Chameleon architecture: Ross Langdon at TEDxKrakow

Ross is an architect with a deep sensitivity to the communities and traditions in which his projects are located. Born and brought up in rural south-eastern Tasmania, he now focuses on ecologically and socially sustainable tourism infrastructure in environmentally sensitive locations. His is currently working in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania on a number of eco-lodges and smaller cultural projects and will show us how a building can be integrated into communities on many levels.

Ross jest architektem odznaczającym się dużą wrażliwością wobec społeczności i tradycji ludzi, którzy żyją w miejscu realizacji jego projektów. Urodzony i wychowany w południowo-wschodniej Tasmanii, koncentruje się na ekologicznie i społecznie zrównoważonej infrastrukturze turystycznej obszarów zagrożonych ekologicznie. Obecnie pracuje nad projektami w Ugandzie, Rwandzie i Tanzanii. Opowie nam o wielopoziomowej integracji budynku ze społecznością, dla której jest projektowany.

Ross spoke at the third edition of TEDxKrakow which took place on 21 September 2012 at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow. Our theme was "Secret Lives" as there's always more to things than meets the eye, but we so rarely take the time to look at what's really going on or what it takes to make life work. This year at TEDxKraków we looked behind the curtain of the apparently mundane and everyday to get a glimpse of some of the unexpected, fascinating, worrying, intricate and maybe even repulsive aspects of life that are usually invisible to us.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations).