Hedonistic Sustainability

In this TED Talk with Bjarke Ingels, the world renowned architect demonstrates how innovative design can creatively integrate buildings with society.  A new city hall in Thailand incorporates government transparency and public participation in physical form by making conference rooms open to public view from the outside.  A waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen draws a mountain form into the Copenhagen skyline (with rooftop ski slope included!).  The power plant also raises awareness of carbon emissions by releasing the gaseous byproduct in equally measured smoke rings to give residents a psychical interpretation of one ton of CO2.  In what is most likely the first Just a Thought... post on architecture, the cultural implications and the pure "wow" factor of the Bjarke Ingels Group's works speak for themselves.  Expect to see new Bjarke Ingels inspired constructions across the world in the 21st century.

Good looking out to Mr. Pomeroy for finding this video.

Hedonistic Sustainability