Architectural secrets of the world's ancient wonders | Brandon Clifford

Prevoditelj: Marino Žarnić Recezent: Sanda L

Do you think the things we build today

Mislite li da će današnje građevine

will be considered wonders in the future?

u budućnosti itko smatrati čudom?

Think of Stonehenge,

Pomislite na Stonehenge,

the Pyramids,

piramide,

Machu Picchu and Easter Island.

Machu Picchu i Uskršnji otok.

Now, they're all pretty different from what we're doing today,

Takva je arhitektura drukčija od današnje,

with those massive stones,

s onim masivnim kamenjem,

assembled in complex but seemingly illogical ways,

posloženim u cjelinu, a naizgled nelogično.

and all traces of their construction

A svi su tragovi gradnje

erased,

nestali

shrouding them in mystery.

i ostao nam je misterij.

It seems like people could not have possibly built these things,

Čini se da to ljudi nisu mogli izgraditi.

because people didn't.

Jer ljudi i nisu.

They were carefully crafted by a primordial race of giants

To je gradila drevna rasa divova,

known as Cyclops.

zvana Kiklopi.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And I've been collaborating with these monsters

Ja sam surađivao s tim gorostasima

to learn their secrets for moving those massive stones.

kako bih naučio tajne micanja masivnog kamenja.

And as it turns out, Cyclops aren't even that strong.

I pokazalo se da Kiklopi nisu bili posebno snažni.

They're just really smart about getting material to work for them.

Bili su samo vrlo pametni pa je materijal radio za njih.

Now, the videos you see behind me of large, stone-like, wobbly creatures

Iza mene su videa velikih, klimavih stvorenja nalik kamenu,

are the results of this collaboration.

koja su rezultat naše suradnje.

OK, so Cyclops might be a mythical creature,

OK, Kiklopi su možda mitska stvorenja,

but those wonders are still real.

no sva su arhitektonska čuda ipak stvarna.

People made them.

Gradili su ih ljudi.

But they also made the myths that surround them,

Ali su izgradili još i mitove oko toga.

and when it comes to wonders, there's this thick connective tissue

A kod svih čuda postoji snažna veza

between mythology and reality.

između mitologije i stvarnosti.

Take Easter Island, for example.

Pogledajmo primjer Uskršnjeg otoka.

When the Dutch explorers first encountered the island,

Kad su se danski istraživači prvi put iskrcali na otok,

they asked the people of Rapa Nui

pitali su narod Rapa Nui:

how their ancestors could have possibly moved those massive statues.

''Kako su vaši preci uopće pomicali masivne kipove?''

And the Rapa Nui said,

Rapa Nui su im rekli:

"Our ancestors didn't move the statues,

''Naši preci nisu pomicali kipove,

because the statues walked themselves."

već su ti kipovi hodali sami.''

For centuries, this was dismissed, but actually it's true.

Stoljećima su svi to odbacivali, iako je zapravo istina.

The statues, known as moai, were transported standing,

Kipove, poznate još kao moai, prenosili su u uspravnom položaju,

pivoting from side to side.

zakretanjem jedne na drugu stranu.

OK?

OK?

As spectacular as the moai are for visitors today,

Koliko god su moai danas spektakularni,

you have to imagine being there then,

pokušajte se zamisliti u onom vremenu,

with colossal moai marching around the island.

dok golemi moai hodaju otokom.

Because the real memorial was not the objects themselves,

Jer, pravi spomenik nisu bili sami kipovi.

it was the cultural ritual of bringing a stone to life.

Pravi spomenik je bio lokalni ritual u kojem se kamenju udahnjuje život.

So as an architect, I've been chasing that dream.

Kao arhitekt sam lovio ovaj san:

How can we shift our idea of construction to accommodate that mythical side?

''Kako mogu u ideju gradnje uklopiti mitski element?''

So what I've been doing is challenging myself

I tako sam neko vrijeme izazivao sebe

with putting on a series of performances

višekratnim obavljanjem

of the ancient but pretty straightforward task

jednog običnog prastarog posla.

of just moving and standing big heavy objects,

Pomicao sam i uspravljao velike i teške objekte.

like this 16-foot-tall megalith designed to walk across land

Poput ovog pet metara visokog megalita izgrađenog da bi hodao zemljom

and stand vertically;

i uspravno stajao.

or this 4,000-pound behemoth that springs itself to life

Ili poput ovog divovskog primjerka od dvije tone, koji oživljava

to dance onstage.

kako bi plesao na pozornici.

And what I've found is that by thinking of architecture

I otkrio sam da kada o ahitekturi razmišljamo

not as an end product but as a performance

ne kao o rezultatu, nego kao o procesu,

from conception to completion,

od prvotne ideje do gotovog djela,

we end up rediscovering some really smart ways to build things today.

iznova otkrivamo pametne načine gradnje, korisne i danas.

You know, so much of the discussion surrounding our future

Puno diskusija o budućnosti

fokusira se na tehnologiju, učinkovitost i brzinu.

focuses on technology, efficiency and speed.

But if I've learned anything from Cyclops,

Ali ako sam išta naučio od Kiklopa,

it's that wonders can be smart, spectacular

to je da čuda mogu biti pametna, spektakularna

and sustainable --

i održiva --

because of their mass and their mystery.

baš zbog njihove mase i tajnovitosti.

And while people still want to know how those ancient wonders were built,

I dok ljudi još žele znati kako su se gradila ta antička čuda,

I've been asking Cyclops how to create the mystery

ja sam Kiklope zapitkivao kako stvoriti tajnovitost

that compels people to ask that very question.

koja bi potakla ljude da postave to pitanje.

Because in an era where we design buildings

U vremenu u kojem osmišljavamo zgrade

to last 30, maybe 60 years,

koje trebaju trajati 30, možda 60 godina,

I would love to learn how to create something

ja bih volio naučiti kako stvoriti nešto

that could entertain for an eternity.

što intrigira vječno.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)