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

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Kristina Radosavljević

Do you think the things we build today

Da li mislite da će se stvari koje danas gradimo

will be considered wonders in the future?

smatrati čudima u budućnosti?

Think of Stonehenge,

Pomislite na Stounhendž,

the Pyramids,

piramide,

Machu Picchu and Easter Island.

Maču Pikču i Uskršnje ostrvo.

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

Svi se oni prilično razlikuju od onoga što radimo danas,

with those massive stones,

sa tim ogromnim kamenjem,

assembled in complex but seemingly illogical ways,

poređanim na složene ali naizgled nelogične načine,

and all traces of their construction

i svi tragovi njihove izgradnje

erased,

su izbrisani,

shrouding them in mystery.

obavijajući ih misterijom.

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

Izgleda kao da ljudi nikako nisu mogli da izgrade ove stvari,

because people didn't.

jer ljudi i nisu.

They were carefully crafted by a primordial race of giants

Pažljivo ih je napravili iskonska rasa džinova

known as Cyclops.

zvani kiklopi.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I've been collaborating with these monsters

I ja sam sarađivao sa tim čudovištima

to learn their secrets for moving those massive stones.

da bih naučio njihove tajne premeštanja tog ogromnog kamenja.

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

Kako se ispostavilo, kiklopi nisu toliko jaki.

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

Samo vrlo pametno navode materijal da radi za njih.

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

Snimci velikih, kamenih, klimavih stvorenja koje vidite iza mene

are the results of this collaboration.

su rezultat ove saradnje.

OK, so Cyclops might be a mythical creature,

Dobro, kiklopi možda jesu mitska stvorenja,

but those wonders are still real.

ali ta čuda su ipak stvarna.

People made them.

Ljudi su ih stvorili.

But they also made the myths that surround them,

Ali su takođe stvorili mitove koji ih okružuju,

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

i kada se radi o čudima, postoji čvrsto vezivno tkivo

between mythology and reality.

između mitologije i stvarnosti.

Take Easter Island, for example.

Uzmite Uskršnje ostrvo, na primer.

When the Dutch explorers first encountered the island,

Kada su holandski istraživači prvi put naišli na ostrvo,

they asked the people of Rapa Nui

pitali su narod Rapa Nui

how their ancestors could have possibly moved those massive statues.

kako su njihovi preci uopšte uspeli da prenesu te ogromne statue.

And the Rapa Nui said,

Rapa Nui su na to rekli:

"Our ancestors didn't move the statues,

„Naši preci nisu prenosili statue,

because the statues walked themselves."

jer su statue same hodale.“

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

To je vekovima bilo odbačeno, ali je u stvari istinito.

The statues, known as moai, were transported standing,

Statue, poznate kao moai, prenošene su u stojećem položaju,

pivoting from side to side.

naginjući se sa strane na stranu.

OK?

Okej?

As spectacular as the moai are for visitors today,

Koliko god da su moai spektakularni za današnje posetioce,

you have to imagine being there then,

morate da zamislite da ste tada bili tamo

with colossal moai marching around the island.

dok su kolosalni moai marširali ostrvom.

Because the real memorial was not the objects themselves,

Jer pravi spomenik nisu bili sami predmeti,

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

već je to bio kulturalni ritual oživljavanja kamena.

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

Tako da sam, kao arhitekta, jurio taj san.

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

Kako da promenimo svoju ideju o izgradnji da bi se prilagodila toj mitskoj strani?

So what I've been doing is challenging myself

Ja sam sebi postavio izazov

with putting on a series of performances

da priredim niz performansa

of the ancient but pretty straightforward task

drevnog, ali prilično jasnog zadatka

of just moving and standing big heavy objects,

pomeranja i uspravljanja velikih teških predmeta

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

kao što je ovaj megalit od pet metara napravljen tako da hoda po zemlji

and stand vertically;

i stoji vertikalno,

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

ili ovaj grmalj od 1 800 kg koji samog sebe oživljava

to dance onstage.

da bi igrao na pozornici.

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

Otkrio sam da razmišljajući o arhitekturi

not as an end product but as a performance

ne kao o krajnjem proizvodu, već kao o performansu,

from conception to completion,

od začeća do završetka,

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

na kraju iznova otkrivamo neke vrlo pametne načine

da gradimo stvari danas.

You know, so much of the discussion surrounding our future

Znate, dobar deo diskusije o našoj budućnosti

usmeren je na tehnologiju, efikasnost 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.

zbog svoje mase i misterije.

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

I dok ljudi i dalje žele da znaju kako su izgrađena ta drevna čuda,

I've been asking Cyclops how to create the mystery

pitao sam kiklope kako da stvorim misteriju

that compels people to ask that very question.

koja tera ljude da postave baš to pitanje.

Because in an era where we design buildings

Jer u doba u kome projektujemo građevine

to last 30, maybe 60 years,

da traju 30, možda 60 godina,

I would love to learn how to create something

voleo bih da naučim kako da stvorim nešto

that could entertain for an eternity.

što bi moglo večno da budi interesovanje.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)