Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

Translator: Janka Pazurikova Reviewer: Lenka Mihalkova

Hello, my name is Thomas Heatherwick.

Dobrý deň, moje meno je Thomas Heatherwick.

I have a studio in London

Mám štúdio v Londýne,

that has a particular approach

ktoré má zvláštny prístup

to designing buildings.

k navrhovaniu budov.

When I was growing up,

Keď som vyrastal,

I was exposed to making

bol som priamo pri výrobe,

and crafts and materials

procese, materiáloch

and invention on a small scale.

a vynálezoch v malej mierke.

And I was there looking

A ja som sa pozeral

at the larger scale of buildings

na budovy vo väčších rozmeroch

and finding

a zistil som,

that the buildings that were around me

že budovy okolo mňa

and that were being designed

a tie, ktoré sa navrhujú

and that were there in the publications I was seeing

a tie, ktoré som videl na verejnosti,

felt soulless and cold.

vyvolávajú pocit chladu a sú ako bez duše.

And there on the smaller scale,

A v menšej mierke,

the scale of an earring

veľkosti náušnice

or a ceramic pot

alebo keramickej kanvice

or a musical instrument,

alebo hudobného nástroja

was a materiality and a soulfulness.

mali veci dušu.

And this influenced me.

A to ma ovplyvnilo.

The first building I built was 20 years ago.

Prvú budovu som postavil pred 20 rokmi.

And since, in the last 20 years,

A odvtedy, za posledných 20 rokov,

I've developed a studio in London.

som vybudoval štúdio v Londýne.

Sorry, this was my mother, by the way,

Toto je moja mama, mimochodom,

in her bead shop in London.

vo svojom obchodíku s korálkami v Londýne.

I spent a lot of time counting beads and things like that.

Strávil som tam veľa času rátaním korálok a podobných vecí.

I'm just going to show, for people who don't know my studio's work,

Len vám ukážem, pre tých, ktorí nepoznajú prácu môjho štúdia,

a few projects that we've worked on.

niekoľko projektov, na ktorých sme pracovali.

This is a hospital building.

Toto je nemocnica.

This is a shop for a bag company.

Toto je obchod pre firmu vyrábajúcu kabelky.

This is studios for artists.

Toto je ateliér pre umelcov.

This is a sculpture

Toto je socha

made from a million yards of wire

vyrobená z miliónu metrov vlákna

and 150,000 glass beads

a zo 150 000 sklenených korálok

the size of a golf ball.

veľkosti golfovej loptičky.

And this is a window display.

A toto je okno.

And this is pair of cooling towers

Toto je dvojica chladiacich veží

for an electricity substation

pre elektrickú stanicu

next to St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

pri Katedrále sv. Pavla v Londýne.

And this is a temple in Japan

Toto je chrám v Japonsku

for a Buddhist monk.

pre budhistického mnícha.

And this is a cafe by the sea

A toto je kaviareň pri mori

in Britain.

vo Veľkej Británii.

And just very quickly,

A len veľmi rýchlo,

something we've been working on very recently

nedávno sme začali pracovať

is we were commissioned by the mayor of London

z poverenia starostu Londýna

to design a new bus

na návrhu nového autobusu,

that gave the passenger

ktorý by dal cestujúcim

their freedom again.

opäť voľnosť.

Because the original Routemaster bus

Pretože pôvodný autobus Routemaster,

that some of you may be familiar with,

ktorý niektorí z vás možno poznajú,

which had this open platform at the back --

mal vzadu otvorenú platformu --

in fact, I think all our Routemasters

vlastne, myslím, že všetky naše Routemastery

are here in California now actually.

sú teraz v Kalifornii.

But they aren't in London.

Ale nie sú v Londýne.

And so you're stuck on a bus.

Takže ste v autobuse uväznení.

And if the bus is going to stop

A ak ide autobus zastaviť

and it's three yards away from the bus stop,

a je tri metre od zastávky,

you're just a prisoner.

ste ako väzeň.

But the mayor of London wanted to reintroduce

Ale starosta Londýna chce znovu zaviesť

buses with this open platform.

autobusy s otvorenou platformou.

So we've been working with Transport for London,

Takže pracujeme s Dopravným podnikom Londýna

and that organization

a táto organizácia

hasn't actually been responsible

nebola klientom

as a client for a new bus

pre nový autobus

for 50 years.

už 50 rokov.

And so we've been very lucky to have a chance to work.

Máme to šťastie, že s nimi môžeme spolupracovať.

The brief is that the bus should use 40 percent less energy.

V skratke, tento autobus by mal využívať o 40 percent menej energie.

So it's got hybrid drive.

Má hybridné poháňanie.

And we've been working

A pracujeme

to try to improve

na zlepšení

everything from the fabric

všetkého, od materiálu

to the format

cez tvar

and structure

a štruktúru

and aesthetics.

až po estetiku.

I was going to show four main projects.

Chcel som vám ukázať štyri hlavné projekty.

And this is a project for a bridge.

Toto je projekt mostu.

And so we were commissioned to design a bridge that would open.

Mali sme navrhnúť most, ktorý by sa otváral.

And openings seemed --

A otváranie sa zdá byť --

everyone loves opening bridges,

každý má rád otváracie mosty,

but it's quite a basic thing.

ale je to dosť základná vec.

I think we all kind of stand and watch.

Myslím, že všetci sa zastavíme a pozeráme sa.

But the bridges that we saw

Ale mosty, ktoré sme videli,

that opened and closed --

sa otvárali a zatvárali --

I'm slightly squeamish --

toto bude trochu chúlostivé,

but I once saw a photograph of a footballer

ale raz som videl fotografiu futbalistu,

who was diving for a ball.

ktorý sa naťahoval za loptou.

And as he was diving, someone had stamped on his knee,

A ako sa pohol dopredu, niekto mu stúpil na koleno,

and it had broken like this.

a mal ho takto zlomené.

And then we looked at these kinds of bridges

A keď sa pozriem na tento typ mostov,

and just couldn't help feeling

nemôžem si pomôcť, ale cítim,

that it was a beautiful thing that had broken.

ako by sa tá krásna vec zlomila.

And so this is in Paddington in London.

Toto je na Paddingtone v Londýne.

And it's a very boring bridge, as you can see.

Je to veľmi nudný most, ako vidíte.

It's just steel and timber.

Len oceľ a drevo.

But instead of what it is,

Ale namiesto toho, čo to je,

our focus was on the way it worked.

sme sa zamerali na to, ako to funguje.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

So we liked the idea that the two farthest bits of it

Páčila sa nám myšlienka, že dva vzdialené konce

would end up kissing each other.

sa nakoniec pobozkajú.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

We actually had to halve its speed,

Museli sme o polovicu znížiť rýchlosť,

because everyone was too scared when we first did it.

pretože každý sa zľakol, keď sme to pustili prvý raz.

So that's it speeded up.

Takto je to zrýchlené.

A project that we've been working on very recently

V poslednej dobe pracujeme

is to design a new biomass power station --

na návrhu novej elekrárne na biomasu --

so a power station that uses organic waste material.

teda takej, ktorá používa organický odpadový materiál.

In the news,

Podľa novín

the subject of where our future water is going to come from

bude z takej elektrárne pochádzať voda

and where our power is going to come from

aj elektrina, ktorú budeme

is in all the papers all the time.

používať v budúcnosti.

And we used to be quite proud of the way we generated power.

A kedysi sme boli hrdí na to, ako vyrábame elektrinu.

But recently,

Ale v poslednej dobe

any annual report of a power company

nemá žiadna výročná správa elektrárne

doesn't have a power station on it.

na obale elektráreň.

It has a child running through a field, or something like that.

Je tam dieťa bežiace cez pole alebo niečo podobné.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And so when a consortium of engineers approached us

Takže, keď nás kontaktovalo konzorcium inžinierov

and asked us to work with them on this power station,

s požiadavkou pracovať s nimi na tejto elektrárni,

our condition was that we would work with them

našou podmienkou bolo, že budeme spolupracovať

and that, whatever we did,

a že, čokoľvek nakoniec urobíme,

we were not just going to decorate a normal power station.

nebude to len ozdobenie normálnej elektrárne.

And instead, we had to learn -- we kind of forced them to teach us.

A namiesto toho, sme sa museli naučiť -- tak trochu sme ich donútili, aby nás učili.

And so we spent time traveling with them

Strávili sme veľa času cestovaním s nimi

and learning about all the different elements,

a učili sme sa o všetkých možných častiach

and finding that there were plenty of inefficiencies

a našli sme množstvo nedostatkov,

that weren't being capitalized on.

ktoré si predtým neuvedomili.

That just taking a field and banging all these things out

Vziať priestor a poskladať tam tie veci na hromadu,

isn't necessarily the most efficient way that they could work.

nie je nutne najefektívnejšií spôsob, ako to spraviť.

So we looked at how we could compose all those elements --

Pozreli sme sa na to, ako môžeme tie prvky spojiť --

instead of just litter, create one composition.

namiesto nahádzania na jednu kopu, vytvoriť kompozíciu.

And what we found --

A zistili sme --

this area is one of the poorest parts of Britain.

táto oblasť je jedna z najchudobnejších v Británii.

It was voted the worst place in Britain to live.

V hlasovaní ju zvolili za najhoršie miesto pre život v Británii.

And there are 2,000 new homes being built

A vedľa tejto elektrárne sa stavia

next to this power station.

2000 nových domov.

So it felt this has a social dimension.

Takže to má sociálnu dimenziu.

It has a symbolic importance.

Má to symbolický význam.

And we should be proud of where our power is coming from,

Mali by sme byť hrdí na to, odkiaľ pochádza naša energia,

rather than something we are necessarily ashamed of.

a nie sa za to hanbiť.

So we were looking at how we could make a power station,

A tak sme sa pozreli na to, ako postaviť elektráreň,

that, instead of keeping people out

ktorá by namiesto veľkého plotu naokolo,

and having a big fence around the outside,

ktorý ľudí odrádza,

could be a place that pulls you in.

bola miestom, ktoré ľudí priťahuje.

And it has to be --

Musí byť --

I'm trying to get my --

snažím sa spomenúť si --

250 feet high.

musí byť 60 metrov vysoká.

So it felt that what we could try to do

A tak sme si povedali, že sa pokúsime

is make a power park

urobiť elektro park,

and actually bring the whole area in,

a vtiahnuť celý priestor dnu

and using the spare soil that's there on the site,

a zvyšné miesto, ktoré je na pozemku,

we could make a power station that was silent as well.

využijeme na výstavby zvukovo izolovanej elektrárne.

Because just that soil

Pretože už len tá zemina

could make the acoustic difference.

ten hluk zníži.

And we also found that we could make a more efficient structure

A tiež sme zistili, že môžeme urobiť efektívnejšiu

and have a cost-effective way

a ekonomicky výhodnú štruktúru,

of making a structure to do this.

keď to bude vyzerať takto.

The finished project

Dokončený projekt

is meant to be more than just a power station.

bude viac ako len elektráreň.

It has a space where you could have a bar mitzvah at the top.

Je to miesto, kde môžete mať na vrchu bar mitzvah.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And it's a power park.

A je to aj park.

So people can come and really experience this

Takže ľudia môžu prísť

and also look out all around the area,

a poobzerať sa

and use that height that we have to have for its function.

a využiť tú výšku, ktorá tam kvôli funkcii musí byť.

In Shanghai,

Boli sme pozvaní

we were invited to build --

postaviť v Šanghaji --

well we weren't invited; what am I talking about.

teda, neboli sme pozvaní, čo to rozprávam.

We won the competition, and it was painful to get there.

Vyhrali sme konkurz a bola to fuška dostať sa tam.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

So we won the competition to build the U.K. pavilion.

Takže sme vyhrali konkurz na návrh pavilónu Veľkej Británie.

And an expo

A výstava

is a totally bonkers thing.

je šialená vec.

There's 250 pavilions.

Je tam 250 pavilónov.

It's the world's biggest ever expo that had ever happened.

Bola to najväčšia svetová výstava, aká sa kedy uskutočnila.

So there are up to a million people there everyday.

Každý deň tam bolo viac ako milión návštevníkov.

And 250 countries all competing.

A všetkých 250 krajín medzi sebou súťažilo.

And the British government saying,

A britská vláda nám povedala,

"You need to be in the top five."

"Musíte byť v prvej päťke."

And so that became

A tak sa vládnym cieľom

the governmental goal --

stalo, ako môžete

is, how do you stand out in this chaos,

vyčnievať nad tým chaosom,

which is an expo of stimulus?

ktorým je svetová výstava?

So our sense was we had to do one thing,

Cítili sme, že sa musíme zamerať na jednu vec

and only one thing,

a len na jednu vec,

instead of trying to have everything.

namiesto snahy mať všetko.

And so what we also felt

A tiež sme cítili, že bez ohľadu na to,

was that whatever we did we couldn't do a cheesy advert for Britain.

čo nakoniec urobíme, nemôže to byť len trápna reklama na Britániu.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

But the thing that was true,

Pravdou však bolo,

the expo was about the future of cities,

že výstava bola o budúcnosti miest

and particularly the Victorians

a predovšetkým vo viktoriánskom období

pioneered integrating nature into the cities.

sa príroda prvýkrát integrovala do miest.

And the world's first public park of modern times

Prvé verejné parky moderných čias na svete

was in Britain.

boli v Británii.

And the world's first major botanical institution

A prvá väčšia botanická inštitúcia

is in London,

bola založená v Londýne.

and they have this extraordinary project

A práve v nej majú neobyčajný projekt,

where they've been collecting 25 percent

v ktorom zbierajú 25 percent

of all the world's plant species.

všetkých druhov rastlín na svete.

So we suddenly realized that there was this thing.

Náhle sme si toto všetko uvedomili.

And everyone agrees that trees are beautiful,

A všetci súhlasili s tým, že stromy sú nádherné.

and I've never met anyone who says, "I don't like trees."

Nikdy som nestretol nikoho, kto by povedal, "Nemám rád stromy."

And the same with flowers.

A rovnaké je to s kvetinami.

I've never met anyone who says, "I don't like flowers."

Nikdy som nestretol nikoho, kto by povedal, "Nemám rád kvety."

But we realized that seeds --

Ale uvedomili sme si, že semienka --

there's been this very serious project happening --

ktorým sa tento projekt vážne venuje --

but that seeds --

ale tie semienka --

at these major botanical gardens,

v žiadnej veľkej botanickej záhrade

seeds aren't on show.

sa nevystavujú semienka.

But you just have to go to a garden center,

Nájdete ich len v záhradníckych centrách,

and they're in little paper packets.

kde sú v malých papierových vreckách.

But this phenomenal project's been happening.

Ale tento úžasný projekt prebieha.

So we realized we had to make a project

A tak sme si povedali, že urobíme projekt,

that would be seeds, some kind of seed cathedral.

ktorý bude o semienkach, nejaká katedrála semien.

But how could we show these teeny-weeny things?

Ale ako by sme mohli ukázať tieto malinké veci?

And the film "Jurassic Park" actually really helped us.

Pomohol nám film Jurský park.

Because the DNA of the dinosaur that was trapped in the amber

Pretože DNA dinosaura, ktorý bol uväznený v jantári,

gave us some kind of clue

nám vnukla nápad,

that these tiny things

že tieto malinké veci

could be trapped and be made to seem precious,

môžu byť zachytené takým spôsobom, aby vyzerali vzácne

rather than looking like nuts.

a nielen ako oriešky.

So the challenge was,

Výzvou teda bolo,

how are we going to bring light and expose these things?

ako ukážeme tieto veci vo svetle?

We didn't want to make a separate building and have separate content.

Nechceli sme urobiť osobitne budovu a potom do nej vložiť semienka.

So we were trying to think,

Rozmýšľali sme,

how could we make a whole thing emanate.

ako by mohla celá budova žiariť.

By the way, we had half the budget of the other Western nations.

Mimochodom, oproti západným krajinám sme mali polovičný rozpočet.

So that was also in the mix

A museli sme brať do úvahy,

with the site the size of a football pitch.

že máme k dispozícii priestor veľkosti futbalového ihriska.

And so there was one particular toy that gave us a clue.

Jedna hračka nám vnukla nápad.

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Thomas Heatherwick: Okay, you get the idea.

Thomas Heatherwick: Takže máte predstavu.

So the idea

Myšlienkou bolo

was to take these 66,000 seeds

vziať 66 000 semienok,

that they agreed to give us,

ktoré boli ochotní nám dať,

and to take each seed and trap it

a vziať každé z nich a uložiť ho

in this precious optical hair

v tomto vzácnom optickom vlákne.

and grow that through this box,

A pomocou tohto jednoduchého princípu

very simple box element,

ukázať semienka

and make it a building

a postaviť budovu,

that could move in the wind.

ktorá sa môže hýbať vo vetre.

So the whole thing can gently move when the wind blows.

Celá tá vec sa jemne pohybuje, keď zafúka vietor.

And inside, the daylight --

A vnútri, denné svetlo --

each one is an optic

každý z nich je optický

and it brings light into the center.

a privádza svetlo do stredu.

And by night,

A v noci

artificial light in each one

umelé osvetlenie v každom z nich

emanates and comes out to the outside.

žiari a svetlo vychádza von.

And to make the project affordable,

A aby sme si to mohli dovoliť,

we focused our energy.

sústredili sme sa na energiu.

Instead of building a building as big as the football pitch,

Namiesto stavby veľkosti futbalového ihriska

we focused it on this one element.

sme všetko zamerali na tento jeden prvok.

And the government agreed to do that

Vláda súhlasila, že urobíme to

and not do anything else,

a len to

and focus our energy on that.

a na to zameriame všetko naše úsilie.

And so the rest of the site was a public space.

A zvyšok priestoru bude verejným miestom.

And with a million people there a day,

Každý deň tam bolo milión návštevníkov,

it just felt like offering some public space.

chceli sme im dať trochu miesta.

We worked with an AstroTurf manufacturer

Spolupracovali sme s výrobcom umelých vlákien

to develop a mini-me version

a vyvinuli sme menšiu verziu

of the seed cathedral,

katedrály semien,

so that, even if you're partially-sighted,

aby aj čiastočne nevidiaci

that it was kind of crunchy and soft,

mohli vidieť tú štruktúru,

that piece of landscape that you see there.

krehkú a mäkkú.

And then, you know when a pet has an operation

Viete, keď ide zviera na operáciu,

and they shave a bit of the skin

oholia mu trochu kože

and get rid of the fur --

a zbavia ho srsti --

in order to get you to go into the seed cathedral,

podobne aj tu, aby sme sa dostali dovnútra katedrály,

in effect, we've shaved it.

trochu sme ju oholili.

And inside there's nothing;

A vnútri nie je nič,

there's no famous actor's voice;

žiadny hlas známeho herca,

there's no projections;

žiadne projekcie,

there's no televisions; there's no color changing.

žiadne obrazovky, žiadna meniaca sa farba,

There's just silence

je tam len ticho

and a cool temperature.

a chlad.

And if a cloud goes past,

A ak ponad ňu preletí oblak,

you can see a cloud on the tips

môžete ho vidieť na koncoch,

where it's letting the light through.

ktorými sa dostáva dovnútra svetlo.

This is the only project that we've done

Toto je jediný projekt,

where the finished thing

ktorý v skutočnosti vyzeral,

looked more like a rendering than our renderings.

akoby bol len zobrazený na počítači.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

A key thing was how people would interact.

Kľúčovou otázkou bolo, ako budú ľudia reagovať.

I mean, in a way it was the most serious thing

Istým spôsobom je to najvážnejšia vec,

you could possible do at the expo.

akú môžete urobiť na výstave.

And I just wanted to show you.

Len som vám to chcel ukázať.

The British government --

Britská vláda --

any government is potentially the worst client in the world

akákoľvek vláda je najhorším možným klientom na svete,

you could ever possibly want to have.

akého kedy dostanete.

And there was a lot of terror.

Bola to hrôza.

But there was an underlying support.

Ale aj podpora.

And so there was a moment

A bola tam chvíľa,

when suddenly -- actually, the next thing.

kedy zrazu -- vlastne som chcel povedať niečo iné.

This is the head of U.K. Trade and Investment,

Toto je riaditeľ U.K. Trade and Investment,

who was our client,

ktorý bol naším klientom,

with the Chinese children, using the landscape.

a spolu s čínskymi deťmi sa zabáva v našom pavilóne.

(Video) Children: One, two, three, go.

(Video) Deti: Raz, dva, tri, ideš.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

TH: I'm sorry about my stupid voice there.

TH: Ospravedlňujem sa za môj hlúpy hlas, ktorý tam počujete.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

So finally, texture is something.

A nakoniec by som niečo povedal o štruktúre povrchu.

In the projects we've been working on,

V projektoch, na ktorých sme pracovali,

these slick buildings,

boli budovy hladké,

where they might be a fancy shape,

mali pekný tvar,

but the materiality feels the same,

ale materiál vyzerá stále rovnako.

is something that we've been trying to research really,

To sme chceli podrobne preskúmať

and explore alternatives.

a nájsť alternatívy.

And the project that we're building in Malaysia

A v jednom projekte v Malajzii staviame

is apartment buildings

bytové domy

for a property developer.

pre investora.

And it's in a piece of land

Na takomto kúsku zeme,

that's this site.

toto je pozemok.

And the mayor of Kuala Lumpur

A starosta Kuala Lumpur

said that, if this developer

povedal, že ak tento investor

would give something that gave something back to the city,

dá niečo naspäť mestu,

they would give them more gross floor area, buildable.

dajú mu viac pozemkov, na ktorých sa dá stavať.

So there was an incentive for the developer

To bol pre investora podnet

to really try to think about

naozaj porozmýšľať,

what would be better for the city.

čo by bolo pre mesto dobré.

And the conventional thing with apartment buildings

Bytové domy v tejto časti sveta

in this part of the world

vyzerajú obyčajne tak,

is you have your tower,

že máte vežu

and you squeeze a few trees around the edge,

a okolo nej dáte na kraj zopár stromov

and you see cars parked.

a na zvyšku parkujú autá.

It's actually only the first couple of floors that you really experience,

Všetko sa týka len prvých pár poschodí,

and the rest of it is just for postcards.

zvyšok je len kvôli pohľadniciam.

The lowest value is actually the bottom part of a tower like this.

Najmenej sú hodnotné byty v spodnej časti takejto budovy.

So if we could chop that away

Čo ak by sme ich odsekli

and give the building a small bottom,

a dali budove malú spodnú časť,

we could take that bit and put it at the top

a vzali by sme tento kúsok a dali ho navrch,

where the greater commercial value is for a property developer.

kde je pre investora komerčne výhodnejší.

And by linking these together,

A spojením týchto

we could have 90 percent of the site

mohlo 90 percent pozemku vyzerať

as a rainforest,

ako dažďový prales,

instead of only 10 percent of scrubby trees

namiesto 10 percent úbohých stromov

and bits of road around buildings.

a ciest okolo budovy.

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So we're building these buildings.

Takže takéto budovy staviame.

They're actually identical, so it's quite cost-effective.

Sú vlastne rovnaké, takže je to ekonomicky výhodné.

They're just chopped at different heights.

Len sú nasekané v rôznych výškach.

But the key part

Ale kľúčovou časťou

is trying to give back an extraordinary piece of landscape,

je pokúšať sa vrátiť tento neobyčajný kúsok zeme

rather than engulf it.

namiesto toho, aby sme ho len pohltili.

And that's my final slide.

A to je môj posledný slajd.

Thank you.

Ďakujem.

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Thank you.

Ďakujem.

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June Cohen: So thank you. Thank you, Thomas. You're a delight.

June Cohen: Ďakujem, Thomas. Si skvelý.

Since we have an extra minute here,

Keďže máme ešte chvíľku času,

I thought perhaps you could tell us a little bit about these seeds,

možno by si nám mohol ešte niečo povedať o týchto semienkach,

which maybe came from the shaved bit of the building.

ktoré možno pochádzajú z tej oholenej časti budovy.

TH: These are a few of the tests we did

TH: Toto je z pár testov, ktoré sme robili,

when we were building the structure.

keď sme stavali budovu.

So there were 66,000 of these.

Takýchto tam bolo 66 000.

This optic

Toto vlákno

was 22 feet long.

je skoro sedem metrov dlhé.

And so the daylight was just coming --

Slnečné svetlo prichádzalo --

it was caught on the outside of the box

zachytávalo sa zvonka budovy

and was coming down to illuminate each seed.

a schádzalo dolu, pričom osvetľovalo každé semienko.

Waterproofing the building was a bit crazy.

Utesniť túto budovu bolo šialené.

Because it's quite hard to waterproof buildings anyway,

Pretože tesnenie je ťažké už samo o sebe,

but if you say you're going to drill 66,000 holes in it --

ale ak poviete, že do budovy potrebujete urobiť 66 000 dier --

we had quite a time.

celkom sme si to užili.

There was one person in the contractors who was the right size --

Len jedna osoba mala ruku správnej veľkosti --

and it wasn't a child --

a nebolo to dieťa --

who could fit between them

ktorá by sa vošla medzi

for the final waterproofing of the building.

tesnenie budovy.

JC: Thank you, Thomas.

JC: Ďakujem, Thomas.

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