart people dont see the whole thing but detail parts(if you dont see the whole shirt but only the pattern it isnt very ugly) :P
that mention of symmetry being a lack of information sounds bogus to me.
This guy is another postmodernist hack.
Thank you :)
You haven't watched many TEDtalks if this one strikes you as remarkably self-promotional.
Your so right. I hate how people are using decimals now. That will never catch on. we will all be using fractions once people see how stupid it is to do new things.
Yeah the 1.6 ratio is phi; the golden ratio. You can see this everywhere, even on your body. For example you can take your finger (that is divided in 3 segments) you will see that each segment is 1.6 times bigger than the previous. The ancients have found this kind of universal harmony and used it in all forms of art, but with capitalism, industrialism and modern philosophy such things fell unimportant.
Interesting: Symmetry is the absence of information.
where is this church? I live in Queens.
yes, there is a higher probability of finding stupid people bothering about the shirt of a genius instead of understanding his ideas , because they are more numerous.Thats the mathematical explanation you were looking for.
This guy is not a genius by any stretch of the imaginations. First of all, geniuses don't go into architecture.
Even if he were a genius, which is weird, because these ideas are basic, the bad taste would make him a greater danger to society.
How realistic is this architectural principle?.
- A beautiful mind
hehe "I don't know what to do and the architect isn't reachable!" Lets just do what we did on the other side of the building. "You mean a house with two fronts?" Yes it'll be great! Now set up the double doors and I'll get the marble pillars up.
Okay, so I'm confused: "The Gothic was invented after the invention of calculus"? I thought calculus was invented in the West by Newton and Leibniz, in the 1600s. How is that before the invention of the Gothic?
calculus was invented by Newton and Leibnitz , way after gothic architecture . Gothic architecture has nothing to dowith calculus . Calculus is about derrivatives and integrals
Dang, the future is gonna look so insanely weird and crazy.
awesome
a beautiful mind
is he jason alexander who got a hair transplantation?
as your attorney, i'm going to have to advise you to reconsider matching that shirt with that tie. after all, this is bat country.
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I know nothing about architecture. So...I'm a little embarrassed to say that whenever confronted with it I always ask myself "What would Howard Roark think?"
I think Howard would generally approve of this--certainly, an element of rationality underlies it.
As for me...most of the buildings he showed were BUTT UGLY!
I'm thinkin' you probably don't know who Howard Roark is...you should look it up; you'd laugh a little...and then probably read the book.
his shirt is ok
For a job at the circus.
Can a concept be "invented"?
An architect's choice of a shirt? 😨
nOw, iMagINe a STairWAy witH DifFerent STEps!
calculus is not bad,lets all smoke a big fat bowl
Oooh right... Well. Color me uncultured. I'm actually chipping away at Atlas Shrugged right now. Slooowly. Its a monster of a book.
I really don't have a problem with Randian philosophy, like some. I get it. There are parts that I like. But I'm not one to say thats THE way life should be. Works ok when your closest neighbor is 30 miles away; in dense urban areas, probably not so much. I think you need a mix of systems working around, against, and with each other depending on the circumstances.
lol, thank you i didnt know.
Why would anyone trust the words or ideas of a man that dressed himself this way and had that haircut? That's right, no one would.
i would, because he had more time studying his craft than how to supposedly look good?
lol, greg LYN my nickname is Zer0XoL
Zaroxolyn, haha..
LOL!
The amount of shit I'm clueless about...
am fma true true,it’s Greg not Gregg lol
I thought it was interesting
Is this the kind of lecture that architecture students have to listen to every day?! omg, kill me now! p.s. those bldgs are ugly. I don't care if they are "organic" or calculus-based. Go ahead and call me small minded.
As an architect I agree with you.
A successful architect becomes successful is not because he/she read heaps of architecture theoretical books or listen to these lectures lol
The striped tie and striped shirt. He may be bright, but definately not observant. lol
Enough with the "Organic". Really !!
It is beginning to have an organic reaction in my gastronomical environment. x-(
He has maths but he doesn't have taste.
horrible