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Visionaries

Visionaries
Imaginative, genius, wise, misunderstood - what makes a person Visionary?
SHOWING TIMES
Saturdays at 0930 GMT - Starting 1st September
Repeated: Saturdays at 1730 (Not South Asia) & 2030, Sundays at 0230 (Not Asia Pacific) & 1330 (Not America) GMT

 
What makes a fully-fledged Visionary? Talent is obviously not enough - the history of art and science is littered with forgotten geniuses. And the world today is full of immensely talented unknowns.

To be a Visionary, you need to test all boundaries and harbour a grand obsession. Leonardo certainly seems to fit the de******ion, as do Mozart and architect Christopher Wren. But do any modern artists meet the Visionary criteria? This introductory programme aims to find out.


Now you have the chance to debate and decide who you think is the most visionary from our line up of forward thinkers throughout history.


· Each episode features two figures from each category.


· You will be persuaded to vote by celebrity advocates who will debate for their chosen visionary.


· You can vote here online to decide the winners which will be announced in a special programme on October 20th.


Join BBC World for your chance to vote and help decide the winners announced on October 20th.


Programme 2: 8th & 9th September:


Christopher Wren (Amanda Levete) Vs Norman Foster (Maxwell Hutchinson):


Christopher Wren Visionaries


Wren was an English scientist, mathematician and one of that country's most distinguished architects, best known for the design of many London churches, including St Paul's Cathedral. Wren’s interest in architecture developed from his study of physics and engineering. In 1664 and 1665 Wren was commissioned to design the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford and a chapel for Pembroke College, Cambridge and from then on, architecture was his main focus. In 1666, the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the medieval city, providing him a huge opportunity. He produced ambitious plans for rebuilding the whole area but they were rejected, partly because property owners insisted on keeping the sites of their destroyed buildings. However, Wren did design 51 new city churches, as well as the new St Paul's Cathedral. He was knighted in 1673.


Wren died on 25 February 1723. His gravestone in St Paul's Cathedral features the Latin in******ion which translates as 'If you seek his memorial, look about you.'


Echoes of Wren’s style can be seen around the globe – notably in the Pantheon in Paris, St Isaacs in St Petersburg and the Capitol in Washington DC.



Advocate: Amanda Levete


After studying at the Architectural Association and working at the offices of Will Alsop and Richard Rogers, in 1989 Amanda Levete joined Jan Kaplicky as a partner in the architectural firm, Future Systems. A modern architect herself, her studies have taught her to appreciate and adore the work of Sir Christopher Wren whom she believes advanced British architecture by about 100 years at a time when it was otherwise very dull.



Norman Foster Visionaries


Norman Foster was born in Manchester in 1935. His father was a shop manager, but afforded his son a grammar school education nonetheless. Foster went on to win a scholarship at Yale where he studied architecture.


Foster’s remarkable buildings and urban projects have transformed cityscapes, renewed transportation systems and restored city centres all over the world. Many of these aesthetically and technologically groundbreaking projects are based on ecology - conscious concepts, setting new standards for the interaction of buildings with their environment. His most recent projects include the reconstruction of the Reichstag in Berlin, the Hearst Tower in New York, the Millennium Bridge in London (the first new Thames crossing for more than 100 years), London’s City Hall, “The Gherkin” and the Hong Kong’s new international airport - the world’s largest airport terminal.


Since its inception Foster and Partners has received more than 190 awards and citations for excellence and has won over 50 national and international competitions.


Foster was awarded Royal Institute of British Architects gold medal in 1983, and in 1990 the RIBA trustees medal was made for the Willis Faber Dumas building. He was knighted in 1990, and received the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects in 1994. In June 1999 Sir Norman Foster was been honoured with a life peerage, taking the title Lord Foster of Thames Bank.



Advocate: Maxwell Hutchinson


Maxwell Hutchinson, was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1989 to 1991. He is a practising architect, a regular radio and television broadcaster, and founder and Chairman of “Architects for Aid”, a charity he set up after surviving the Tsunami in Sri Lanka in 2004. Maxwell is the advocate for Lord Norman Foster, the most prolific architect in the world today who championed ecologically sound technology long before it was fashionable to do so.

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