The Architectural Evolution of Ideas

This is a highly entertaining Ted Amsterdam vid of the extremely amusing and engaging international architect Bjarke Ingels. He discusses the social, political, and economic forces that surround architectural design. He touches on his experience with China and the World Expo, designing a green, suburban "mountain" in an urban landscape, and transforming a desolate island in Central Asia into the first carbon neutral island in the region.

Even if you don't have the time to watch the entire 24 minutes, check out the last 3 minutes. The island he's working on is a really cool project. Instead of designing a building to maintain the existing, naturally barren landscape, he's creating a "natural environment" using the latest technology. This is an innovative way to plan a " green urban ecology" from an island desert.

For those who actually get to the end of the vid, the music is the theme song to David Lynch's (one of my favorite directors) series Twin Peaks.