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Foster - Where does Norman sometimes find design solutions?

Cacling, gliding, x-country skiing

Foster - Why did he make his practice global?

Key to survival, compensate booms and recessions in different states
Foster - What is special about Nomrna's approach to projects?

He's always there first, trying to be with the people

Foster - What does he try to achieve with this practice?

Philosophy, not a building, make it have it own live

Foster - "Architecture is also about power" How is this explaied in the film?

Create landmarkes that become symbols of who and what we are

Foster - What did he try to achieve with the Berlin Reichstag project?

Create a symbol of unified germany
Foster - Wha was there a dome in the project?

Dome was originally there as a symbol of empire past, now transformed into symbol of democracy, visitors walking up inspiral and looking down on parliament an goverment

Foster - What are the funcitons of the cupola?

Draw in light, celebrate processional route for visitors

Foster - What is Norman's attitude to models in the digial age?

They are still really important

Foster - What are the advantages of analouge models?

Gives you a good impression of architecture, how it will be
Foster - What is mos important in cities?

Spaces between building, urban glue is more important than any ther building

Foster - Whats does he want to achieve with airports?

Uplifting experience, celebrate travel

Foster - Which airports did Foster design?

Stanstead airport, Hongkong, Beijing

Foster - What symbolic function does an airport have?

National front door
Foster - What does Foster provide to passengers?

Easy to understand, natural oriantation

Foster - What is special about Bejing airport?

Largest building on the planet

Foster - What does the roof look like?

lying dragon

Foster - How long did it take to build?

4 yeras
Foster - What does Foster's CEO Mouzhan Majiddi say about Heathrow Terminal 5 and Hong Kong airport?

Built faster then in the UK

Foster - What does Foster praise about the emerging economies?

Thinking big and stratecical

Foster - What new challenge faces architectural offices?

Mire and mire people lifing in cities, so mire citydesing

Foster - What does Stefan Behling say about urbanziation?

How to sustainable, how to provide food, energy and transport
Foster - What is the ambition of Masdar City, Abu Dhabi?

Carbonneutral city in the desert

Foster - What does it offer? Masdar City

Homes, jobs, energy production

Foster - How is transport designed? Masdar City

Selfdriving electric cars

Foster - What is tragic and inexplicable in Foster's view?

There should be much more attemps to build carbon neutral cities

Foster - How did the critics respond to Foster's view?

First love-affaire, then they think he trading water, ti's like a self parody

Foster - How does Foster react to critics?

You have to be immune to criticism

Foster - What was one of the worst moments in his life?

Diagnosed with cancer

Foster - How did Foster get throug his helat crisis?

State of denial, and lots of exercise

Foster - What does Foster say about learning?

You can always go one step thurder

Thomas Piketty - What does the formular r > g lead to?

Higher concentration of wealth

Thomas Piketty - What other forces influence wealth distribution?

Many other forces

Thomas Piketty - What is his data based on?

Database in the internet

Thomas Piketty - What is fact 1?

Income inequality was higher in Europe in 1900

Thomas Piketty - What are the reasons for fact 1?

Unequal access to skills in the USA (university fee)

Thomas Piketty - What is fact 2?

Wealth inequality is always a lot higher than income inequality

Thomas Piketty - What is fact 3?

Wealth inequality is less extreme today than in 1900, although total quantity of wealth has returnes to pre-war levels

Thomas Piketty - What facotrs explain wealth accumulations?

Dynamic-dynastic reasons (transmit wealth to next generation)

Thomas Piketty - For most of the history of mankind, r > g was true. Why?

In agricultural society, growth is zero , return on capital is 5%

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