Building the Seed Cathedral - Thomas Heatherwick

[@zhuozhang9956]

As an architecture student, I think it is probably the BEST ted talk I have ever seen ! ! ! Thomas Heatherwick is an incredible and amazing Architect.

[@beautylou83]

Agree!! Definitely

[@zhuozhang9956]

@@beautylou83 Cheers! lol

[@friarhill]

I loved him just for the shakeiness of his voice and gestures. Him being there though his obvious incompatibility w/ the usual guides on presenting (you know: no UHMs or EHs) and yet this is just the place to get the appreciation he (+teams) deserves.

[@RagingMinecraft32]

I love this guys ideas. His ideas will help a lot with us cutting down trees. His last idea where we slim down the bottom of the buildings and put trees or a park with trees at the top is a really great idea. I love it and it should be down everywhere.

[@kimberly754]

a smallest idea could create such great art! brilliant!

[@haxolenaxoha]

It's a blessing to know people like this exist.

[@ladystellawords]

Absolutely outstanding ideas. well done to Thomas Heatherwick. It is true in order to help tomorrow One must look back first then realise the New.

[@zhihaowu208]

This video is very motivational for an Engineering student like me. My mind just evolves with their ideas. Reaching for me solutions.

[@DaxXx988]

the bridge - INCEPTION! :) I have been lucky enough to visit the cathedral at the Shanghai Expo in 2010 - it really is the work of art and one of the best memories from my trip there

[@SweetandFitting]

This man, and his team(s) deserve to be far richer than footballers and politicians.

[@breaneainn]

Usually the English are a thin veneer of genius hiding a deep madness, this guy is the other way around.

[@Shonnerz]

I love the way his mind works.

[@Dantick09]

that design is awesome

[@dontmakelemonade]

I would happily buy that man a drink.

[@TheRantsofReason]

What i'd like to know is how stable they would be in catastrophic situations like an earthquake in comparison to the more traditional high rise buildings and if there are any methods to increase the safety of the buildings in question.

[@DuaneEseo-ul1bg]

Excellent innovation...

[@Emilynicorn]

What a lovely man

[@LookzA]

It is not a cathedral for Christianity. It is a temple for seeds, or think of it as a display case for seeds. There are 250,000 seeds cast into the glassy tips of all the hairs. [look at images/video of the interior] The pavilion is meant to show the relationship between cites and nature, as any good bio-design should. The seeds are the ultimate symbol of potential and promise. Hence it is actually a cathedral to seeds.

[@Zzeo7]

what a humble and brilliant guy. epic laugh!

[@JohnMarszalekES]

Beautiful absolutely beautiful.

[@dxmxo9427]

How Amazing is this!!! wow

[@heyemily612]

That guy is a BOSS

[@rudiexx420]

amazing....absolutely amazing....

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

I like the buildings! :-) With the extra Trees! Very good! I do like his work over all it is great! :-)

[@sadochrist8534]

Wow. Very creative.

[@nfix09]

perhaps if it had been a sphere the "hairs" would have spread too far apart on the outside, and been too close on the inside of the building, which would ruin the uniform effect he intended (well, may have intended, I'm not going to even pretend to know how someone this brilliant thinks)

[@madeintheyard]

Amazing.

[@Tupster]

If they are built to be just as stable as other buildings then I'm guessing they would be just as stable. Imagine that.

[@bzsgzs]

this guy has made it

[@2nd3rd1st]

They're not at all, but that you think they are is indeed very interesting. ^^ Care to elaborate on your emotions towards his designs?

[@themomaw]

I'm curious why the seed cathedral ended up being...well, cubic. A very furry cube, but a cube all the same. I would have figured the more intuitive shape would be spherical, like a dandelion head. Construction limitations? Budget problems? Oh well.

[@Tupster]

But even if they are less stable than they would be with a wide bases, that doesn't mean they are less stable than all buildings with wide bases. I guess that was my only real point.

[@TheFamous35]

When I earn my millions I will hire those guys to build me an ultimate building.

[@DaxXx988]

ARThitecture, indeed

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

I like how they make practical stuff artistic. So it seems useless but then boom it also has a use. I like that a lot, it's like multipurpose to be useful and artistic. That is something I really like. However the problem for me with a power plant is the pollution and radiation it creates. This kind of feels like it's hiding it some what. I think people need to be aware of the dangers of power plants, and they need to be design to not cause people to get cancer or health problems.

[@Tupster]

I'm not sure if this is exactly true for a multi part, complex structure like a building. You could compensate by linking them together and by making the core of the building stronger. I'm sure they've done the maths and wouldn't propose it if it wasn't safe. Also, this design is actually conservative compared to many buildings that have already been built.

[@RagingMinecraft32]

The seed complex looked like an icecube

[@alexcouri_arquiteto]

👍👍

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

He reminds me of the guy out of Numbers.

[@Rumdreg]

Why?

[@pawelonline]

COOOOOOL! :D

[@Suntro]

Thought that was Benny Benassi for a second.

[@LookzA]

No he did not. I instead took KTriggzz to have misunderstood what the 'Cathedral' in the name of the building stood for. And that a bio-design for a 'Seed' cathedral is not ironic at all. Instead in its concept the definition of bio-design.

[@MrMattieTee]

Why can't we have the new TED intro?

[@robobrain10000]

I think its cuz these are RE-UPLOADS

[@The40thThief]

Bio-Design for a school would have been more appropriate.

[@JuiceManGames]

Just wait till they build the Leech Cathedral...

[@harveyts3]

So some part of me wanted to not like this guy for some reason. I'm not really sure why that was but it was true... For some reason I couldn't stop watching though and in the end I felt that he was brilliant. Odd.

[@HigherPlanes]

His designs are very sexual in nature. That's very interesting.

[@TheaDragonSpirit]

I don't know about the seed cathedral... I have mixed feelings... it just doesn't seem right there... maybe in grass land it would look good. It kind of looks like a marshmallow on concrete... I don't know... It's odd.

[@startreking]

12:09 OMG I know goat.se was a meme but, really build a building based on a meme?

[@fuzzysock]

Cathedral being metaphorical. It's not actually a religious building.

[@mask8991]

This is an old video...

[@HigherPlanes]

You don't think so? I see female forms all over his buildings. The curves! There first few were very female in nature. I think he had something for his mother.

[@jadenedaj]

Did KTriggzz mention religion? No. So many people jumping the gun in the comments..

[@caloy6981]

that's not a cathedral!.....it's a skate park!!!

[@moristar]

Guy wears two shirts

[@tc225k]

Put cathedral into name, makes Christians angry.

[@phoenix21studios]

i dont like trees. true story. they block the view.

[@breaneainn]

mind your language

[@sofiatgarcia3970]

Interesting stuff,and a brilliant man, but not a great presenter.

[@caloy6981]

all of these designs have been done already before his time. the only difference is funding why his is known. just do a little reasearch. stop "ooooh-ing" and "aaaaaaah-ing"

[@dxmxo9427]

How Amazing is this!!! wow