Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself

http://www.ted.com Joshua Prince-Ramus believes that if architects re-engineer their design process, the results can be spectacular. Speaking at TEDxSMU, Dallas, he walks us through his fantastic re-creation of the local Wyly Theater as a giant "theatrical machine" that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button.

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[miltyu97]

I believe greed and self-interest are directly responsible for wasting more energy and seeding economic waste than any other single reason.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[TheMisterNiggles]

@miltyu97 ...and you live in the lap of modern luxury in the western world as a result of the same "vices." Can you name any ground-breaking innovations that were spawned from communism or communal cultures that aim to eliminate these "vices?" I can't stand people who spew generic, P.C. garbage like this. How about instead of answering my first question, you tell me one person that doesn't act out of "self-interest" and how you can stop this natural, intuitive urge?

[nextlevelz]

@Rhuthmos the worst thing in the video was the belt

[11889music]

This level of innovation to the medium of theatrical performance is the most remarkable change since Theatre-in-the-round

[PvPWithDDS]

@audiowiz Actually rake and thrust are theatre terms - possibly just as pompus ;)

[Kebralize]

@audiowiz

To remind ourselves about the concept, thats why we give it a name, or coin a name on it.

[allema1]

Great speaker

[jahrleriksen]

I love the way YouTube allows the user to rate comments these days.

[uexplorer]

Witness works of art within a work of art. Sounds good.

[ANDjjela]

to experience the theatre with Dallas: the ancient greeks did that too!!! (with Greece in the background). I think that's amazing.

[Rhuthmos]

I have the exact same belt...