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TED GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS

Manvee
Sharma

The powerful TED Talks propagate “ideas worth spreading.”
The program for this project includes a net installation out-
side the office to encourage sharing of ideas directly with the
public as well as a canopy within the office that articulates
a meeting area, open office spaces and a conference room,
creating places for sharing ideas and encouraging the free
flow of communication. Editing suites, executive offices and
phone booths have been isolated at the back of the space for
acoustic control and privacy.
The location for this project is a neighborhood with an
important urban center close to several large favelas. It is
close to the city center and several universities.
The primary design element was inspired by Brazil’s
bobbin cotton lace making culture. The cotton forms an
undulating canopy in the center of the office that rep-
resents the main concept of TED talks: spreading ideas.
Cotton has a tensile strength and is an organic material
that is beautiful to the eye and comfortable to touch.
A multi-colored tensile structure divides and unites spaces
for different uses. The cotton threads act as the connective
elements that hold these spaces together, again represent-
ing holding strong ideas together and spreading them in
the world as TED Talks suggest.

Degree: Delhi University, BA Economics and Mathematics.
manvisharma3@hotmail.com

Faculty: Tina Manis and Sean Arrasmith

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