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.

[Rhuthmos]

I have the exact same belt...

[TheMisterNiggles]

...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?

[Simon KM Chan]

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]

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

[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.

[levinack]

I'm sure they work with a lot of engineers, the idea is just that the architect informs himself about more than the initial concept. Which isn't a bad idea.

(quosmo1, is your comment related to the fact that this guy is intelligent, successful and good looking?)

[ingenesist]

On the other hand, Professional Engineers are socially inept and fail to organize their own profession - as architects have been quite successful at doing.

BTW; If I cited McBeth, Human Copulation, and "dangling bits" in a fire suppression system design, I wouldn't expect to find myself speaking at TED