Renzo Piano - nota biograficzna

Renzo Piano urodził się w Genui w 1937 r. w rodzinie budowlańców. Obecnie mieszka w Paryżu, ale ze swoim rodzinnym miastem czuje się związany sentymentalnie i kulturowo.

Studiował na Politechnice Milan i jednocześnie pracował już w pracowni Franco Albini. Po ukończeniu politechniki w1964 r. rozpoczął pracę z eksperymentalnymi lekkimi strukturami i najprostszymi schronami.

Między 1965 a 1970 rokiem intensywnie podróżował po Ameryce i Brytanii zdobywając doświadczenia.

W 1971 roku wraz z Richardem Rogersem założył studio Piano&Rogers i wspólnie wygrali konkurs na Centrum Pompidou w Paryżu.

Do lat 90. pracował z inżynierem Peterem Rice, współtworząc Atelier Piano&Rice.

W 1981 powstało Renzo Piano Building Workshop, które obecnie zatrudnia ponad sto osób pracujących w Paryżu, Genui i Nowym Jorku.

Najważniejszy dorobek zawodowy

1964

Lightweight Structures

1969

Italian Industry Pavilion at the 1970 Osaka Expo, Japan

1973

Office building for B&B, Como, Italy

1974

One-family homes, Cusago, Milan, Italy

1977

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (with Richard Rogers)

IRCAM, Institute for acoustic research, Paris, France

1979

Participation project for the rehabilitation of historical centers, Otranto, Italy

1980

VSS Experimental vehicle for FIAT, Turin, Italy

1982

Housing in Rigo district, Perugia, Italy

A. Calder retrospective exhibition, Turin, Italy

1984

Schlumberger factories rehabilitation, Paris, France

Prometeo Musical Space Venice and Milan, Italy

Office building for Olivetti, Naples, Italy

1985

Office building for Lowara factory, Vicenza, Italy

1986

IBM Travelling Exhibition in Europe

1987

The Menil Collection Museum, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

ISML, Institute for Research into Light Metals, Novara, Italy

1990

S.Nicola Football stadium, Bari, Italy

Bercy 2 Shopping Center, Charenton Le Pont, Paris, France

IRCAM Extension, Paris, France

1991

“Crown Princess” and “Regal Princess” cruise ships, Monfalcone, Gorizia, Italy

Rue de Meaux Housing, Paris, France

Thomson Optronics factories, Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris, France

Subway stations “Brin” and “Dinegro”, Genoa, Italy

Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Punta Nave, Genoa, Italy

1992

Headquarters for the Credito Industriale Sardo, Cagliari, Italy

Columbus International Exposition 1992, Aquarium and Congress Hall, Genoa, Italy

1994

Kansai International Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan

1995

Cy Twombly Pavilion, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Headquarters Harbour Authorities, Genoa, Italy

1996

Ushibuka Bridge, Kumamoto, Japan

1997

Atelier Brancusi, Paris, France

NEMO, National Center for Science and Technology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Beyeler Foundation Museum, Riehen, Basel, Switzerland

1998

Ferrari Wind tunnel, Maranello, Modena, Italy

Cultural Center Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Mercedes Benz Design Center, Sindelfingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Banca Popolare di Lodi, Lodi, Italy

1999

Completion open spaces, Old Harbour, Genoa, Italy

2000

Restructuring and Extension of the Pompidou Center, Paris, France

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany

KPN Telecom office tower, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Aurora Place, office and residential buildings, Sydney, NSW, Australia

2001

Auditorium of the Banca Popolare di Lodi, Lodi, Italy

“Niccolò Paganini” Auditorium, Parma,Italy

“La Bolla”, Genoa, Italy

Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan

2002

Auditorium “Parco della Musica”, Rome, Italy

The Giovanni and Marella Agnelli Art Gallery at Lingotto, Turin, Italy

2003

The Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

Lingotto Factory Conversion, Turin, Italy

Subway stations “Principe”, “Darsena” and “San Giorgio”, Genoa, Italy

2004

Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church, Foggia, Italy

2005

“Il Sole 24 Ore” headquarters, Milan, Italy

“EMI Music France” headquarters, Paris, France

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland

Peek & Cloppenburg department store, Cologne, Germany

High Museum of Art expansion, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

2006

The Morgan Library renovation and expansion, NY, U.S.A.

“Cité Internationale”, Lyon, France

Maison Hermès extension, Tokyo, Japan

2007

“How Genoa could be”, Genoa, Italy

“La Rocca” winery, Grosseto, Italy

The New York Times Building, New York, U.S.A.

“Il Vulcano Buono”, Nola (Naples), Italy

Columbia Campus Plan, New York, U.S.A.

2008

Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.