Is urban art of another kind 14 cardboard buildings up to 27 meters tall and weighing one and a half tons each he s having a city built within a city on the waterfront into half the friends his largest cardboard creation to date does that make him nervous. we could build a lot more here without. the conditions actually make me more nervous than the construction itself. removal. of that was almost completely destroyed in the 2nd world war later french architect. designed housing for around 60000 people a masterpiece of urban planning. ology cause ted drew inspiration from the world heritage site for his cardboard installation.
Buildings start to sway. equal council winds being a 1000000 living there it s attempting to do much business i mean it s too bad we can t get a foster home. but at the moment it s just too dangerous to have people working good is if you really. nature puts a premature end to the construction and in the morning down the tower collapses. others fall victim to the wind. only 4 of the buildings came through the night intact the ruins of the others inspire the public to make a few spontaneous creations of their own. but oh yeah we ve collected pieces from all over the place and now we ve built this piece here it s. the cardboard city stands for just 2 days. and then the big demolition operation begins the only piece not to be torn apart is this tower
A look at what else we ve got coming up on the program. the women only at europe s motorcycle event for girls called petra let s bikers come from all over the world for cardboard only a french artist can charge gigantic buildings out of this material. but 1st it s coming up roses in brussels that s because roses and other colorful flowers are decking the halls and rooms of the city s gothic town hall for the by annual flower time exhibition more than 30 international florus are taking part to show off their creations during the 5 day event while we accompanied a belorussian flower designer to see how her creations represent the belgian capital. i deep in concentration the tiniest account over as making a few final tweaks she and her team have arranged thousands of flowers with a big opening just around the corner she wants everything to be perfect but she
And some pretty. you need to do that again it s fascinating work and a bit like being an architect. i have kids and as a boy i myself used to play with cardboard boxes to which you re asking did you get your way you can be anything you want a little come with a ship an airplane or whatever he said you know the truth of. these monumental cardboard concepts would hardly be feasible without plenty of help from the people of new. buildings are made of some 3000 rolls of tape and 23000 boxes far fewer than bricks in the originals they take just one week of construction not much to build an entire city but it did require months of planning and precision drawings much like an architect would make. the 46 year old artist s favorite piece is the tower. room
It s carefully hoisted up and carried away as requested by the people of laughter the demolition is also a part of the only vehicles ted s concept the cardboard city is meant to be ephemeral. well that s it now it s over this is really the end of the project. it only takes a little while before the place is empty. but it s fun to watch the people laughing shouting. and enjoying themselves. even with the inclement weather the happening was a complete success and eclipse ted is already planning his next cardboard city.