Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano, 2015

Renzo Piano (born September 14, 1937 in Genoa ) is an Italian architect and senator for life .

Life

Piano grew up in a family of contractors. He owes his passion for architecture to his father.

Renzo Piano studied at the University of Florence from 1962 to 1964 and graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1964 . From 1965 to 1968 he worked there as a lecturer. The support of his father and brother enabled him to begin researching materials and technologies immediately after graduating. On study trips to Great Britain and the USA he met Louis I. Kahn , among others . Piano did an internship at the renowned von Kahn architectural office in Philadelphia.

Renzo Piano came into closer contact with Richard Rogers through his lessons at the Polytechnic and the Architectural Association School in London . Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers founded a joint office in Paris after they had won the competition for the Center Pompidou in Paris (1971–1977).

The predecessor to the Center Pompidou was the office building of B & B Italia, completed in 1973 . In 1977 Renzo Piano and engineer Peter Rice founded a joint office called “Piano & Rice”. They ran the office until Rice's death in 1993. Works such as the neighborhood laboratory for urban renewal in Otranto (1979) and the museum of the Menil Collection in Houston , Texas (1981–1986) were created. Renzo Piano learned a lot from his good friend Peter Rice. In the early 1980s, the studio was transformed into a building workshop with offices in Paris and Genoa. The new name should above all underline the teamwork character of the joint work.

In Berlin , Piano was entrusted with the development of part of Potsdamer Platz and also temporarily ran an office there. In addition, Renzo Piano was involved in the planning of major projects such as the terminals of the Kansai International Airport in Osaka , Japan, and the redesign of the Porto Antico (Old Port) in his hometown of Genoa.

Piano earned his reputation as a museum architect with projects such as the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel , the Tjibaou cultural center in Nouméa on the South Sea island of New Caledonia , the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas , Texas, and the center completed in 2005 Paul Klee in Bern . He also designed two large auditoriums in Italy: the Auditorium Niccolò Paganini in Parma and the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome .

His most recent projects include The Shard , which opened on July 6, 2012 and is the tallest skyscraper in Europe at 310 meters, as well as several commissions in New York City , including the New York Times Building and the extension of the Pierpont Morgan Library .

He runs a studio in Genoa and Paris, which are united under the name "Renzo Piano Building Workshop" (RPBW). Architects, engineers and other specialists have been working together at the RPBW for years.

Renzo Piano is considered a master of construction technology. By building numerous buildings around the globe with a wide variety of constructions and building materials, he proves his skills in the field of construction technology. In all of his projects, the technology is used to enliven the light, to respect the environment and to enable integration into nature. Piano stands out for its works in which the innovative and constructive techniques are only the tool to create comfortable, solid and ecological buildings. Piano is considered to be very diverse in terms of the styles of his works. The function and meaning of the building are decisive for the design.

On August 30, 2013, Renzo Piano was appointed Senator for life by the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano .

Magda Arduino was Renzo Piano's first wife and companion in his long development. Renzo Piano has three children with her: Carlo, Matteo and Lia. Renzo Piano has been married to the architect Emilia Rossato (Milly) since 1992.

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  Paul Klee Center in Bern

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  New York Times Building

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  Science Museum Nemo in Amsterdam

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  Weltstadthaus in Cologne

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  Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel

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  Office building on Potsdamer Platz

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  Front of the Pompidou Center in Paris

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  Menil Collection in Houston

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  The Shard in London

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  San Nicola stadium in Bari

Works (selection)

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2019 (plan): Parkapartments am Belvedere , residential building and hotel in Vienna 2018: San Giorgio Bridge Genoa 2017 (plan): FLOAT , office building in the Medienhafen Düsseldorf , project (former project name: Casa stupenda ) 2017: New Palace of Justice in Paris 2016: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center , Athens, Greece 2015: Parliament Building (Malta) , seat of the Maltese Parliament 2014: Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 2013: Pjazza Teatru Rjal , open-air theater in the remains of the former Royal Opera House in Valletta 2013: MUSE - Museo delle Scienze , Museum of Science, Trento, in the new residential and business district Le Albere , opened on July 27th 2012–2016: Oscar Academy on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) , 2012: Concert hall in L'Aquila , Auditorium del parco 2012: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , Boston, New building 2012: Astrup Fearnley Museet , Oslo, [1] 2011–2013: City Gate (Valletta) , redesign of the city gates of the Maltese capital Valletta 2012: The Shard (at the time of completion of the tallest skyscraper in Europe, south of London Bridge ) 2009: Stadio San Nicola , Bari football stadium 2008: Broad Contemporary Art Museum 2005-2008: California Academy of Sciences San Francisco 2004: Porto di Genova master plan, Genova 2004: Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City 2002: Columbia University Expansion Master Plan, New York City 2002: Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli , Turin 2001: St. Giles Court, London 2001: La Rocca Winery, Gavorrano, Grosseto 2000: New York Times Tower , New York City 2000–2006: Pierpont Morgan Library , New York City 2000–2004: EMI Music France Headquarters, Paris 2000–2002: Lingotto Agnelli Art Gallery, Torino, 2000–2001: La Bolla, on the occasion of the G8 summit 2001, Genova, 1999–2005: Zentrum Paul Klee , Bern 1999-2005: Woodruff Arts Center, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia 1999–2005: Weltstadthaus , Cologne 1999–2003: Nasher Sculpture Center , Dallas, Texas 1999: Chicago Art Institute Expansion, Chicago, Illinois 1998-2004: Il Sole 24 Ore Headquarters, Milano 1998–2002: Lingotto Engineering School, Torino 1998–2002: Lingotto Movie Theater, Torino 1998-2001: Maison Hermes , Tokyo 1997–2001: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma

1997–2000: KPN Telecom Office Tower , Rotterdam 1996–2000: Center Pompidou Renovation, Paris 1996-2000: Aurora Place , Sydney 1996–1998: Ferrari Wind Tunnel, Maranello, Modena 1994–2002: Auditorium Parco della Musica , Roma 1993–1998: Mercedes Benz Design Center, Sindelfingen near Stuttgart 1993–1997: debis house in the Daimler quarter , Berlin 1992–2000: Potsdamer Platz , master plan for reconstruction (Quartier Daimler), Berlin 1992–1997: NEMO National Science and Research Center, Amsterdam 1992–1996: Atelier Brancusi Reconstruction, Paris 1992-1995: Cy Twombly Gallery , Houston, Texas 1991-2004: San Pio da Pietrelcina , San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Apulia 1991-2001: Banca Popolare di Lodi Headquarters, Lodi 1991–1998: Tjibaou Cultural Center , Nouméa, New Caledonia 1991–1997: Fondation Beyeler , Riehen near Basel 1989-1996: Ushibuka Bridge, Ushibuka, Kumamoto 1989–1991: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Punta Nave, Genova 1988–1994: Kansai International Airport Terminal, Osaka 1988–1990: IRCAM extension, Paris 1988–1990: Thomson Optronics Factory, Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines 1987–1991: Apartments Rue de Meaux, Paris 1987–1990: Bercy 2 Shopping Center, Paris 1987–1989: Stadio San Nicola for the 1990 World Cup, Bari 1985-1996: Cité International , Lyon 1985-1992: Porto Antico , Genova 1985–1992: Credito Industriale Sardo Headquarters, Cagliari 1985–1987: Institute for Research into Light Metals, Novara 1984–1985: Lowara Company Offices, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza 1983–1993: Lingotto factory renovation, Torino, 1991: Regal Princess , cruise ship (design) 1990: Crown Princess , cruise ship (design) 1983–1991: Subway Stations , Genova 1983–1986: IBM Traveling Pavilion, Europe 1983–1984: PROMETEO Musical Space, Venezia / Milano 1981-1987: Menil Collection , Houston, Texas 1978–1982: Casa El Rigo Evolutive, Corciano, Perugia 1971–1977: Center Pompidou , Paris (in collaboration with Richard Rogers ) 1971–1973: B&B Italia Offices, Novedrate, Como 1970–1974: Casa Luci-Giannotti-Simi-Pepe, Cusago, Milano

Prizes, awards and honors

Renzo Piano belongs to the world's elite architects. Between 1978 and 2000 he received over 30 architecture prizes. The Time magazine listed him in 2006 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

• 1989: Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects
• 1989: Honorary membership of the Association of German Architects BDA
• 1990: Kyoto Prize
• 1993: Membership of the Academy of Arts (Berlin)
• 1993: Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1995: Praemium Imperiale
• 1998: Pritzker Prize
• 2001: Wexner Prize
• 2005: Kythera Prize
• 2008: Sonning Prize
• 2008: Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects
• 2013: Elected full member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design
• 2013: Appointment as senator for life
• 2016: An asteroid named after him: (216241) Renzopiano

literature

• Werner Blaser : Renzo Piano Workshop. Museum Beyeler, Wabern-Bern 1998.
• Renzo Piano: My architecture log. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 1997, ISBN 978-3-7757-0670-4 .
• Renzo Piano: Architectures of Life. , Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2000, ISBN 978-3-7757-0960-6 .
• Renzo Piano: Museum architecture. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2007, ISBN 978-3-7757-2040-3 .

Web links

Commons : Renzo Piano  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Renzo Piano in the catalog of the German National Library
• Renzo Piano's website
• "Technology and Nature" , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , September 14, 2007
• "Renzo Piano Builds for the 21st Century" , Time , October 2008, picture gallery

Individual evidence

1. ^ Napolitano nomina quattro senatori a vita. In: La Repubblica . August 30, 2013, accessed August 30, 2013 . 
2. ^ The new bridge on the Polcevera designed by Renzo Piano. Retrieved October 1, 2019 (UK English). 
3. ↑ Denisa Richters: Renzo Piano's office building is now called “Float”. In: RP online . March 7, 2015, accessed May 10, 2015.
4. ↑ float. In: website of float-offices.de , accessed on May 10, 2015.
5. ^ Jason Farago: Renzo Piano reboot of Harvard art museums largely triumphs. In: The Guardian . November 14, 2014, accessed October 30, 2016 (ISSN 0261-3077). 
6. ↑ Trento treats itself to a modern science museum. In: derStandard.at . June 15, 2013, accessed July 31, 2013.
7. ^ Culture: Renzo Piano builds the Oscar Museum ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 20th October 2012.
8. ↑ New beginning in the earthquake area.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Deutschlandradio . October 8, 2012.  
9. ^ New Building, design
10. ↑ London's pride, London's eyesore. In: Spiegel Online . July 5, 2012, accessed October 21, 2012.
11. ↑ Video on the construction of the Auditorium Parco della Musica .
12. ↑ Video on the construction of the rotunda in Foggia
13. ^ National Academicians. Piano, Renzo. ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: National Academy, New York website, accessed July 7, 2015. 
14. ↑ Luigi Monzo: Renzo Piano Senator for life. In: Luigi Monzo's website. Piano used the associated monthly salary of 12,000 euros to employ six young architects: Curzio Maltese: Piano: “Con lo stipendio da senatore farò lavorare sei giovani”. In: La Repubblica. 20th December 2013.