ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Rockwell - Architect, experience designer
Architect David Rockwell draws on his love of drama and spectacle to create fantastic, high-impact restaurants, cultural facilities, airline terminals, theater sets -- and playgrounds.

Why you should listen

David Rockwell, FAIA, is the Founder and President of Rockwell Group, an award-winning, cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City with a satellite office in Madrid. The firm crafts a unique narrative for each project through the intersection of theater and architecture.

Projects include Nobu restaurants and hotels worldwide; The New York EDITION; the Union Square Cafe (New York); NeueHouse (New York and Los Angeles); the TED Theater (Vancouver); W Hotels worldwide; 15 Hudson Yards and The Shed in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro; the Imagination Playground initiative; and set designs for Falsettos, She Loves Me and Kinky Boots. From surface and floor coverings for Maya Romanoff, The Rug Company and Jim Thompson, to lighting for Rich Brilliant Willing, to furniture for Stellar Works and Knoll, the firm celebrates product design as a natural extension of its immersive environments.

Honors and recognition include 2016 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Scenic Design for She Loves Me; the AIANY President’s Award; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award; the Presidential Design Award; Fast Company's World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies; the James Beard Foundation Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America; and the Interior Design Hall of Fame. Rockwell serves on the boards of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA), Citymeals-on-Wheels, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and New York Restoration Project. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

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David Rockwell: The hidden ways stairs shape your life

Dejvid Rokvel (David Rockwell): Skriveni načini na koje stepenice oblikuju vaš život

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Stepenice ne služe samo da vas dovedu od tačke A do tačke B. Arhitekta Dejvid Rokvel objašnjava kako one oblikuju vaše pokrete - a i vaša osećanja.
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I think stairsstepenice mayможе be
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Mislim da bi stepenice mogle biti
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one of the mostнајвише emotionallyемоционално
malleableтемп physicalфизички elementsелементи
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jedan od emotivno najprilagodljivijih
fizičkih elemenata
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that an architectархитекта has to work with.
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sa kojim arhitekta može da radi.
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[SmallMali thing. BigVeliki ideaидеја.]
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[Mala stvar. Velika ideja.]
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[DavidDavid RockwellRockwell on
the StairsStepenice]
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[Dejvid Rokvel o stepenicama]
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At its mostнајвише basicосновно, a stairстепениште is a way
to get from pointтачка A to pointтачка B
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Najosnovnije, stepenice su način
da se stigne od tačke A do tačke B
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at differentразличит elevationsvisinama.
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na različitim uzvišenjima.
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StairsStepenice have a commonзаједнички languageЈезик.
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Stepenice imaju zajednički jezik.
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TreadsGuma, whichкоја is the thing
that you walkходати on.
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Gazište, to je ona stvar po kojoj hodamo.
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RiserRiser, whichкоја is the verticalвертикала elementелемент
that separatesrazdvaja the two treadsguma.
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Čelo, to je vertikalni deo,
koji razdvaja dva gazišta.
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A lot of stairsstepenice have nosingsnosings
that createстворити a kindкинд of edgeИвица.
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Većina stepenica ima ispust
koji stvara nekakvu ivicu.
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And then, the connectedповезан pieceпиеце
is a stringerStringer.
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A zatim, deo koji spaja
je stepenišni krak.
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Those piecesкомада, in differentразличит formsобразаца,
make up all stairsstepenice.
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Ti delovi, u različitim oblicima,
čine svake stepenice.
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I assumeпретпоставити stairsstepenice cameДошао to be
from the first time someoneнеко said,
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Pretpostavljam da su stepenice
nastale kada je
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"I want to get to this higherвише rockроцк
from the lowerниже rockроцк."
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prvi put neko rekao: "Želim
da dođem do ove više stene sa niže."
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People climbedпопео
usingКористећи whateverшта год was availableдоступан:
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Ljudi su se penjali koristeći
šta god je bilo dostupno:
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steppedзауставио се logsдневнике, laddersmerdevine
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stepenaste klade, merdevine
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and naturalприродно pathwaysпутеви
that were wornnosio over time.
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i prirodne putanje
koje su nastale vremenom.
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Some of the earliestнајраније staircasesstepeništa,
like the pyramidspiramide in ChichChichén ItzItzá
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Neka od najranijih stepeništa,
kao što su piramide u Čičen Ici
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or the roadsпутеви to MountMount TaiTai in ChinaKina,
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ili putevi do planine Tai u Kini,
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were a meansзначи of gettingдобијања
to a higherвише elevationнадморска висина,
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bila su način da se stigne do uzvišenja,
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whichкоја people soughtтражи
for worshipmolitve or for protectionзаштита.
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za kojima su ljudi tragali zbog
religijskih obožavanja ili zaštite.
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As engineeringинжењеринг has evolvedеволуирао,
so has what's practicalпрактично.
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Kako je inženjerstvo napredovalo, takođe
je napredovalo i ono što je praktično.
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StairsStepenice can be madeмаде
from all kindsврсте of materialматеријал.
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Stepenice se mogu napraviti
od raznih materijala.
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There are linearлинеарно stairsstepenice,
there are spiraledoteo stairsstepenice.
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Postoje linearne stepenice,
kružne stepenice,
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StairsStepenice can be indoorsu zatvorenom prostoru,
they can be outdoorsна отвореном.
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Stepenice mogu biti unutrašnje,
mogu biti spoljašnje.
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They clearlyјасно help us in an emergencyхитан.
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One nam svakako pomažu
u hitnim situacijama.
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But they're alsoтакође a formобразац of artуметност
in and of themselvesсами.
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Ali su takođe i oblik umetnosti,
same po sebi.
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As we moveпотез acrossпреко a stairwaystepenice,
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Kada se krećemo niz stepenište,
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the formобразац dictatesdiktira our pacingkoraиa,
our feelingОсећај, our safetyбезбедност
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oblik određuje naš tempo,
naš osećaj, našu sigurnost
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and our relationshipоднос and engagementангажовање
with the spaceпростор around us.
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i našu vezu i mesto u prostoru oko nas.
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So for a secondдруго, think about steppingkorak po korak down
a gradualпостепен, monumentalмонументално staircaseстепениште
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Zato, zamislite na trenutak kako silazite
niz postepeno, monumentalno stepenište
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like the one in frontфронт
of the NewNovi YorkYork PublicJavnosti LibraryBiblioteka.
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kao što je ono ispred
Njujorške Javne biblioteke.
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From those stepsкораци,
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Sa tih stepenika
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you have a viewпоглед of the streetулица
and all the people around you,
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pruža se pogled na ulicu
i na sve ljude oko vas,
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and your walkходати is slowспор and steadyстабилно
because the treadgazi is so wideшироко.
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i vaš hod je spor i siguran
zato što je gazište veoma široko.
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That's a totallyтотално differentразличит experienceискуство
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To je skroz drugačije iskustvo
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than going down the narrowузак staircaseстепениште
to, say, an oldстари pubpub,
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nego silaženje niz uzano stepenište
recimo, u nekom starom pabu,
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where you spillprosuti into the roomсоба.
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gde ste ubačeni na sred prostorije
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There, you encounterсусрет tallвисок risersUstajemo,
so you moveпотез more quicklyбрзо.
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Tamo, nailazite na visoka čela,
tako da se krećete brže.
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StairsStepenice addдодати enormousогроман dramaдрама.
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Stepenice stvaraju ogromnu dramu.
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Think about how stairsstepenice
signaledсигнализирано a grandгранд entranceулаз
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Razmislite o tome kako su stepenice
obeležile veličanstven ulazak
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and were the starЗвезда of that momentтренутак.
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i bile zvezda trenutka.
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StairsStepenice can even be heroicherojski.
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Stepenice mogu biti i herojske.
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The staircaseстепениште that remainedостао standingстојећи
after SeptemberSeptembra 11thтх
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Stepenište koje je ostalo
nakon 11. septembra,
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and the attackнапад on the WorldSvet TradeTrgovina CenterCentar
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napada na Svetski trgovinski centar,
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was dubbedpod nazivom the "Survivors'Preživeli' StaircaseStepenice,"
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nazvano je "Stepenište preživelih",
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because it playedиграо suchтаква a centralцентрално roleулога
in leadingводећи hundredsстотине of people to safetyбезбедност.
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zbog toga što je odigralo glavnu ulogu
u vođenju stotine ljudi na sigurno.
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But smallмали stairsstepenice
can have a hugeогромно impactутицај, too.
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Ali male stepenice mogu takođe
da imaju veliki uticaj.
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The stoopspustiti is a placeместо
that invitespozivnice neighborskomšije to gatherскупити,
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Ulazne stepenice su mesto koje poziva
komšije na okupljanje,
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blastексплозија musicмузика, and watch the cityград in motionкретање.
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da p uštajuglasnu muziku
i posmatraju grad koji se kreće.
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It's fascinatingфасцинантан to me that you see people
wantingжелим to hangвиси out on the stairsstepenice.
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Meni je zadivljujuće to što ljudi žele
da provode vreme na stepenicama.
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I think they fillпопуните
a deeplyдубоко humanљудско need we have
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Mislim da one ispunjavaju
duboku ljudsku potrebu
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to inhabitnaselili a spaceпростор
more than just on the groundземља planeавион.
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za nastanjivanjem još nekog prostora
osim zemljine ravni.
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And so if you're ableу могуцности to sitседите
halfwayна пола пута up there,
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A ako možete da sedite negde na sredini
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you're in a kindкинд of magicalмагичан placeместо.
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vi ste na nekom čarobnom mestu.
Translated by Anđela Vučković
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Rockwell - Architect, experience designer
Architect David Rockwell draws on his love of drama and spectacle to create fantastic, high-impact restaurants, cultural facilities, airline terminals, theater sets -- and playgrounds.

Why you should listen

David Rockwell, FAIA, is the Founder and President of Rockwell Group, an award-winning, cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City with a satellite office in Madrid. The firm crafts a unique narrative for each project through the intersection of theater and architecture.

Projects include Nobu restaurants and hotels worldwide; The New York EDITION; the Union Square Cafe (New York); NeueHouse (New York and Los Angeles); the TED Theater (Vancouver); W Hotels worldwide; 15 Hudson Yards and The Shed in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro; the Imagination Playground initiative; and set designs for Falsettos, She Loves Me and Kinky Boots. From surface and floor coverings for Maya Romanoff, The Rug Company and Jim Thompson, to lighting for Rich Brilliant Willing, to furniture for Stellar Works and Knoll, the firm celebrates product design as a natural extension of its immersive environments.

Honors and recognition include 2016 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Scenic Design for She Loves Me; the AIANY President’s Award; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award; the Presidential Design Award; Fast Company's World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies; the James Beard Foundation Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America; and the Interior Design Hall of Fame. Rockwell serves on the boards of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA), Citymeals-on-Wheels, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and New York Restoration Project. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

(Photo: Brigitte Lacombe)

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