Gallery: 3 Big Ideas from a Visionary Architect

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    An example of BIG's proposal for functional protective infrastructure for Manhattan.
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    A render of BIG's proposal for what to do with a new power plant that makes energy from trash: turn it into a ski slope.
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    The existing Manhattan shoreline.
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    BIG's proposal for functional infrastructure.
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    Some riverside storefronts.
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    Which could be turned into a flood-proof barrier during storms.
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    BIG's underground gym, with a ceiling dictated by the mathematical equation for a ball rising and falling.
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    Aboveground.
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    Superkilen park in Copenhagen
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    One of the international features: a thai kickboxing ring.
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    A Kazakh bus stop.
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