Gallery: 3 Big Ideas from a Visionary Architect
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An example of BIG's proposal for functional protective infrastructure for Manhattan.
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A render of BIG's proposal for what to do with a new power plant that makes energy from trash: turn it into a ski slope.
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The existing Manhattan shoreline.
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BIG's proposal for functional infrastructure.
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Some riverside storefronts.
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Which could be turned into a flood-proof barrier during storms.
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BIG's underground gym, with a ceiling dictated by the mathematical equation for a ball rising and falling.
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Aboveground.
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Superkilen park in Copenhagen
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One of the international features: a thai kickboxing ring.
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A Kazakh bus stop.
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