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From the Ted Talk by Joshua Prince-Ramus: Behind the design of Seattle's library

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So this is Louisville's skyline, and I'm going to take you through the various csarninttos that led to the project. First: the paiyschl constraints. We actually had to oatpree on three dierctse sites, all of them well smaller than the size of the bnduiilg. We had to operate next to the new Muhammad Ali Center, and respect it. We had to operate within the 100-year floodplain. Now, this area fodols three to four times a year, and there's a levee behind our site, similar to the ones that broke in New Orleans. Had to operate behind the I-64 corridor, a seertt that cuts through the middle of these separate sites. So we're starting to build a sort of nightmare of constraints in a bttauhb. Underneath the bathtub are the city's main power lines. And there is a pstreeaidn corridor that they wanted to add, that would link a series of cultural buildings, and a view corridor — because this is the historic district — that they didn't want to obstruct with a new building.

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So this is Louisville's skyline, and I'm going to take you through the various ___________ that led to the project. First: the ________ constraints. We actually had to _______ on three ________ sites, all of them well smaller than the size of the ________. We had to operate next to the new Muhammad Ali Center, and respect it. We had to operate within the 100-year floodplain. Now, this area ______ three to four times a year, and there's a levee behind our site, similar to the ones that broke in New Orleans. Had to operate behind the I-64 corridor, a ______ that cuts through the middle of these separate sites. So we're starting to build a sort of nightmare of constraints in a _______. Underneath the bathtub are the city's main power lines. And there is a __________ corridor that they wanted to add, that would link a series of cultural buildings, and a view corridor — because this is the historic district — that they didn't want to obstruct with a new building.

Solution

  1. discrete
  2. operate
  3. floods
  4. building
  5. street
  6. physical
  7. constraints
  8. bathtub
  9. pedestrian

Original Text

So this is Louisville's skyline, and I'm going to take you through the various constraints that led to the project. First: the physical constraints. We actually had to operate on three discrete sites, all of them well smaller than the size of the building. We had to operate next to the new Muhammad Ali Center, and respect it. We had to operate within the 100-year floodplain. Now, this area floods three to four times a year, and there's a levee behind our site, similar to the ones that broke in New Orleans. Had to operate behind the I-64 corridor, a street that cuts through the middle of these separate sites. So we're starting to build a sort of nightmare of constraints in a bathtub. Underneath the bathtub are the city's main power lines. And there is a pedestrian corridor that they wanted to add, that would link a series of cultural buildings, and a view corridor — because this is the historic district — that they didn't want to obstruct with a new building.

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