Siamak Hariri: How do you build a sacred space?
Сиамак Харири: Как построить священное место?
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that I studied at some 30 years ago
около 30 лет назад,
from the wonderful art gallery
художественной галереи,
architect Louis Kahn.
великий архитектор Луис Кан.
and I used to visit it quite often.
и бывал там довольно часто.
across the concrete wall.
по бетонной стене.
was moved by the building
это получается?»
a reaction of the heart.
the emotional response.
эмоциональному отклику.
an open call for designs
по разработке дизайна
in all of South America.
for the Bahá'í community,
было чрезвычайно важным этапом,
of the continental temples
из континентальных храмов,
строить национальные и местные храмы
for national and local temples to be built
религии: это должна быть круглая комната
nine entrances, nine paths,
девятью выходами и девятью дорожками,
from all directions,
с любой стороны.
in the Bahá'í faith.
гостеприимным и открытым
walks of life, backgrounds,
любого происхождения и вероисповедания
churches for Christianity
одной из первых христианских церквей
священное место в наши дни?
what's sacred today?
что сегодня священно?
from the Bahá'í writings,
из бахайских писаний,
обратитесь за помощью в молитве,
which is already very interesting --
что уже очень интересно, —
will become ashine.
of the inner and the outer,
внешнего и внутреннего,
and you say, "That person is radiant."
мы говорим, что он светится.
how could we make something
Как можно было бы создать
it becomes alive.
от нежного прикосновения света».
которая захватывает свет.
a single form of emanation
излучающая свет, чистая форма,
was looking too much like an egg.
было очень похоже на яйцо…
letting the process take you,
когда вы позволяете процессу захватить вас
of a plant moving in light,
которое развивается и крепнет на свету,
у здания храма может быть что-то похожее
could have reach,
could mean movement and stillness,
может означать как движение, так и покой,
as is humanly possible,
какие только может создать человек,
well, what is perfection?
«Что же такое совершенство?»
of this Japanese basket
японской корзины и подумал,
of perfection need to be challenged,
о совершенстве нужно бросить вызов,
of this basket, this wonkiness,
и эта её шаткость прекрасны.
of what you might imagine a shoulder
folding but torquing --
но и в их закручивании —
and the way it was reaching.
как оно вытягивалось.
an interesting form,
интересная форма.
проектировали выходы,
were received from 80 countries,
из 80 стран,
of how to build it.
строительству.
many experiments with materials,
с материалами,
this kind of shimmer,
такое мерцание.
as you know, is very strong,
очень прочное,
just so and melt them
боросиликатные стержни и расплавить их
about two years to make.
на создание которого у нас ушло два года.
которого мы хотели добиться:
о воплощённом свете.
something with a soft light,
чтобы внутри храма свет был рассеянным,
but on the inside you touch it.
и приятна к телу изнутри.
in a huge quarry in Portugal
мы нашли крошечное месторождение
for seven generations in his family,
семь поколений в ожидании того,
if you can believe it.
в это сложно поверить.
it has that translucent quality.
необходимая нам полупрозрачность.
станет видно, что к основанию
и геометрии.
all individual shapes,
with aerospace technology,
по аэрокосмическим технологиям,
вложены огромные усилия целой команды —
на оплату труда которых
of our $30 million budget
в 30 миллионов долларов,
to that beautiful quote,
на ту замечательную цитату
of mysterious ways.
загадочными способами.
14 years ago when we made the submission,
14 лет назад, когда мы подавали заявку,
set against the Andes.
стоящий на фоне Анд.
where we ended up,
именно в тех горах.
nothing but pure nature,
с окружающей природой,
nothing but the city below you,
видите лишь город внизу.
в любых направлениях,
from all over South America,
не покидали своих сёл.
belongs to people,
and walks of life,
is what it feels like on the inside;
что ощущаешь, находясь внутри:
as that security guard,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Siamak Hariri - ArchitectSiamak Hariri holds deep respect for the transformative potential of architecture, specializing in creating works of enduring value.
Why you should listen
Siamak Hariri is a founding Partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, a 120 person practice based in Toronto. His portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized buildings has won over 60 awards, including the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, celebrated as one of Canada’s Artists who mattered most by the Globe and Mail and with his Partner David Pontarini, the 2013 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Architectural Firm Award.
One of Hariri's earliest HPA projects, the Canadian headquarters of McKinsey & Company, is the youngest building to receive City of Toronto heritage landmark designation. He has recently completed public and private projects include the award-winning Richard Ivey Building, Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University, the Jackman Law Building for the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, the Schulich School of Business at York University and the Integrated Health Sciences campus, with the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy and the McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine in downtown Kitchener.
In the fall of 2016, Hariri completed a project he began in 2003, the Bahá’í Temple of South American, located in Santiago, Chile, the last of the Bahá’í continental temples. Won through an international call and a rigorous design competition (185 entries from 80 countries) the temple is poised to become an architectural landmark at the foothill of the Andes. It has already won some of the top architecture awards including the RAIC Innovation Award, the World Architecture News Best Building of the Year (selected by ninety-seven judges around the world); Architect Magazine’s Progressive Architecture Award (architecture’s top unbuilt projects award); the Canadian Architect’s Award of Excellence; the International Property Awards and was profiled by National Geographic Magazine.
Hariri is currently working on the complex Princess Margaret Space Transformation Project and has recently won two international design competitions, the first, the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, and the second, selected from over 92 international architects, for the new Tom Patterson Theatre, poised to become the heart of the Stratford Festival.
Born in Bonn, Germany, Hariri was educated at the University of Waterloo and Yale University where he completed a Master of Architecture. He has taught at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, as well as been a lecturer and guest critic for numerous organizations across North America. Hariri was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Architecture from Ryerson University for his contribution to architecture in Canada and abroad. The University of Toronto also honored him with an Arbor Award for his contribution to the University experience as a lecturer and adjunct professor. Hariri lives in Toronto with his artist wife, Sasha Rogers and their three children; Lua, Yasmin and David.
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