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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.92,0:00:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think the things we build today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.67,0:00:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be considered wonders in the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.04,0:00:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of Stonehenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.71,0:00:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Pyramids,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.25,0:00:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Machu Picchu and Easter Island.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.17,0:00:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, they're all pretty different\Nfrom what we're doing today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.33,0:00:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those massive stones,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.79,0:00:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assembled in complex\Nbut seemingly illogical ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.29,0:00:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all traces of their construction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.96,0:00:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,erased,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.62,0:00:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shrouding them in mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.42,0:00:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like people could not\Nhave possibly built these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.58,0:00:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.79,0:00:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were carefully crafted\Nby a primordial race of giants
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.12,0:00:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as Cyclops.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.42,0:00:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.75,0:00:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've been collaborating\Nwith these monsters
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.00,0:00:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn their secrets\Nfor moving those massive stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.67,0:01:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as it turns out,\NCyclops aren't even that strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.25,0:01:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just really smart\Nabout getting material to work for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.04,0:01:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the videos you see behind me\Nof large, stone-like, wobbly creatures
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.50,0:01:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the results of this collaboration.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.88,0:01:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so Cyclops might be\Na mythical creature,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.92,0:01:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those wonders are still real.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.79,0:01:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People made them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.92,0:01:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they also made the myths\Nthat surround them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.67,0:01:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it comes to wonders,\Nthere's this thick connective tissue
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.50,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between mythology and reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.08,0:01:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take Easter Island, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.96,0:01:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Dutch explorers\Nfirst encountered the island,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.12,0:01:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they asked the people of Rapa Nui
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.17,0:01:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how their ancestors could have possibly\Nmoved those massive statues.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.83,0:01:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Rapa Nui said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.83,0:01:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Our ancestors didn't move the statues,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.50,0:01:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the statues walked themselves."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.50,0:02:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For centuries, this was dismissed,\Nbut actually it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.08,0:02:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The statues, known as moai,\Nwere transported standing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.50,0:02:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pivoting from side to side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.75,0:02:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.04,0:02:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As spectacular as the moai are\Nfor visitors today,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to imagine being there then,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.54,0:02:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with colossal moai\Nmarching around the island.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.96,0:02:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the real memorial\Nwas not the objects themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.17,0:02:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the cultural ritual\Nof bringing a stone to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.71,0:02:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as an architect,\NI've been chasing that dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.46,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we shift our idea of construction\Nto accommodate that mythical side?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.58,0:02:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I've been doing\Nis challenging myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.75,0:02:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with putting on a series of performances
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.88,0:02:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ancient but\Npretty straightforward task
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.50,0:02:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of just moving and standing\Nbig heavy objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.54,0:02:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this 16-foot-tall megalith\Ndesigned to walk across land
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.50,0:02:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stand vertically;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this 4,000-pound behemoth\Nthat springs itself to life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.42,0:03:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dance onstage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.79,0:03:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I've found is\Nthat by thinking of architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.17,0:03:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as an end product but as a performance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.75,0:03:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from conception to completion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.12,0:03:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we end up rediscovering some really smart\Nways to build things today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.38,0:03:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, so much of the discussion\Nsurrounding our future
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.17,0:03:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focuses on technology,\Nefficiency and speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.17,0:03:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I've learned anything from Cyclops,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.25,0:03:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that wonders\Ncan be smart, spectacular
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.79,0:03:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sustainable --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.50,0:03:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of their mass and their mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.00,0:03:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while people still want to know\Nhow those ancient wonders were built,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.83,0:03:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been asking Cyclops\Nhow to create the mystery
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.67,0:03:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that compels people\Nto ask that very question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.38,0:03:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in an era\Nwhere we design buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.46,0:03:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to last 30, maybe 60 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.88,0:04:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to learn\Nhow to create something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.54,0:04:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could entertain for an eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.08,0:04:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.38,0:04:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)