TEDxAmsterdam: Bjarke Ingels from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is the principal of the architecture firm BIG, based in Copenhagen. An alumnus of Rem Koolhaas’ OMA practice, Ingels takes a similar approach: experimenting with pure space, but never losing sight of the building as a solution to a real-world problem. In his talk, Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature — they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy — and creating stunning views.
His manifesto “Yes Is More” takes the form of a giant cartoon strip, 130 meters long, that reminds people to keep thinking big — to see all our modern problems as challenges that inspire us. (The manifesto is now available in comic-book form.)
Links and reports
“‘Bjarke Ingels of the architectural firm BIG showed off some of the company’s work, including a comic book describing the history of architecture right up to Obama. From there he explained how Darwin was a big influence on his company’s design meetings and finished by describing a cultural exchange between his native Denmark and China, detailing the efforts involved in shipping 500,000 litres of Danish harbour water to Shanghai and Chinese government censorship: where BIG had compared the dragon and the swan, the cultural board had suggested ‘change swan to panda’. A charismatic and humorous talk which had the crowd laughing, until Twaalfhoven’s singers weirded them out, in a good way“‘. Wired UK
- Visit the website of Bjarke Ingels’ Company BIG
- Order the BIG book Yes is More from Amazon
- (Dutch) Bjarke Ingels krijgt staande ovatie
- (English) TEDx report Bjarke Ingels
- Bjarke Ingels’ talk at TED Global (similar to his talk at TEDxAmsterdam)
- And as a bonus a short interview with Bjarke Ingels at TEDxAmsterdam
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