# Building a theater that remakes itself

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSMU
- Speaker: Joshua Prince-Ramus
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_building_a_theater_that_remakes_itself)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can architects re-engineer their design process? Joshua Prince-Ramus shows how the results can be spectacular. He walks us through his fantastic re-creation of the Wyly Theater as a giant "theatrical machine" that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button.

## Lectures

1. [Building a theater that remakes itself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joshua_prince_ramus_building_a_theater_that_remakes_itself/69ebd28afc31), 19 min (TED's player)