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。”
Secrecy is often used as a legal shield to cover up illegal actions by businesses. Anti-corruption activist and TED Prize winner Charmian Gooch explains why we should care — and what we should do.
“How weird will the future be?” we asked. And how else could writer and performer Ben Burke respond but with a poem penned and recorded especially for the occasion? Behold: THE TRANSHUMANIST’S LAMENT or TOO MANY RIVERS, NOT ENOUGH LAKES or OH, FUTURE- YOU SO CRAZY.
Finding a community can feel a little daunting, but it’s well worth the effort.
Here’s why should stop what you’re doing and look up at the sky on August 21, according to astrophysics researcher Jedidah Isler.
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When we can witness our own thoughts without believing them as "Truth," every relationship in our life improves.
At this conservation center in central China, captive-born pandas go through a gradual, carefully monitored process to prepare them to live in their natural habitat. Photographer Ami Vitale shows how they go from wriggly newborns to independent adventurers.
As the sharing economy gains market share, it needs more support and structure to grow in the right directions. A new book sketches out the future of work.
Johan Rockström’s theory of climate boundaries has proven so influential it’s been adopted by the Vatican. Writer John Carey digs into the theory — and why Rockström says his isn’t, actually, a doomsday message.
Culture isn’t limited to humans; in animal life on earth, social learning goes on all around us, says ecologist and writer Carl Safina. He shows us how whales, chimpanzees and other creatures share and spread the wisdom of centuries.