RENZO PIANO

BORN : 1937 IN GENOA, ITALY

NATIONALITY: ITALIAN

GRADUATION: IN 1964 FROM POLYTICINEO DI MILANO, ITALY

From 1965 to 1970 he worked with Louis Kahn and Z.S. Makowsky . He worked together with Richard Rogers from 1971 to 1977, their most famous joint project, is the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1971). He also had a long collaboration with the engineer Peter Rice, with whom he shared a practice between 1977 and 1981.In 1981, Piano founded the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, which today employs 150 around 150 people and maintains offices in Paris, Genoa, and New York City.

Centre Pompidou

HIS STRUGGLE…….

In 1989, Piano was the recipient of the Royal Gold Medal

In 1990, Piano was the recipient of the Kyoto Prize.In 1995, Piano was the recipient of the Praemium ImperialeIn 1998, Piano was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.In 2008, Piano was the recipient of the AIA Gold Medal.In 2008, Piano was the recipient of the Sonning Prize.In 2002, Piano was the recipient of the UIA Gold Medal.

AWARDS & REWARDS

Renzo Piano is often called a "High-Tech" architect because his designs showcase technological shapes and materials.

High-tech buildings are often called machine-like. Steel, aluminium, and glass combine with brightly colored braces, girders, and beams. Many of the building parts are prefabricated in a factory and assembled later. The support beams, duct work, and other functional elements are placed on the exterior of the building, where they become the focus of attention. The interior spaces are open and adaptable for many uses.

HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE

1977: Centre Pompidou, Paris (with Richard Rogers)1990: San Nicola Stadium, Bari, Italy1990: IRCAM Extension, Institute for Acoustic Research, Paris1991: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy1992: Columbus International Exposition, Genoa, Italy1994: Lingotto Factory Conversion, Turin, Italy1994: Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan1995: Menil Collection Museum, Houston, Texas1996: Congress Center and Offices, Lyon, France1997: Reconstruction of the Atelier Brancusi, Paris1998: Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia2007: New York Times Building2008: California Academy of Sciences2012: The Shard, London, United Kingdom

MOST FAMOUS WORK…..

CENTRE POMPIDOU

ARCHITECT : ROGER AND PIANOLOCATION : PARIS, FRANCEDATE : 1972 – 1976TYPE : MODERN ART MUSEUMCONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEEL AND

GLASSSTYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

In 1970 an international architectural competition was launched based on a program to build a cultural and arts complex in the centre of historic Paris set out by French President Georges Pompidou.

To maximize internal space, they turned the construction inside-out and exposed a skeleton of brightly colored tubes for mechanical systems. The ducts on the outside of the building are colour-coded: blue for air, green for fluids, yellow for electricity cables and red for movement and flow (elevators, stairs) and safety (fire extinguishers)

DESIGN & CONCEPT

INTERIOR VIEW

DIFFERENT VIEWS SHOWING THE DIFFERENT BUILDING SERVICES OUTSIDE ON THE FACARD.

TUBULAR ESCALTOR ON THE FRONT FACARD OF THE BUILDING.

DIFFERENT VIEWS SHOWING THE DIFFERENT BUILDING SERVICES OUTSIDE ON THE FACARD.

VARIOUS DUCTS AND PIPES

PLAN DRAWING

ELEVATIONAL DRAWING

ELEVATIONAL DRAWING

SECTIONAL DRAWING

ARCHITECT : RENZO PAINOLOCATION : OSAKA, JAPANDATE : 1994TYPE : AIRPORT TERMINALCONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEEL

AND GLASSSTYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

KANSAI AIRPORT TERMINAL, JAPAN

Largest man-made island – 22,000,000 cubic meters of reclaimed land, 4 km X

1km in size. Final cost of constructing both island and � passenger terminal was $14 billion US

dollars. Longest building in the world – 1.7 �

kilometers Hit by the Kobe Earthquake of 1995 and �� the terminal sustained no damage.

INTRODUCTION

Diagram of the toroid which is 20 miles in diameter, however only a very small portion of the toroid is used for the airport.

GEOMACTARY OF THE AIRPORT BUILDING

The toroid creates a space that is both high in the center portion and low at the ends in order to have unobstructed views of all airplanes and the runway from the control tower.

MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING

Primary truss type is a, triangular threedimensional truss

BUILDING SECTION

GENERAL STRUCTURE FOLLOWS THE FORM OF WAVE.

INTERIOR WING

AIRPORT VIEW

ARCHITECT : RENZO PAINOLOCATION : NEW YORK, U.S.ADATE : 2007TYPE : SKYSCRAPER (OFFICE BUILDING)CONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEEL

AND GLASSSTYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

The 52-story Times Company Headquarters, Renzo Piano's first major project in New York City

The preliminary concept for the building incorporates a transparent glass tower that seems to float above a five-story base. The tower uses a double curtain wall technique that allows the structure to appear vibrant and transparent, yet increase

energy efficiency.

New york times building

ABOUT….

THE FACARD OF THE TOWER ARE A COMBINATION OF GLASS CURTAIN WALLS AND A SCRIM OF WHITE CERAMIC TUBES, WHICH ACTS AS AN ENERGY EFFICIENT SUNSCREEN.

The steel-framed building, utilizes a screen of 1 5⁄8" (41.3 mm) ceramic rods mounted on the exterior of the glass curtain wall on the east, west and south facades. The rod spacing increases from the base to the top, providing greater transparency as the building rises. The steel framing and bracing is exposed at the four corner "notches" of the building.

The ground level has retail space and a garden, with offices going up to the 50th floor. The top two floors consists of mechanical space and a rooftop conference facility

The sunscreen starts at the second floor, leaving the first open, transparent and permeable; 

INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING

THE SHARD

ARCHITECT : RENZO PIANOLOCATION : LONDON, U.KDATE : 2009 – 2012TYPE : MULTI USECONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEELAND

GLASSSTYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

The Shard London Bridge is 310 meters (1,017ft) tall.

It has become the tallest building in the EU and the 45th

tallest in the world.The Shard was designed in 2000 by Renzo Piano.

• There are 44 lifts, including double-decker lifts.

• There are 306 flights of stairs.

• The total floor space is 11 hectares (27 acres).

• 95% of the construction materials are recycled.

• 20% of the steelwork is from recycled sources.

• The design was influenced by the irregular nature of the site.

Floors1-3 - Lobby4-28 - Office Space31-33 - Restaurants 34-50 - Shangri la hotel   52- Spa53-65 - Apartments68-72 - Viewing gallery i.e. The View from The Shard 75-87 - Spire