Bjarke Ingels at TED

Sep 2009

By David Basulto — Filed under: Videos , BIG, Bjarke Ingels, TED Talks

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Quick video friday, Bjarke Ingels at TED talks. You can download an iPhone/iPod friendly version here.

About David Basulto: Graduate Architect. Co Founder and Executive Editor of ArchDaily.com. Architecture geek.

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Basulto , David . "Bjarke Ingels at TED" 18 Sep 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/35792>

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Ala says:

Very Insightful. Smart Guy. And very inspiring.

# September 18, 2009 at 09:29

Luis says:

i really like this guy! The group BIG is much better than Zaha Hadid…with her aleatory architecture.

# September 18, 2009 at 09:50

aa says:

he knows how to sell…

# September 18, 2009 at 10:52

jp says:

a true architect! He’s more successful than any starchitect in my book.

# September 18, 2009 at 11:18

aa says:

zumthor and olgiati are true architects

# September 18, 2009 at 12:49

jp says:

i think it’s hillarious that you would put zumthor and Valerio Olgiati’s name together, calling them true architects. Okay… Zumthor is a pritzker prize laurette, but Valerio Olgiati isn’t even on the radar for recognized work. So he may be famous in switzerland, big deal. When I see Olgiati give a presentation at TED i’ll shut my mouth.

I see Bjarke Ingels as a true architect because he is extremely talented in every aspect of the field. He can back his work up. He can talk to people about his projects in terms of reality, and his projects stretch the limits of what is possible in our field today. His buildings just make sense! He may not be doing anything specifically new. However, he is doing what a lot of architects simply aren’t, and should be.

# September 18, 2009 at 18:43

axel says:

Nice to see architects explaining their work. I learned a lot with you dude.

# September 18, 2009 at 11:22

shop says:

You cannot believe how this guy represents “new” approaches (comics, recycling projects…..) as his inventions like we didn’t see that in Koolhaas projects and SMLXL from 10-15 years ago. !!???

# September 18, 2009 at 11:47

mas2pek says:

you should note, he worked for OMA before. It is not new ‘new’, but you can see how he took what he learned from OMA and re-invent it to his own.

# September 18, 2009 at 15:12

qaA says:

Koolhaas designed a house, never built.
Instead, it was recycled to be a music hall, named Casa Da Musica.

# September 18, 2009 at 18:46

URBAN RECYCLE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO says:

we learned how to do a good architecture!!! a lesson!!!
p.s ( Bjarke, we want to see you in Brazil ok !! )

# September 18, 2009 at 14:09

morinaga says:

did he eat arnold schwarznegger

# September 18, 2009 at 15:11

wim says:

hahahahahah, morinaga, you deserve award for your comment; I knew he reminded me on somebody, also his pompous a.s.s.

# September 18, 2009 at 16:32

Lite says:

A contemporary thinker …
Very nice presentation.

# September 18, 2009 at 17:02

al gaddor says:

my god,,, a way to say “architecture has no future” :(

# September 18, 2009 at 17:16

Michael says:

architecture. he designed a duck house that only became a duck house once he learned what a duck was. <–is that architecture? i suppose.

# September 18, 2009 at 17:20

aufi alwi says:

i want that t-shirt!

# September 18, 2009 at 23:15

ChrisS WebeR says:

Incredible! Love it… good work!

# September 19, 2009 at 11:04

Happy_Robot says:

Well, Bjarke has charisma and well suspended tongue, and skills. But he’s not the best architect in the world.
Some works are good and over that. But it’s very difficult to stay on that wave. As it was said earlier – he’s a good seller.
But some comments in his speech are ignorant.
Comparing China to Denmark e.t.c.

# September 19, 2009 at 23:31

three zed says:

Will you please elaborate on that? How is that ignorant?
To simplify: He is going to China to make a presentation on Denmark. On that way, he must explore cultural (and other) differences and similarities if he is to be successful. What to show, what to accentuate….It all seems so logical, right?

# September 20, 2009 at 17:23

noname says:

architecture full of cheap simplified symbolism,
…
“a building that acts like a mountain” wtf??
…

# September 22, 2009 at 06:00

Desmond says:

Fashion architecture ..

Where is the ecology ?

only $$$$$$$$$$$$

# September 25, 2009 at 15:56

Tosh says:

Such a populist.. I really don’t agree with their way of designing.

It is so logical – that it is hardly logical at all..

All the cheeky jokes.. all the cheeky projects..

I wonder how many of their projects really work and have small or no problems..

# October 22, 2009 at 09:41

@jp says:

Olgiati is teaching at harvard at the moment, he thaught at the AA in London, at the ETH and at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio. Just when we talk about “names” and “status”. By the way, he is on position 7 of the international architect-rankig-list of baunetz.de. But as we know, fame is not the stuff that defines a good architect, lets focus on his work.

# October 27, 2009 at 05:34

T.O.O.M.U.C.H. says:

B.I.G. is everywhere – and I think Bjarke Ingles and all his “fresh” and quick attitude towards everything is T.O.O.M.U.C.H.!

# October 30, 2009 at 05:24

hvp says:

Really nice presentation from which I got a lot of inspiration and skills. It will be be better to learn the strong points from others rather than to taunt his weakness.

# June 13, 2010 at 06:32

James Grennan says:

I cannot believe the amount of positive feedback for this guy. He’s the worst thing to happen to architecture since flights 93 and 77 on september 11th.

# June 18, 2010 at 09:09

JF A says:

Last conference gived by Bjarke Ingels @ ETSAM, Madrid “yes is more”

http://www.mstrpln.mx/blog/index.php/2010/10/10/bjarke-ingels-etsam

# October 19, 2010 at 17:42

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Great Ted Talk by Bjarke Ingles/ArchDaily – beautiful architecture – why don't we have anything like it here? http://ow.ly/22YcC

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Os melhores 18 min do dia! #BIG #TEDtalks http://bit.ly/cDzxIt

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