ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF HIGH-TECH ARCHITECTURE: RENZO PIANO
Today, as T-COD Architecture, we would like to tell you about Renzo Piano, one of the pioneers of Hi-tech architecture (high technology architecture). Who is Renzo Piano, the architect of Istanbul Modern? What is his understanding of architecture? What are his works? Let's take a look at the answers to these questions together.
WHO IS RENZO PIANO?
Born in Genoa on September 14, 1937, the Italian architect is the son of a family of builders and contractors. Unlike his family, Piano chose to focus on design and studied architecture at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland. After graduation, he worked in a large architectural office in Paris. He worked for the worl-renowned American Architect Louis Kahn between 1965 and 1970. Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize, Piano is one of the world's most famous living architects. Although he was an architect, he also demonstrated his style in production with his mastery of engineering. A globally respected architect, Renzo Piano is the recipient of many awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the RIBA Gold Medal, the Italien Presidential Cultural Honor Award. Piano has famous works bearing his signature in different parts of the world.
RENZO PIANO ARCHITECTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Renzo Piano is one of the representatives of the deconstructivism movement, whic is based on the principle of disassembling and reassembling what has been done in architecture. He used his own patterns as the basis of his designs and blended them with structural elements. He has been called the world's most famous museum designer, especially due to his interest in museums and his sensitive approach. Believing that good architecture has the power to improve people's lives, Piano attaches importance to using sustainabilityand environmentally friendly technologies in his designs. From the 70s to the 90s, Piano's design approach evolved from Hi-tech to an ecological approach. The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, which started with Piano's idea of ''removing a part of the park and putting a building under it'', has been accepted as the ''greenest museum in the world'' thanks to Piano's design. It focuses on reducing energy consumption and protecting the environment, especially by using technologies such as roof gardens, solar panels, and rainwater collection systems.
RENZO PIANO WORKS
Some of the works of the famous architect are;
Kansai International Airport Terminal in Osaka Roman Auditorium Paul Klee Center in Switzerland Tokyo Maison Hermes New York Times Building The Shard in London Beyeler Foundation Museum in Switzerland Menil Collection Museum Eztension in Atlanta is one of his best-knows works.
