Climbing the Royal Albert Hall - Objectivity 175

[@vibraphonics]

Before the acoustic 'mushrooms' were installed, it was said the Albert Hall was "the only place where a British composer could be sure of hearing his work twice".

[@wierdalien1]

Not sure what thats meaner to.

[@cameronwebster6866]

Echo?

[@redyau_]

I attend a school where we learn about sound tech, and we've been taught about the Royal Albert Hall being one of the worst examples of the lack of acoustic planning before any real physics were introduced :D

[@maltezachariassen7496]

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” Seeing you being scared shitless, but still braving out in the middle of the mesh makes me really proud of you, Brady. Fucking well done, mate.

[@morkmon]

I love how much fun you have doing this channel, it really shows. Keep up the good work!

[@ObjectivityVideos]

It is very good fun and so interesting... But we only get to do it because people like you are watching... So thanks.

[@olekaarvaag9405]

The schematics of the hall, especially the ones "shewing" the air tunnels for cooling and heating, are my favorite objects ever shown on this channel. I could stare at those for days!

[@ObjectivityVideos]

There were LOADS and they were all brilliant.

[@RFC3514]

I've had to do 3D models of a couple of old theatres. After a few days kneeling on top of them taking measurements (which often don't quite match the real thing, BTW) they kind of lose their charm. :P

[@ScottTilYouDrop]

Good old tuba in the background and all 🤣🤣

[@iamgerg]

That first step out is the most heart stopping isn't it. Spent a few years as a rigger, for traveling shows. Cured me of any fear of heights I might have had... but I still remember my first step out.

[@runetitan-lx4ih]

hard as nails Brady Haran fears no roof

[@BritishMovietone]

Loved everything about this! Archivists rock!

[@Thebullfrog89]

My stomach was turning just watching Brady out there... Couldn't imagine actually doing it!

[@omikronweapon]

same. Though I'd have to do it just the same. You can't NOT. Once in a lifetime thing.

[@ancbi]

Thanks for "shewing" this.

[@adammorrell9553]

Recut the whole channel for netflix. You'd have a whole new audience fast. This is such fun and easy watching

[@gx8fif]

"It works because it's been designed by Engineers and not by Architects". As a Chartered Engineer, I couldn't agree more :-)

[@PhilBoswell]

I used to work with a chap who had just graduated as an Engineer (possibly Structural, maybe Civil, not sure now ;-) and he recounted the story of a joint class with a bunch of Architecture students where they were all briefed to design a bowling alley. Predictably enough they teamed up by discipline. The engineers came up with a design that was ugly as sin but structurally sound, plus you could move around inside and play bowls…which might sound obvious but wait, there's more… The architects came up with a design that looked lovely but when they did the calculations the whole thing would have collapsed under its own weight. They calculated that in order to give it enough strength but preserve the external design-the *beautiful* external design-they would have to lower the internal clearance to something rather less than six feet…so there wasn't even room for the machinery, never mind any people o.O

[@FoxDren]

so what you should do is have an engineer design it then get an architect to skin it

[@jczeigler]

Ascdren - You have invented General Contracting

[@chris24hdez]

how does this channel only have 164K subscribers? Very undervalued!

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Hope you’re sharing it with all your friends.

[@samuraichef21]

Brady, I am so happy and greatful you do what you do. This is why I like KZbin too. People like you can show people like me things that we are, likely as not, will never see. How many people in the world can see from the Corona of the Albert hall ( other than nlthose who have seen this vid)? I feel blessed to have seen your vids.

[@gigglysamentz2021]

I really liked the info that they built it on time and within budget! I'm offended you think we wouldn't watch Objectivity for a legal document! Such a beautiful one as well...

[@magnusdagbro8226]

Great tour by Liz, very interesting seeing the drawings and the 'guts' of a huge public building like this.

[@daveh3997]

That Liz Harper... she seems a pretty cool lady. Love her laugh as Brady is "bravely" heading to the top. I'd love to take a look at those plans. Built by engineers not architects--no doubt the secret to its longevity. I understand Henry Young Darracott Scott, famous for knocking down the last dome support, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Does Keith know much about this? One issue you should have asked: How many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall? (Later) I just read the other comments. So many holes references . . . Guess this guy in Spokane isn't so clever . . .

[@Psd863]

Wow! So excited to see the Royal Albert Hall from the roof. Parts we never usually get to see. Can't even put it to words!

[@celtgunn9775]

Brady, that Hall is Amazing! Thank you for bringing us there. I just loved that they still had all of the drawings & the model. So wonderful. 💗

[@dungbeetlemovies]

Wow, one of the best Objectivities yet! How did you manage to get access to do this one, Brady? Is it what you know, or who you know? :)

[@ObjectivityVideos]

The people at Royal Albert Hall were really generous with their time - more videos coming!

[@dungbeetlemovies]

Great stuff. Looking forward to them.

[@alicewyan]

omg can't wait to see more! :D

[@dogfish3373]

Absolutely incredible. What an amazing experience it must have been to tour the hall and go to the top and walk through the dome.

[@maryamanda8042]

Very nice for the Royal Society to have a place for this building in their archives.

[@MrCoolioto]

Brady "can't climb the scaffolding of his own house" Harring!

[@Wordsnwood]

So many cool things in this video From the model to the drawings to the Hello Internet shoes ... ;-)

[@surfarden10]

This is my favourite objectivity video.

[@asdfghjkl9346]

Definitely one of the top three objectivity videos! :)

[@MountainFisher]

Being a retired aerospace/bio engineer I wonder how much difference there was between primer engineering and architecture education back then. Architecture is studied after basic engineering now so an architect has a decent grounding in engineering. Anyway, fascinating video and quite enjoyable. I might add that engineering covers such broad fields from mechanical, aerospace ties into that, but someone wanting to be an architect might start going into the civil engineering and landscape classes plus construction classes along with architecture. Now there are building code courses too, something that existed then, but not to the degree it does now.

[@johanlaurasia]

There's a bucket list item.. neat view from the Royal Albert Hall !

[@magical_catgirl]

Brady "Hard as Nails" Haran is scared of heights?

[@artswri]

Amazing!! And good on you, brave climber!

[@jason0870]

What a treat, thank you so much for sharing this with us all !!!

[@vgzwymux8569]

Dr. Haran has braved the heights, In order to show us the sights, Of Royal Albert Hall, He's hard as nails y'all, And he never fails to delight.

[@graphite2786]

How many holes does it take to fill? ( Using a hole from Blackburn, Lancashire as a reference.)

[@BrianFitzsimmons]

4,000

[@FoxDren]

using the potholes we have currently, maybe 2 or 3

[@incollectio]

This is really great. I'm imagining someone watching the Pink Floyd concert back in the day from the center of the dome, above. I wonder if any lucky employee has been able to experience something like that.

[@PinkChucky15]

What a beautiful place!

[@dmrmay84]

how much fun you can enjoy... great video as always.

[@ZeedijkMike]

That was an absolutely brilliant video. Love to this see this kind of construction work.

[@samrandalll]

Hard as nails Brady shows up in the end! Amazing video man.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Just doing my duty.

[@FlesHBoX]

Super jelly! Would love to get to see it from that vantage point!

[@domramsey]

One of the best yet. Great video!

[@culwin]

How do you get to the Royal Albert Hall? Practice!

[@djscottdog1]

Its a stunning building

[@IanWilkinson]

Why does Brady refer to this building as the Royal Albert Hole? 0:10

[@josephcote6120]

I love seeing parts of buildings that most people don't get to see.

[@bwminich]

Love the random tuba(?) practicing while they are in the roof.

[@atomicmrpelly]

I'd really like to know for sure but I'm guessing it was the organ being tuned.

[@hugobouma]

No, definitely a tuba

[@marrrtin]

I think there's a great lesson here from the hall being designed by engineers rather than architects.

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

This was a real treat!

[@Yezpahr]

Brady the Brave. I wouldn't have dared to go over that mesh.

[@MusicFanatical1]

Wow pretty special, the ending seems to me more exciting than any theme park rollercoaster!

[@carlsson2919]

Loved this one Brady, thanks alot!

[@HisameArtwork]

Amazing video thank you Brady!

[@bernrudolph2422]

The engineering is fascinating. Great vid.

[@DaBoff99]

Second hand vertigo watching that; good video

[@aksela6912]

This is when some pedant corrects you by saying that vertigo isn't what you think it is, but I would never do that.

[@wierdalien1]

Aksel Anker Henriksen nope i was definitely getting world spin looking at that.

[@itechflagstaff]

Best episode ever. Bravo. 👍👍👍

[@notmyname327]

Wow, walking on that ceiling looks sooo scary, I don't think I could have done that

[@timclifton-wright9659]

Top notch video, Brady! Hard as nails!

[@aaronsims2569]

Nice work Tim!

[@Methar39]

I love at 2:44 how brady looks the camera, you can see the dollars shining in his eyes when he realizes it is an exclusive ^^

[@TheAMavk]

8:05 😳

[@marygizzie1977]

One of your best, so interesting!

[@KiloOscarZulu]

Bravo Brady! You are much braver than I. I couldn't walk across the glass floor of CN Tower in Toronto because I was too scared.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

I've done that at CN and it was a very similar feeling - although you KNOW it is safe, your brain is just wired to say "no, do not step on that"... Hard to overcome! - Brady

[@KiloOscarZulu]

Yes, as an engineer, mentally, I knew that it was totally safe. But I still couldn't do it. You deserve your Tough as Nails reputation Brady,

[@wierdalien1]

Objectivity just because you know a thing doesnt mean you _feel_ that thing

[@blahfasel2000]

It varies very much for different people though. I've stood on similar grid floors high above a theater stage , and my only concern before stepping onto it the first time was to make sure that I have nothing loose on me that could fall down through the mesh. On the other hand, I know people that get sweaty hands if they only think about climbing onto a chair, and that are anxious about walking down the stairs in a staircase with an open shaft in the middle, even if it's just a single story.

[@JimFortune]

So, how many holes does it take to fill it?

[@FoxDren]

I live in blackburn, I'll get counting.

[@cammarc]

Ascdren I hear the holes are rather small though

[@robfenwitch7403]

Well done, Brady!

[@RMoribayashi]

Liz Harper's laugh made my day. Buck up Brady. Where's that hard as nails Aussie spirit?

[@themagpie9able]

Brady is such a good presenter!

[@daveotuwa5596]

This is one of the venues where the Beatles performed on stage priour 2 visiting foreign countrys.

[@Vardagaladhiel]

That is amazing Brady! I love the Royal Albert Hall and have been lucky to go there a few times, I would love to be able to climb all the way up there but I would definitely be a bit scared!

[@G33v3s]

You're significantly braver than me Brady. I have sweaty palms just watching that!

[@philipcobb]

I think this is the best place you've been on Objectivity. Are we going to get to see more of the archives that the hall has?

[@ivx8345]

I love the laugh of Liz :) :)

[@Les537]

Should have hung around up there a few more minutes. Sooner or later a Clapton concert would arrive.

[@meatyclaws6098]

New camera? The quality looks incredible

[@raykent3211]

Many years ago, before they had the acoustic treatment, I went to hear a javanese gamelan orchestra. The traditional intro is a few very slow drum beats, imagine just the first beat of each bar. The echo was huge, DUM......dum...dum, with the echos being regular but not at a simple subdivision of the main beat. It must have been awful for the musiciens, but they came in on time!

[@tommyhanlon8012]

That was Brilliant Brady esp. Liz :~)

[@tncorgi92]

The chief engineer's name was Mr. Scott? I wonder if there was a Dr. McCoy.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Not the real McMoy, though.

[@Ana_crusis]

Brady I love these as I do your other stuff but what about the science and physics stuff? There haven't been any new videos there for ages, such a shame!

[@realspacemodels]

Exercising the "Objectivity Access" credential.

[@Aengus42]

I got the worst seats in the house for seeing the cirque du soleil. I was right up in the gods. Couldn't see hardly anything! Everyone was below , even the flying trapeze!

[@jackbulkley6005]

I wondered if they switched on the lights just to be sure and light a KZbinr falling from the top. I am glad we didn't see that.

[@DoctorRock172]

Quite snazzy shoes Brady!

[@jayjeetchakraborty9788]

You made a good video:-)

[@PeterVC]

Amazing!

[@PatrickStM]

Great video!!!

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Thank you

[@miekekuppen9275]

Do you pick your topics by how awesome your cohosts would be? Another winner!

[@jebus6kryst]

0:45 Prince Albert went into his can you say?

[@willrun4fun]

Stunning.

[@joe4490]

Hey Brady! I loved this video. Do you reckon it would be possible to make a video about disabled scientists who have been part of the royal society?

[@Veptis]

I got a chance to climb across a mesh in the ceiling at the local church once. My memory is limited but it's about half as bad as this.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

Was the tuba sound added for suspense, or was someone practicing?

[@StumpyMason_]

That walk, hard as nails Brady.

[@Petertronic]

This was amazing, I felt dizzy watching it! Are those drawings stored in the building? I was just wondering, if the worst happened (fire) they would be destroyed :(

[@4IN14094]

My internal engineering me geeks out for these drawings.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

They were pretty fantastic

[@s0m]

Dropped in a little bit naughty at 7:35 for Grey :)

[@parichard6540]

Did you plan the tuba scale serenade or was it just plain providence? 😉

[@mhyzon1]

I wish you took a camera to the apex there. :/

[@Ojisan642]

The way they say “hall” sounds to me like “hole” so when they are talking about building the hole and engineering the hole and heating the hole it sounds pretty funny. But now we know “how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hole.”

[@daveotuwa5596]

My church (Word of Life) is having a subsidiary auditorium built if its congregation extinguishes all the debt for the Arise & Build program. Hallelujah!

[@FoxDren]

this is a science channel not an idiot channel, please take your delusions elsewhere

[@daveotuwa5596]

At least there's no science at the Royal Albert Hall. It's where solely symphonies happen.

[@mushroomsamba82]

But how many holes does it take to fill it?

[@LMacNeill]

Holy crap -- I got nervous just *watching* him step on that mesh to walk out into the centre!!! That'd be a big fat "nope" from me. No way. Not gonna do it. Never.

[@treborely]

Hard as nails...until it comes to heights :)

[@chriszfrancis]

Just like AC/DC said, its a long way to the top of the royal albert hall!