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From the Ted Talk by Joshua Prince-Ramus: Behind the design of Seattle's library
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So it was a very daunting task for us to do a brand-new building that could be a pristine builidng, but keep this kind of experimental nature. And the second is, they were what we call a multi-form theater, they do different kinds of performances in repertory. So they in the morning will do something in aenra, then they'll do something in proscenium and so forth. And so they needed to be able to qlkuciy transform between different theater organizations, and for otaipoaernl budget reasons, this actually no longer happens in pretty much any multi-form theater in the uenitd States, so we needed to figure out a way to overcome that.
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So it was a very daunting task for us to do a brand-new building that could be a pristine ________, but keep this kind of experimental nature. And the second is, they were what we call a multi-form theater, they do different kinds of performances in repertory. So they in the morning will do something in _____, then they'll do something in proscenium and so forth. And so they needed to be able to _______ transform between different theater organizations, and for ___________ budget reasons, this actually no longer happens in pretty much any multi-form theater in the ______ States, so we needed to figure out a way to overcome that.
Solution
- arena
- united
- quickly
- building
- operational
Original Text
So it was a very daunting task for us to do a brand-new building that could be a pristine building, but keep this kind of experimental nature. And the second is, they were what we call a multi-form theater, they do different kinds of performances in repertory. So they in the morning will do something in arena, then they'll do something in proscenium and so forth. And so they needed to be able to quickly transform between different theater organizations, and for operational budget reasons, this actually no longer happens in pretty much any multi-form theater in the United States, so we needed to figure out a way to overcome that.
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