7.31.2018

Ian Firth : Bridges should be beautiful

Ian Firth at TED2018
Bridges should be beautiful  (transcript)
Summary
This time, this is a story of a bridge.
Bridges have been helping us for a long time.
Not only carrying something and creating communities but also there are bridges to grow and develop cities and counties and enhance people's well-being.  If there is a beautiful bridge in the city, the bridge becomes a symbol of the city and the city will be famous and growing.
And then the most important things are functional, safe, and durable. For them, money shouldn't be tight with money because people might die.
However, if money is used for design, the bridge is too expensive to be chosen by a competition.
What is true beauty?
It's to neatly work, not to be judged only by appearances, and it's not too deluxe but it's not too petty. It should continue evolving with the time.
The speaker who is a bridge designer really loves bridges.

Words in this story
stagnate /verb/ stop moving
neatly /adv/ cleanly, accurately
adequate/ adj/  sufficient, enough, requisite
obstacle /noun/  barrier, hurdle

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