Architect Ole Scheeren is fed up with the rigid, hierarchy of the skyscraper. He hopes his buildings will change the way we think about soaring towers.
当奥勒·舍仁（TED演讲：为何伟大的建筑应该讲述一个故事）在新加坡发布他的住宅塔楼综合体设计方案时，客户们惊呆了。”当时陷入了一片沉默，我能感觉到室内弥漫着一种难以置信的气氛。”为什么？因为舍仁将12座塔楼横向放置，像积木一样层层叠放。他花了整整两周时间，才说服客户这个方案切实可行——但他乐于进行这样的对话，借此挑战”唯有向上”这一根深蒂固的观念。他邀请我们通过他的两座标志性建筑，重新想象城市的天际线。
舍仁当时是荷兰建筑事务所OMA的合伙人，负责设计中国最大广播公司之一的总部大楼。从设计之初，他就明确不想走寻常摩天楼的路子。”塔楼对于其中的使用者而言是一种极度隔离的结构，人们不过是被一层层叠放其中，”舍仁说，”我们把塔楼的’针’弯曲回自身，形成一个将各种功能相互连通的环，就像一根折叠于空间中的管道。这是一个没有起点也没有终点的系统，不再存在等级分明的顶与底。”
Despite knowing many vets, Bal Simon wasn’t quite sure how to ask about their experiences. Wes Moore’s TED Talk, “How to talk to veterans about the war,” has shown a way forward.
It’s Halloween — and the only thing scarier than Ebola this week is Ebola paranoia. Should you panic in bowling alleys? How justified is your fear of hospitals? Are mandatory quarantines even legal in the U.S., anyway? 3 ideas behind the news.
As a radio host, Celeste Headlee has engaged in more than her fair share of discussions, and she has thought a lot about ways to bring out the best in a conversational counterpart. One thing she likes to say — a good conversation is like a game of catch. Huh? She explains.
Biohacker Andrew Pelling has figured out a way to create living, functional biological objects that don’t exist in nature — without deliberately modifying DNA in any way. In one experiment, he uses apples and human cells to make ears. But what? And how? And why? Read on.
Sometimes we have to disconnect before we can really reconnect with our partners. Learn why time-outs are actually one of the best-kept secrets of happy couples.
Terrorists make headlines by destroying ancient sites like Palmyra, in Syria. But there’s an even more sinister endgame, as archaeologist Sarah Parcak explains.
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Genetic engineering and organic farming are often set up in opposition to one another. After all, how could one agricultural practice that eschews any influence other than Nature coexist with another that is entirely cultivated in a lab? Well, in the household of Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak, they live together up close and personally, as the genetic scientist and organic farmer are married. Here, the pair discuss the complexity of modern agriculture.
Biologist Carin Bondar shares videos and books about animals getting down and dirty.
Journalist Will Potter makes the case that in these polarized times we all have to have the courage to step outside of our comfort zones and address people as individuals, rather than presumed ideologies.