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From the Ted Talk by Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales
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And what makes it interesting is that the island right now is just a piece of desert. It has no vegetation. It has no wtear. It has no enrgey, no resources. So we actually sort of designed the entire island as a single esceytosm, exploiting wind energy to drive the dieoalsntain plants, and to use the thermal properties of water to heat and cool the buildings. And all the sort of excess freshwater wastewater is filtered organically into the landscape, gradually trnroamsinfg the desert island into sort of a green, lush landscape.
So, you can say where an urban development normally happens at the enpsxee of nature, in this case it's actually creating nature. And the bgluidnis, they don't only sort of invoke the imagery of the mountains, they also operate like mountains. They create shelter from the wind. They accumulate the solar energy. They accumulate the water. So they actually trnofsarm the ertine island into a single ecosystem.
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And what makes it interesting is that the island right now is just a piece of desert. It has no vegetation. It has no _____. It has no ______, no resources. So we actually sort of designed the entire island as a single _________, exploiting wind energy to drive the ____________ plants, and to use the thermal properties of water to heat and cool the buildings. And all the sort of excess freshwater wastewater is filtered organically into the landscape, gradually ____________ the desert island into sort of a green, lush landscape.
So, you can say where an urban development normally happens at the _______ of nature, in this case it's actually creating nature. And the _________, they don't only sort of invoke the imagery of the mountains, they also operate like mountains. They create shelter from the wind. They accumulate the solar energy. They accumulate the water. So they actually _________ the ______ island into a single ecosystem.
Solution
- buildings
- expense
- ecosystem
- desalination
- transform
- transforming
- entire
- energy
- water
Original Text
And what makes it interesting is that the island right now is just a piece of desert. It has no vegetation. It has no water. It has no energy, no resources. So we actually sort of designed the entire island as a single ecosystem, exploiting wind energy to drive the desalination plants, and to use the thermal properties of water to heat and cool the buildings. And all the sort of excess freshwater wastewater is filtered organically into the landscape, gradually transforming the desert island into sort of a green, lush landscape.
So, you can say where an urban development normally happens at the expense of nature, in this case it's actually creating nature. And the buildings, they don't only sort of invoke the imagery of the mountains, they also operate like mountains. They create shelter from the wind. They accumulate the solar energy. They accumulate the water. So they actually transform the entire island into a single ecosystem.
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