Renzo Piano Logbook

by Piano, Renzo

• ISBN13: 9781885254658
• ISBN10: 1885254652
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

Renzo Piano (Genoa, 1937) studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Milan. Since winning the competition to design the Centre Pompidou in Paris (1971) along with Richard Rogers, Piano has become a prominent figure on the international architectural scene, with more works constructed outside Italy than in his own country. Piano brings a similar approach to both the small and the large scale. He has directed projects of very varying sizes: small buildings like the travelling IBN Pavilion and the Brancusi Museum; and great megastructures like Kansai's International Airport Terminal built on a man-made island in the Bay of Tokyo, and the remodeling of Berlin's Potsdamer Platz where work is scheduled to be completed in 2002.

Table of Contents

Placeform and Produktform Kenneth Frampton	7	(3)
The Profession of the Architect	10	(12)
1966: Early Works	22	(10)
1970: Cusago (Milan) Free-Plan Houses	32	(2)
1970: ARAM Module	34	(2)
1971: Novedrate (Como) B & B Italia Offices	36	(2)
1971: Paris Centre Georges Pompidou	38	(12)
1978: Otranto UNESCO Urban Reconstruction Workshop	50	(4)
1978: Corciano (Perugia) II Rigo Evolutive Housing	54	(2)
1978: Fiat VSS/Flying Carpet	56	(2)
1978: Dakar Mobile Construction Unit	58	(2)
1979: Habitat Television Program	60	(2)
1981: Montrouge (Paris) Schlumberger Facilities Restructuring	62	(6)
1982: Turin Alexander Calder Retrospective Exhibition	68	(2)
1982: Houston, Texas Menil Collection	70	(12)
1983: IBM Traveling Pavilion	82	(4)
1983: Venice and Milan Prometeo Musical Space Design	86	(2)
1983: Genoa Subway Stations	88	(2)
1983: Turin Lingotto Factory Conversion	90	(8)
1984: Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza) Lowara Company Offices	98	(1)
1985: Novara Institute for Research into Light Metals	99	(1)
1985: Cagliari Credito Industriale Sardo	100	(2)
1985: Genoa Columbus International Exposition	102	(10)
1986: Rhodes Ancient Moat Rehabilitation	112	(1)
1986: Valletta City Gate	113	(1)
1986: Lyons Cite Internationale	114	(8)
1987: Bari San Nicola Stadium	122	(8)
1987: Pompeii (Naples) Intervention in the Excavated City	130	(2)
1987: Matera Restoration of the Sassi	132	(2)
1987: Charenton le Pont (Paris) Bercy 2 Shopping Center	134	(4)
1987: Paris Rue de Meaux Housing	138	(8)
1988: Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris) Thomson Optronics Factory	146	(2)
1988: Paris IRCAM Extension	148	(2)
1988: Osaka Kansai Air Terminal	150	(14)
1989: Kumamoto Ushibuka Bridge	164	(2)
1989: Scoglio Nave (Genoa) UNESCO Laboratory and Workshop	166	(8)
1991: Noumea Tjibaou Cultural Center	174	(10)
1991: San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia) Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church	184	(4)
1991: Lodi (Milan) Banca Popolare di Lodi	188	(4)
1992: Berlin Potsdamer Platz Reconstruction	192	(16)
1992: Houston, Texas Cy Twombly Gallery	208	(4)
1992: Amsterdam National Center for Science and Technology	212	(6)
1992: Paris Reconstruction of the Atelier Brancusi	218	(2)
1992: Riehen (Basel) Beyeler Foundation Museum	220	(4)
1993: Sindelfingen (Stuttgart) Mercedes Benz Design Center	224	(4)
1994: Rome Auditorium	228	(6)
1995: Saitama (Tokyo) Multifunctional Arena	234	(2)
1995: Nola (Naples) Service Complex	236	(2)
1995: Paris Renovation of Centre Georges Pompidou	238	(2)
1996: Maranello (Modena) Ferrari Wind Tunnel	240	(2)
1996: Sydney Mixed-Use Tower Complex	242	(4)
From Builder's Son to Architect	246	(14)
The "Workshop" of Architecture Giulio Macchi	260	(4)
Biography	264	(2)
Register of Works	266	(12)
Renzo Piano Building Workshop	278	(2)
Collaborators	280	(2)
Bibliography	282	(6)
Photography Credits	288