# Building unimaginable shapes

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Michael Hansmeyer
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Computer science, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_hansmeyer_building_unimaginable_shapes)
- 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)

Inspired by cell division, Michael Hansmeyer writes algorithms that design outrageously fascinating shapes and forms with millions of facets. No person could draft them by hand, but they're buildable -- and they could revolutionize the way we think of architectural form.

## Lectures

1. [Building unimaginable shapes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michael_hansmeyer_building_unimaginable_shapes/7c6705df1c88), 11 min (TED's player)