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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.31,0:00:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, good afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.83,0:00:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.54,0:00:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... feeling so excited about attending\Nsuch a remarkable event,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.82,0:00:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the one percent\Nmight find interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.93,0:00:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have needs beyond food and TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.55,0:00:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to tell you about something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.46,0:00:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about which we all think to some extent,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.60,0:00:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps, even, without really\Ngiving ourselves over to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.65,0:00:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes a city beautiful,\Nhow do we go about creating one,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.50,0:00:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how do we make one ugly?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.75,0:00:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on which criteria is it to be decided
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.82,0:00:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one building is right\Nfor one given site, but not another?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.29,0:01:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why talk about this, when you're\Nprobably not all architects,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.51,0:01:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a tiny percentage of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.65,0:01:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, today especially, architecture\Nis a subject of public debate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.09,0:01:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I conduct this discussion\Nwith municipalities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.48,0:01:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the representatives of the people\Nin various cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.78,0:01:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see how great\Nand how keen the interest is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.51,0:01:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in regard to which kind of architecture\Nwe should regard as beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.77,0:01:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I talk about this,\NI always start by showing this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.92,0:01:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may seem not to be about architecture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.72,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we are talking about the principle\Nof traditional historical harmony,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.97,0:01:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then these Smolnyanki, young ladies\Nat the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.18,0:01:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just bring it to life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.91,0:01:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the harmony here, absolutely uniform:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.87,0:01:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ladies in evening gowns,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.20,0:02:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gentleman playing the piano
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.13,0:02:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a tailcoat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.79,0:02:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a picture of a city\Nin tailcoat and evening gown.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.74,0:02:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is just like, 100 years ago,\Nour cities looked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.34,0:02:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were cities like this,\Nin tailcoats and evening gowns,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.65,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking, in fact, the same\Nas the city folk did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.63,0:02:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at an historical street,\Nmany of us still think today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this historical street\Nis an example of absolute harmony.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.36,0:02:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a house of the 18th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.14,0:02:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to put up a house next to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.28,0:02:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it should reflect the style
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.79,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those put up two centuries earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.16,0:02:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the world today is developing\Nin a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.03,0:02:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing that,\Nas the esteemed presenter said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.06,0:02:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not only an architect\Nbut an active graphic artist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.74,0:02:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who draws architectural works\Nand popularizes this art form,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.63,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always verify my feeling\Nfor a beautiful city
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by analysing my drawings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.75,0:03:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And clearly, all these cities here\Nare traditionally beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.72,0:03:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all know them,\Nor maybe you'll find out more later:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.36,0:03:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those were Saint Petersburg,\NVenice, Ghent, and Amsterdam.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.88,0:03:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, at the end of the 19th,\Nthe beginning of the 20th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.93,0:03:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there arises the conflict\Nwith the modern world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.91,0:03:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a city stops being totally horizontal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.31,0:03:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absolutely harmoniously beautiful,\Nundeniably beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.54,0:03:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is late 19th,\Nearly 20th century, Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.81,0:03:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was absolutely delighted\Nlooking at the photos shown earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.81,0:03:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undoubtedly, it was unreal courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.83,0:03:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was scared to death sitting\Nin a front-row seat:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.04,0:03:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagined how scary it must be\Ndoing it yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.23,0:03:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That he wasn't afraid\Nmust have been a superhuman feat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.26,0:03:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had very great respect for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.14,0:04:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but was interested in\None more point he made.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.14,0:04:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When looking at the pictures of nature,\Nwe were all totally persuaded:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.80,0:04:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is very beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.42,0:04:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature is always beautiful\Nwithout exception.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.77,0:04:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is so much ugly architecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.27,0:04:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These high-rise complexes may be\Nmore beautiful or less beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.64,0:04:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is becoming more subjective,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.54,0:04:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the beginning of this subjectivity\Nwas laid out right there in Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.11,0:04:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the first skyscrapers appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.89,0:04:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is late 19th, early 20th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.72,0:04:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, going forward ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.92,0:04:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is modern New York City,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.52,0:04:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the principles of modern beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.29,0:04:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contrasting beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.99,0:04:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow the bringing together\Nof the incongruous.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.66,0:04:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the 19th century,\Nthe first third of the 20th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.02,0:04:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the then state-of-the-art construction,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.90,0:04:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the trendy SHoP building in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.78,0:04:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are engineered add-ons\Nover brick buildings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.49,0:04:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here we have the architectural form.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.46,0:04:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It speaks out in order to stand out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.28,0:05:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to stand out,\Nit needs a background.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.53,0:05:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you appear naked or half-naked,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.98,0:05:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to have around you\Npeople in strict evening dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.26,0:05:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, if everyone came like it,\Nno one would stand out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.53,0:05:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, in like manner,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.83,0:05:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contemporary architecture\Nis looking for such a role,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.78,0:05:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a city framework
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.91,0:05:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which it can show itself off\Nwithout restraint.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.48,0:05:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This wonderful sculpture\Neverybody probably knows:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.02,0:05:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's by Jeff Koontz, an outstanding\Ncontemporary artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.20,0:05:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He chose Heracles to say\Nmodern culture is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.62,0:05:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need Heracles, not to admire him,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.54,0:05:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to admire the fantastic glass ball,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.53,0:05:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to appreciate the contrast.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.19,0:05:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at that moment,\Nas the speaker put it so wonderfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.58,0:05:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when everyone wants to be first,\Nproblems present themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.21,0:05:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when everyone wants to be first,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.46,0:05:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we descend into chaos.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.59,0:06:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone cannot be first,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.97,0:06:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, unfortunately, modern architecture,\Ntoday, cannot get along with itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.96,0:06:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were coming here,\Nat least when I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.94,0:06:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crowds of people were wandering
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.17,0:06:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the different\Nseparate buildings in this area,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.37,0:06:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were just slaves\Nto this most recent architecture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.96,0:06:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everyone lived for themselves,\Nand there was no ensemble.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.09,0:06:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's architecture is\Nsome kind of conjuncture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.16,0:06:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the desire to stand out\Nand yet to be befitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.97,0:06:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a very important feature\Nthat I bring out in my drawings.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.53,0:06:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this ornament\Nof the urban environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.64,0:06:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just designed to understand\Nthe beauty of this bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.79,0:06:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the skyline of a traditional city,\Nwe know these cityscapes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.86,0:06:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of London, of Moscow, of Milan, of Paris.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.04,0:06:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They exist to make us realize\Nthat these two buildings stand out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.77,0:06:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a contemporary structure:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.30,0:06:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it needs this street\Nin order to make itself undeniable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.69,0:07:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these sources of contrasting harmony,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.30,0:07:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can be proud of them\Nbecause they came from Russia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.26,0:07:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the whole world is using them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.29,0:07:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They derive from Constructivism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.87,0:07:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no past trends, no past movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.58,0:07:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked with such contrast\Nto the historical environment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.77,0:07:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Constructivism did.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.36,0:07:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take, for example,\NIvan Leonidov's construction.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.91,0:07:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know how it should have stood\Nin Moscow's structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.88,0:07:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, today, an architect\Nput forward such a design
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.20,0:07:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Committee for Architecture\Nand Urban Planning of Moscow,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.21,0:07:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of which, by the way, I'm a member,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.90,0:07:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I doubt his work\Nwould be met with applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.26,0:07:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what it would look like\Nin the historical environment, but ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.61,0:07:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to realize that\Nalthough this was only a design,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.30,0:07:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it remains an indisputable icon\Nof the 20th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.52,0:07:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see that such thinking today\Nhas a huge impact all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.25,0:07:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a vista of Paris that you can\Nonly see from the Pompidou Centre,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.86,0:07:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but tomorrow it will be\Nvisible everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.94,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is another example of Constructivism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.00,0:08:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed by Krinsky,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.20,0:08:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was intended for a corner\Nof Lubyanka Square.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.04,0:08:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how it should have been seen
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.01,0:08:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Myasnitskaya Street\Nlooking to Lubyanka Square.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.26,0:08:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these buildings should have formed\Na ring around Bely Gorod,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.72,0:08:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is, on the intersections\Nof the Boulevard Ring
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.91,0:08:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the radial streets,\NTverskaya Street, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.40,0:08:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This building should have been\Nopposite the Strastnoy Monastery,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.47,0:08:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has now been demolished.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.93,0:08:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here we are talking about\Ncontrasting harmony
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.02,0:08:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the new architecture\Nwas not built from scratch,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.94,0:08:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but was unreservedly boldly,\Nalmost negligently rashly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.26,0:08:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inserted into the historical\Ncontext of the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.08,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a worldwide trend today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.59,0:08:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a purely Russian trend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.33,0:08:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither the Bauhaus, nor other trends\Nin the architecture of the 1920s,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.37,0:08:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entered the fabric of the city\Nin such a bold manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.96,0:09:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here we have\Nwhat that trend looks like today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.46,0:09:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what's proposed\Nfor the rue de Rivoli -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.24,0:09:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone's been to Paris\Nand knows where it is -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.55,0:09:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this highly refined location\Nby the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.97,0:09:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how Vincent Callebaut\Nenvisages the green city of Paris
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.25,0:09:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the near future.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.72,0:09:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in my drawings\Nand architectural designs,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.87,0:09:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always try to talk,\Nto analyse this subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.17,0:09:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about the different\Nstrata of a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.43,0:09:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my architectural works, I try to prove
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.88,0:09:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, today, contrast\Nis the most important feature
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.18,0:09:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the modern cityscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.66,0:09:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrast is the the key element\Nof the modern cityscape postcard.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.58,0:09:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my building in Berlin,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.70,0:09:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hotel nhow on the banks\Nof the River Spree,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.30,0:09:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before that we saw an aquarium\Nat the Radisson Blu Hotel also in Berlin:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.70,0:09:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a huge construction contrasting\Nwith its surrounding atrium.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.41,0:10:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a close-up view of the huge,\N21-metre cantilever by the Spree.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.17,0:10:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is another cantilever construction
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.15,0:10:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is contrast between it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.79,0:10:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the walls of the historical\Nbrick building it envelops.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.83,0:10:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see that it is\Nfar from conventional harmony,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.21,0:10:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's interesting,\Nit's beautiful today,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.54,0:10:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we must have the courage\Nto allow this in our cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.77,0:10:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Museum\Nfor Architectural Drawing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.92,0:10:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so named by the speaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.10,0:10:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the historical part of the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.77,0:10:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't rise above\Nthe surrounding buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.42,0:10:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is strikingly contrasting,\Nit is strikingly sculptural.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.49,0:10:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what the new\Napartment block looks like
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.66,0:10:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I built quite recently\Nby the Berlin Wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.04,0:10:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am sure you know\Nwhere the Berlin Wall ran,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.83,0:10:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on which there are the outstanding\Npaintings of Dmitri Vrubel,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.91,0:10:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Honecker-Brezhnev kiss, it's there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.75,0:10:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same harsh contrast
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.54,0:10:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of high and low,\Ndifferent colours, cantilevers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.75,0:10:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is when the question arises
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.84,0:11:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of just how we can arrive at\Nnot having the whole fabric of the city
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.38,0:11:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look too jagged,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.55,0:11:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of getting the buildings of contrast,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.32,0:11:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those of the traditional\Nharmonious environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.86,0:11:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work together
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.29,0:11:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the whole city is not far off
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.19,0:11:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the picture we have\Nthat is close to all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.66,0:11:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just the perfectly ordinary square\Nin front of the Bourse du Travail in Nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.76,0:11:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing I'll say is that it is only\Nwith rigid rules and regulations
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.68,0:11:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imposed on the built environment
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.33,0:11:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounding these historically\Nimportant buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.96,0:11:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when not only the height is regulated,\Nbut all parameters are regulated,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.78,0:11:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wall's surface area,\Nthe number of windows,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.20,0:11:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the use of the ground floor,\Nthe availability of public space,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.24,0:11:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can create\Nan environmental architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.08,0:11:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that forms the new framework
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.90,0:11:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,avoiding the discordance\Nthat we saw in the first picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.21,0:11:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when everyone wants to lead\Nand chaos results.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.60,0:11:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here an immense role\Nis played by the detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.36,0:12:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if there are any architects here,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.45,0:12:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if most of you aren't architects
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.62,0:12:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must also bear in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.97,0:12:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if we have a Palladian palace,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.01,0:12:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Palazzo Thiene,\Nor the Palazzo Rucellai,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.20,0:12:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is always about detail.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.68,0:12:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When contemporary architecture\Nsays that you can do without detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.88,0:12:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's wrong, and it doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.19,0:12:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the detail can be very different,\Nas we can see in these pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.60,0:12:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here there's the Hagia Sophia\Nin Constantinople,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.08,0:12:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Istanbul today;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.56,0:12:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a building by Frank Lloyd Wright\Nin San Francisco;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.74,0:12:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wonderful mansion\Nby Palo Portaluppi in Milan;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.39,0:12:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all kinds of ways to create ornamentation,\Nto create a rich pattern structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.18,0:12:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are my other objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.91,0:12:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental, without a specific\Ncomplex structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.76,0:12:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no sculpture,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.98,0:12:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are plastic details
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.04,0:13:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allow the creation\Nof an environment, refined in detail,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.80,0:13:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not one that screams out,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.21,0:13:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which later could become a necklace\Ninto which you can later insert a diamond:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.02,0:13:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those 15, 20, 30 percent\Nof unique developments
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.62,0:13:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around which you can graft an environment
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.89,0:13:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rich in detail like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.96,0:13:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very, very important,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.34,0:13:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it is also to design buildings\Ndown to such tiny details as door handles,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.65,0:13:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is exactly\Nwhat someone will notice:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.11,0:13:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't look up 100-200 metres;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.41,0:13:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they look at a height of 1.5 metres,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.37,0:13:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards what lies directly ahead,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.23,0:13:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they see all these details\Nthat they admire,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.36,0:13:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that enrich their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.16,0:13:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like that\Nthat they embrace architecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.90,0:13:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, architecture\Nshould not be left bare,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.34,0:13:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it needs to be saturated\Nwith a fine texture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.10,0:13:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that which we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.100,0:13:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should penetrate the interior,\Nit must go inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.42,0:14:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a refined surface there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.19,0:14:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ideally, with this, a sculptural form,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.35,0:14:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we see looking at it from a distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.44,0:14:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the subtle texture of the detail\Nthat we only see when closer to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.22,0:14:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should combine with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.11,0:14:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, indeed, this is\Nwhat gives us the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.79,0:14:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to identify interesting\Narchitecture from a distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.32,0:14:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, getting closer,\Nobserve the smallest details,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.90,0:14:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and based on these tiny details,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.03,0:14:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love architecture from any distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.99,0:14:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to love our modern cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.80,0:14:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish you,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.34,0:14:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the architects present in here anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.17,0:14:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be daring in your ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.38,0:14:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to also always bear in mind
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.95,0:14:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the lifespan of a building is longer
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.41,0:14:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the time you took\Nto come up with the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.92,0:14:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should create a fabric for the building\Nthat is a fabric that lasts longer,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.100,0:14:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.74,0:14:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to take pains\Nin implementing those details,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.44,0:14:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be demanding of one's clients\Nand others involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.76,0:15:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like that the majority\Nof those involved in the process,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.83,0:15:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those people who discuss\Nthe work of architects,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.50,0:15:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pay greater attention
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.58,0:15:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to different trends\Nin modern town planning,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.63,0:15:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contrasting trends included,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.97,0:15:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not demand that we be\Nalways pseudo-harmonious,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.19,0:15:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because to be modern means\Nto have the potential to do more.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.26,0:15:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.60,0:15:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)