Flamingo

Loving it.

- Come on, smile. - Yeah, one more.

Come on, come on, smile this time.

Yeah, that's the one.

So, thank you guys.

You know, it's about intense observational development.

Awards, you know, I really don't care.

Of course I've had more than my fair share.

Don't you dare breathe a word.

Remember, I got you this job.

But that's not what drives me.

Only when I first really understood what a city was.

Fucking crazy.

Are you mad?

Okay guys, let's have a photo.

Look, their marriage is...

Come on Francesca, you can stand behind me,

and Rebecca yeah, you stand here, that's good.

- Oh wow. - Okay guys.

Just a bit more tight.

Okay, big smiles.

Now a silly one, guys.

Yeah.

You know when I set up this firm,

I had a dream about the breadth of work we would do.

And today is about delivering another bit of my vision.

Human and animal takes us new places,

so why not add God in there, and put them in an ark?

We're reaching back, and we're reaching forward with this,

and reaching is something

that's always been pivotal to Handon Architects.

Now we've just gotta crack on and get it built.

Francesca, would you like to say something?

Oh, um.

Thank you everyone for your amazing work

developing this concept.

It's been quite a journey,

and couldn't have done it without all of your input.

Ben and Rebecca particularly, thank you.

We've learnt so much from working with you

over the last couple of months,

and thank you for trusting us with this.

And Ben in particular, thank you for seeding the idea

of the ark for the new visitor's center for the zoo.

That was a real game changer.

Thank you everyone, congratulations.

Yep, cheers, well done.

Cheers.

Plane's in an hour, Uber's on its way.

- Then you've gotta go. - Yeah.

That's almost there.

All right, that's fine. I'll look after the rest of this.

Okay, thanks.

Okay, well I'll see you Sunday?

Could be a bit longer, depends on the client.

- Oh. - Yeah.

Well, see you when I see you.

Yeah, that'll be good.

Okay darling, bye-bye.

Yep they're here for you now.

Yeah, this one is called Rising Strong.

Oh, oh you didn't have to do that.

Oh no, I'm happy to.

It's fine.

Ah thanks.

At least I have someone I can gossip about the party to.

I dunno, everyone seemed pretty happy.

Yeah, yeah, everyone's really excited about it.

Yeah.

Hey, thank you very much for what you said before.

That was really nice.

Oh gosh, no thank you.

Using the ark was such a simple, good idea.

Yeah, yeah well the zoo seemed to like it, so.

Mm, that's a pretty good connection you have with them.

You and Rebecca seem like pretty good friends.

Yeah, yeah, actually

when I first got into landscaping I gave her a call,

and I've had bits and pieces of work for the zoo ever since.

Well, you obviously do a good job for them.

Hey, would you be very shocked

if I had a cigarette right now?

Oh no, you go for it.

I know it's a bit of a revolting habit,

I just, sometimes I have to have one...

What?

I don't suppose you have a key.

No.

I think I've got one in my bag.

God.

Oh my god.

Shit!

Tim, hi it's me.

I'm stuck on the roof with the landscape guy.

Can you give me a call back please?

Preferably before you get on the plane.

Battery, where's your phone?

Downstairs charging.

Great.

Well do something!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello, excuse me!

Hi!

Hello?

Ah, we're stuck up here!

Oi!

Ugh, no one's paying me any attention!

Oi!

Tim should be getting off the plane about now.

Someone should be here soon then.

Mm, hopefully.

Come on, come on, come on!

You spelt rescue wrong.

I don't think Tim got your message.

No, doesn't look like it, does it?

Anyone else come into the office on the weekends, or?

No, not usually.

I mean the cleaners will come, but...

What, tomorrow morning?

Middle of the day Sunday?

Fuck.

Well you must have a wife, or a girlfriend,

or someone that will call you?

Ah god.

Suppose we may as well have a drink.

Wine?

So you got any plans for the weekend?

Of course.

What about you?

Just going surfing with a mate.

You ever been stuck like this before?

Yeah, actually.

Once in a lift.

What happened?

Power cut out and we got stuck.

What'd you talk about?

Mainly about how we were gonna escape.

What about you?

No, I've never been stuck in a lift.

That'd be awful.

I did actually get snowed in

in a tramping hut once for three days.

That was actually all right, we just played heaps of cards

and gave morning talks to pass the time.

What was your talk on?

I think built manifestos expressing my philosophy

around architecture and the inherent contradictions

of, I don't know.

Something low key.

You know, it's frustrating looking at all these buildings

and thinking about what I've ended up designing.

A bunch of McMansions for people at the beach.

It's the same thing every time,

sweeping floor to ceiling windows towards the view,

polished concrete floors, and a skillion roof.

It's like, ugh, have some imagination, people.

Pretty boxes, though.

Thank you.

Nah, it's all good.

I just, I really only have myself to blame.

I kind of followed down this path with Tim, and here I am.

It's just not really what I thought I would be doing

when I finished my degree.

What did you think you'd be doing?

I don't know, I thought I'd be doing public work,

or something humanitarian, you know?

Build houses for people that actually needed them.

What about you?

No, I had no good intentions about saving the world.

Took my year of architecture, and then I shot off overseas.

What'd you do?

Well, I

bounced around a lot.

Ended up working yachts in Turkey.

Sailing's kinda my thing.

Yeah, I started skippering them,

and I dunno, after a while I was having too much fun.

Didn't really wanna come back.

Well, for a while anyway.

I've always wanted to go to Turkey.

You should.

You need to turn around.

Hey!

Oi!

You know what, I think we're

the last people to live on this planet.

I know every generation says that,

but things have become so screwed up lately,

I really don't see a lot of hope.

Isn't that moon beautiful?

Maybe we can live out there somewhere.