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

Translator: Joyce Nyakale Reviewer: Joachim Mangilima

Do you think the things we build today

Je unafikiri vitu tunavyojenga leo

will be considered wonders in the future?

vitahesabika kama maajabu miaka ijayo?

Think of Stonehenge,

Tafakari kuhusu Stonehenge,

the Pyramids,

Mapiramidi,

Machu Picchu and Easter Island.

Machu Picchu na Kisiwa cha Easter

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

Vyote hivi ni tofauti sana na vile tunavyofanya leo,

with those massive stones,

na yale mawe makubwa,

yakiwa yamepangwa katika hali ya kiutata hali ngumu kuelewa

assembled in complex but seemingly illogical ways,

and all traces of their construction

na mabaki yake yote ya ujenzi

erased,

yakifutwa,

shrouding them in mystery.

ikiyaacha katika hali ya kutojulikana

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

Inaonekana kama vile watu hawakuweza kujenga vitu hivi,

because people didn't.

kwa sababu watu hawakujenga.

They were carefully crafted by a primordial race of giants

Vilitengenezwa kwa uangalifu na jamii ya majitu

known as Cyclops.

yajulikanayo kama Cyclops.

(Laughter)

(Vicheko)

And I've been collaborating with these monsters

Na nimekuwa nashirikiana na majitu haya

to learn their secrets for moving those massive stones.

ili kujifunza siri zao za kuhamisha mawe hayo makubwa.

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

na ni kwamba, Cyclops hawana nguvu kivile,

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

Ni wajanja sana katika kufanya vitu kufanya kazi kwa niaba yao.

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

Video, ambazo mnaziona nyuma yangu za vitu vinavyobadilika vikubwa,kama mawe

are the results of this collaboration.

ni matokeo ya ushirikiano huu.

OK, so Cyclops might be a mythical creature,

SAWA, inawezekana Cyclops vikawa ni viumbe vya kufikirika

but those wonders are still real.

lakini maajabu haya bado ni halisi.

People made them.

Watu waliyajenga.

But they also made the myths that surround them,

Lakini pia waliunda dhana kuhusu hayo

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

na kuhusu maajabu, kuna kiunganishi kinene

between mythology and reality.

kati ya dhana fikirishi na uhalisia.

Take Easter Island, for example.

Chukulia mfano wa Kisiwa cha Easter.

When the Dutch explorers first encountered the island,

Pale wavumbuzi wa Kidachi walipokifikia kwa mara ya kwanza kisiwa hiki,

they asked the people of Rapa Nui

Waliwauliza watu wa Rapa Nui

how their ancestors could have possibly moved those massive statues.

Vile mababu zao walivyoweza kuhamisha sanamu hizi kubwa

And the Rapa Nui said,

Na watu wa Rapa Nui wakasema,

"Our ancestors didn't move the statues,

"Mababu zetu hawakuhamisha sanamu hizo,

because the statues walked themselves."

kwa sababu zilitembea zenyewe."

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

Kwa karne kadhaa, hili lilikataliwa, lakini ni kweli kabisa.

The statues, known as moai, were transported standing,

Sanamu, zijulikanazo kama moai, zilihamishwa zikiwa zimesimama,

pivoting from side to side.

zikishikiliwa pande moja hadi nyingine.

OK?

SAWA?

As spectacular as the moai are for visitors today,

Pamoja na uzuri wa moai kwa wageni leo,

you have to imagine being there then,

unahitaji kuwaza kuwa pale wakati ule,

with colossal moai marching around the island.

na moai makubwa yakitembea katika kisiwa.

Because the real memorial was not the objects themselves,

Kwa sababu kumbukumbu halisi sio vitu vyenyewe,

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

Ilikuwa ni utamaduni wa kulifanya jiwe liwe hai.

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

Kwa hiyo kama msanifu majengo, nimekuwa nakimbizana na ndoto hiyo.

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

Tunawezaje kuhamisha dhana yetu ya ujenzi ili kutoa nafasi ya dhana hii fikirishi

So what I've been doing is challenging myself

Kwa hiyo kile nimekuwa nafanya ni kujipa changamoto mwenyewe

with putting on a series of performances

kwa kufanya maonyesho kadhaa

of the ancient but pretty straightforward task

ya zamani lakini yaliyo na jukumu la wazi kabisa

of just moving and standing big heavy objects,

ya kuhamisha na kusimamisha vitu vikubwa vizito,

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

kama vile jiwe hili kubwa lililosanifiwa kutembea ardhini

and stand vertically;

na kusimama wima

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

au jiwe hili kubwa lenye uzito wa 4,000 linaloibuka likiwa hai

to dance onstage.

ili kucheza stejini

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

na nilichojifunza ni kuwa kwa kuwaza kuhusu usanifu majengo

not as an end product but as a performance

si kama bidhaa ya mwisho bali kama onyesho

from conception to completion,

kutoka wazo mpaka kukamilika,

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

tunajikuta tunagundua njia bora sana za kujenga hivi leo.

You know, so much of the discussion surrounding our future

Unajua, sehemu kubwa ya mazungumzo kuhusu zsiku zetu za baadaye

focuses on technology, efficiency and speed.

yanaangazia zaidi teknolojia, ufanisi na uharaka.

But if I've learned anything from Cyclops,

Lakini kama nimejifunza chochote kuhusu Cyclops,

it's that wonders can be smart, spectacular

ni kuwa maajabu yanaweza kuwa ya kijanja, mazuri sana

and sustainable --

na endelevu --

because of their mass and their mystery.

kutokana na uwingi na kutoeleweka kwake.

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

na pamoja na kuwa wanahitaji kujua jinsi maajabu haya yalivyojengwa,

I've been asking Cyclops how to create the mystery

Nimekuwa nikiwauliza Cyclops jinsi ya kuunda sintofahamu hii

that compels people to ask that very question.

ambayo inawalazimisha watu kuuuliza swala lenyewe hasa.

Because in an era where we design buildings

Kwa sababu katika zama ambazo tunasanifu majengo

to last 30, maybe 60 years,

kudumu kwa miaka 30, labda 60,

I would love to learn how to create something

ningependa nijifunze jinsi ya kutengeneza kitu

that could entertain for an eternity.

ambacho kinaweza kuburudisha milele.

Thank you.

Asante

(Applause)

(Makofi)