New York startup works to revive classic building techniques
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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2024
- Many of the world's greatest historical structures and buildings have been constructed with stone, but the material is largely no longer used in construction because of its cost. A New York startup is trying to change that.
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FINALLY SOMEBODY TRYING TO BRING BACK BEAUTY IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
Bro thats not American architecture it is indian architecture which is copied by that firm and provide services there
The architect schools and professor will fight against it because they're following the Marxist doctrine.
@@kayasth01 its not indian, india stole it from the khmer empire
@@kayasth01 Nah i just meant architecture in america not from america
@@kayasth01bro it was stolen form the Roman Empire
The irony of one of the example for stone building being the pantheon in Rome, the largest free standing non reinforced concrete structure in the world
Agrippa would be [proud
The pantheon was built with more than just concrete though, it had every material you could imagine including bricks, pottery shards, and stone. The columns along the portico were cut from Egyptian granite and there are plenty of marble panels, columns, and entablatures within the Pantheon that survive today that were all carved by hand.
That is why the Roman architects were the master concrete builders.
The Romans had *underwater concrete* settting.
It's only gone worse since then.
I thought a bigger irony was looking at that crappy Brookfield joint with completely featureless polished stone on nothing but the steps.
@@AudieHolland Uhhh u aint ever seen em just throw a bunch of unopened concrete packs onto a riverside? would that not set well?
glass and steel towers built in the past decades will be demolished. But many beautiful buildings built in the early 20th century will be around for hundreds of years... thanks to people like him.
glass and steel better 🥱
@@nick_0 it's become excessively used unfortunately.
every era has its mass produced cheap buildings that will be demolished. for obvious reasons we don't see many from the past.
@@nick_0causing global warming.
@@__Man__Embarrassing drivel.
I'm 10000% for this, the beauty in stone is amazing!
This is incredible. Bring back beautiful architecture!
Yeaaaah! Finally!!!!!
beautiful architecture is already here 🥱
@@nick_0no. Modern architecture is boring
@@Picsou313 most buildings throughout human history are going to be boring because 1. they're built to serve a purpose, not to be monuments that last forever 2. humans get used to what's around them, our current world will look alien to someone from 1000 years ago and vice versa
The reporters in the last minute sound clueless on what they are talking about 😂. Sounds like a high school presentation making up stuff on the spot and saying random buzzwords to make this seem revolutionary and inclusive.
Now you know, that's their actual level of competency when the script is not there.
If you ever worked with a major corporate media reporter, especially if you are a subject matter expert in something, you would be shocked.
It makes you question everything you ever learned.
@@ecoro_ Yeah, sometimes I'd watch people watching the news after a segment and the only purpose for the talk at the end is to make you feel like you align or agree with those reporters.
Yes!...Bring back beautiful architecture!
There’s something primal about a building you know could withstand a massive blast and stand for maybe thousands of years
We need more like that. Just came back from Paris, their buildings look a lot more beautiful than ours.
As a Parisian, thank you ! We tend to forget how beautiful our city is, until we visit others...
it's getting uglier here too...
@@Hiro_Trevelyan France, England, Germany architecture is what we need to go back to, many parts of the east coast have that feel , but Id love it if we can pick one or two architecture types and stick to it🥲Make it uniform throughout the country. I personally love Art Deco, a perfect blend of modern and ancient in a way
Part of the greatness of European cities is also that they were made for pedestrian societies and not for cars. So, the cities are made from the perspective of people who walked from place to place on the streets. We need to also adjust our city infrastructure to prioritize pedestrians.
I’m glad to see this being talked publicly in North America but this have been used for at least 15 years in Europe.
There is no novelty to it, it’s just a lack of vision from investors and architects.
Exactly. As much as it pains me to admit it, the architecture professor is right when he says that this will be limited to historical preservation projects. The ones in power are the architects, and unfortunately the architectural community is a bunch of extremely narrow-minded snobs whom have collectively decided that this type of ”traditional” and ”classic” architecture is nothing but pastiche.
I’ve studied and worked in the stone carving industry for 10 years. They made the mistake of making it an expensive material lowering the demand, the low demand created low margin that weren’t compensated by the high price. Stone is actually cheap to produce and can be found all around. The problem is that there isn’t any large scale or modern transformation factories most of them are highly inefficient compared to wood or concrete. When I was a CNC programmer 10 years ago, I was using floppy disk to load my programs in the machines and a year after I changed career the company I was working for closed.
When I was studying in France, there was research groups showing you could replace concrete by stone in mid size apartment buildings. A stone and wood mixed building would have a really low carbon footprint. You would just have the fondations made out of concrete
Funny how the "new world" is always behind the "old world"
@@benjamingranet581 This a tragic reality for a lot of crafts and repairs, here in Sweden the knowledge on how to repair old thing are disappearing so a lot of things must be made new and old thrown away and it's such a waste.
Thank you thank you sir! I’ve long mourn the loss of artistic architechture. Glad to know companies like this exist! You are a hero!
Well done. Stone is a great building material. Not a lot of old school stone craftsman around today. Concrete is VERY energy consuming. Stone lasts. Bravo.
There is a few companies that do this in Europe. A lot of buildings in Berlin and Barcelona have been rebuilt like this for example.
Haven't they been using CNC carving to build the Sagrada Famillia in Barcelona for decades?
I’m pretty sure it could not do the fine details though, just do the rough blocking out.
@@shiftmym9079So basically the same thing as here :D Here it's also the artist that does the detailing, which is commendable as it provides jobs for humans as well, only the TV station trying to spin it that way that it's the robot that does the job
YEEEEEEES BRING BACK ART AND BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE
More beautiful architecture please!!! The cost, effort, and time is so worth it when the alternative is soulless and depressing
Yess. this is what we need to bring the Art Deco style back in our lives..
Anything that brings back beautiful architecture is a good thing. Really glad they could help restore a historic building
Pineapple Grove Designs has been doing this since 1989. 24,000 architects have specified us on over 300,000 projects around the world.
Stone is timeless and it'll be great to bring back beauty, to not just the cbd but residential buildings outside of the main centre.
The professor is right, once you factor in mining + transportation costs + limited suppliers who can control the quantity and price of stone, you're probably gonna end up with a cost that's much less attractive than what's already on the market (glass, steel, etc). No way would it be economically feasible to transport stone across long distances, so stone-based building projects will probably have to be closer to the quarry. Developers are going to opt in for the materials that will yield them the best profit in their projects. But still good to see a use for it in historical/specialty architecture!
Plus for large scale projects, it is just unfeasible and unyielding. Much easier to add a floor or change a floor plan on a steel structure vs a stone building.
This is fantastic. Not only will it make new buildings more durable and attractive, but it will also help reduce the costs of maintaining and restoring period properties.
In the new world of high tech, the value of craftsmanship and handmade labor is increasing at a faster pace than we expected
monumental is literally using robots to carve the stone
@@JinKee At the end the process a hand sculptor adds the finishing touches. Power tools help imagine even greater concepts.
What an amazing guy, finally some life gets back to architecture
I love this! I always loved the stone carved buildings in Amsterdam, the elaborate doorways, so beautiful. Some of those beautiful houses also have stone carvings on the ceilings inside, they might even be able to do details like this too. And for modern design it makes so much more possible. I was wondering if they thought of using hempcrete? I heard it's really strong and better for the environment as well. I love this innovative thinking and to be honest I've never been a fan of the "cold" steel and glass buildings myself, I prefer ornamental. It's nice to let your eyes wander around a building like that and ponder the flowing shapes, there's a soothing quality to it to me.
This definitely seems like it will mainly be used for historical restoration first and foremost, with some small entrance into the luxury markets, I can definitely see some major corporation or eccentric multimillionaire/billionaire ordering a large ornate stone construction. The vast majority of the dirty commoners won't be living or working in stone buildings anytime soon.
You're unfortunately right.
we dirty commoners can have terracotta and ceramic facade
“…that’s just beginning to carve out the possibilities!”. Did everyone catch what he did here? These newscasters are so dang creative and witty!!
Bring back classic beauty to architecture
Most of the antique stone architecture was Stone Cast. Many of the sculptures where duplicated with Molds and a concrete mixture was poured into the mold to form the part. It is still a low cost solution to stone architecture. It is fine if the guy wants to purchase a 7 axis robot for 500k. The old stone casting method could produce better detail for a lot less cost.
A lot of it is terracotta too
Check out Pineapple Grove Designs. 35 years, 24,000 architect specifiers, over 300,000 completed projects around the world.
Anything to bring stone back into architecture.
This is incredible! Imagine the complexity of programming stone work into a machine. Bravo!
PETA championing laws against dinosaur labor was a win for everybody
Good video, i love it. didnt expect such good work.
Micah Springut of Monumental Labs, New York is nothing less than an impressive Trailblazer!
There will always be naysayers, as was the Architecture Professor that gave his counter opinion.
We just need to look at the spectacularly built & craved stone building of the past! How long have they endured, in all weather conditions?? Will the steel/metal & glass buildings that are currently standing still be here unscathed in 200 - 500 years like many in Europe?
This brave entrepreneur is a likewise dreamer, innovator, artist, etc - like the similar, famous or not, predecessors of the past!
Congratulations to him & much success in his future!!
**Please do a 3-5 year follow up!!
This machine can be reproduced under 5000 USD using custom cnc router and opensource software.
How? I want to build my own one.
you can build a 7-axis cnc for 5k?
Nope, just the raw materials alone would cost you way more, not to mention the electrical parts. If you can make anything remotely like that in size for less than 100k you'll be a millionaire in a week
I've also seen the same facade restoration done using fiberglass. This is done on upper floors where it's more difficult to tell from the naked eye. Looks just as good.
I feel like that is asking for trouble, fiberglass will never be as durable, especially at higher floors where the weather impact is increased. it's cheaper, but you'll also need to replace and upkeep it far more frequently.
Fantastic idea! These are the things that make me like America
No unit costs mentioned, so it's still too expensive
Looks great! Fantastic work
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I hope we get to see more and more of the classic NYC I saw in movies as a kind in the 90s
This is wonderful!
This is great! These buildings need to be maintained and many of its parts replaced. Thank god someone out there loves good architecture and quality.
I love what this guy is doing !!!
People are yearning for this.
Yearning i say!
Leonardo DaVinci was not just an artist but also an engineer, he would have embraced the robot.
Bringing back classics
Love it.
That's are amazing, I can't wait.
"Low paid immigrant craftsman"
Needs lasers and robots to recreate the quality of the old world.
I love this idea
Well done to this person to create this company.
Stone is timeless, albeit expensive
This would be great if they could really scale it up! I’d buy
I'm sure Notre Dame will need you.
You look at the beautifully carved old building facade and say "Wow, someone had real talent, spent so much time and effort to create it so beautifully." Has anyone ever had the same experience when looking at a flat glass/stone facade? Unfortunately, "speed and efficiency" is the main factor these days, and boredom and repetition are the sign of today's urban architecture. Maybe this is intentional so that modern life does not contrast too much with the surrounding buildings?
Thats great!
Ah yes the classic fully automated robot factory.
Architecture has always been the cornerstone of Western civilization. Hopefully, with CNC machines and KUKA stone carving robots, it will return to its glory days. Thanks for the original reporting; I really loved the back and forth between the differing views.
Yes yes yes yes!! Amazing!
I'm afraid the professor is right. I hope the startup keeps filling the niche market of repairs on historic structures and doesn't try to expand too fast and fail/disappear. Those old buildings need fixing up!
I would love to see new art deco skyscrapers like 70 pine and the crysler building
Bring this to Europe!!
This is progress.
Country stone masons in north liberty Iowa has been doing this for a good while
Really? I’ll have to visit them sometime.
finally beautiful stones on The Rise again
most things should be made to last centuries and look pretty instead of some glass metal plastic crap that you tear down and rebuild every few decades, profit is not the sole value human should be pursuing
Yes
❤❤❤❤❤ very cool
I’m with it!!! I like this idea 💡
Finally some beauty returns to the world
I want my Bladerunner tiles now.
$400k for an 7axis cnc is really low cost. A 5 axis mill is easily $1million.
Cool. I love graving, I realised it in Marocco, who were the masters of wood and stone gravings.
This is a hell lot better then all of the modern glass architecture slob we are in now.
So back to the stone age lol.
Yesssss finally!!!
Yes yessss
What is most wild about this is how many businesses are doing it already this is not new or exciting technology, it’s just how it’s done now
This is the sort of thing I wanted automation to be used for.. making impractical or difficult things we really want to have or do, practical.
Can't wait to see new traditional buildings. Glass is ok, but if you've seen one glass building, you've seen them all.. and they're kind of bland, lose heat like a sieve, and don't respect the region's style or culture at all. This stonecutting technique could genuinely have huge impacts as people look from glass for style to stone ornamentation.
buildings esp in america are hideous and soulesss... go to any old building and feels amazing
Yes, all the tools in
Michelangelo’s Toolbox
Sculptured present arks
#robots #allthetools
I'm all for it!
Regular cnc presented like innovation
Yes a big robot is a classic building technique
It’s called composite combined the two a little of each makes it efficient and spectacular to look at. It’s not an either or it’s a both and
They never should’ve stopped using stone
0stone is heavier. you can make a dye and sculpt as many in cement.
MEGALITHIC ARCHITECTURE IS MAKING A COMEBACK
I think almost everyone wants traditional building techniques brought back. Problem is architects want horrible crazy buildings that bring them recognition. For them it is more about the concept then beauty or comfort.
Amazing I want this to go global
Also what's to stop such concrete from also being reinforced with graphene sourced from biochar?
Ah yes classic building techniques like using a 7 axis robot.
GOOD. I'm tired of people complaining that new buildings need to much work to keep standing.
after few toulsands of yers there will be only dust from new built architecture, stone is the only thing that will be left of us if anything but layer of plastic
I've been using cnc machines to do stone work like that for years. Nothing new. Omag, Denver, Breton and others make them
Which city are they showing at 2:31?
Wow ❤❤❤
CNC for Rock
You mean a 3d modeler. Graphic artist? Lol
cool , tech . i wonder how this will play into housing market? stone homes maybe , high quality to last in florida weather ? cool video and tech!!!
I didn't know him of course, but I think Gaudi would be ok with the rough work being curved out with these robots, and the finer touches of the Sagrada Família finalized by hand.