Renzo Piano is an Italian architect known for his high-tech modern designs that showcase technological shapes and materials. Some of his most famous works include the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Kansai International Airport Terminal in Osaka, and the New York Times Building. Piano's buildings are characterized by their use of steel, aluminum, and glass, with functional elements like ducts and pipes displayed on the exterior. He is considered a pioneer of high-tech architecture focused on maximizing interior space through exposed structural elements.

1. RENZO PIANO
BORN : 1937 IN
GENOA, ITALY
NATIONALITY: ITALIAN
GRADUATION: IN 1964 FROM
POLYTICINEO DI MILANO,
ITALY

2. 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…….

3. 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 Imperiale
In 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

4. 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

5. 1977: Centre Pompidou, Paris (with Richard Rogers)
1990: San Nicola Stadium, Bari, Italy
1990: IRCAM Extension, Institute for Acoustic
Research, Paris
1991: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy
1992: Columbus International Exposition, Genoa, Italy
1994: Lingotto Factory Conversion, Turin, Italy
1994: Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan
1995: Menil Collection Museum, Houston, Texas
1996: Congress Center and Offices, Lyon, France
1997: Reconstruction of the Atelier Brancusi, Paris
1998: Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New
Caledonia
2007: New York Times Building
2008: California Academy of Sciences
2012: The Shard, London, United Kingdom
MOST FAMOUS WORK…..

6. CENTRE POMPIDOU
ARCHITECT : ROGER AND PIANO
LOCATION : PARIS, FRANCE
DATE : 1972 – 1976
TYPE : MODERN ART MUSEUM
CONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEEL AND
GLASS
STYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

7. 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

8. DIFFERENT VIEWS SHOWING
THE DIFFERENT BUILDING
SERVICES OUTSIDE ON THE
FACARD.
TUBULAR ESCALTOR ON THE
FRONT FACARD OF THE
BUILDING.

9. DIFFERENT VIEWS SHOWING
THE DIFFERENT BUILDING
SERVICES OUTSIDE ON THE
FACARD.
VARIOUS DUCTS AND
PIPES

10. PLAN DRAWING
ELEVATIONAL DRAWING

11. ELEVATIONAL
DRAWING
SECTIONAL
DRAWING

12. ARCHITECT : RENZO PAINO
LOCATION : OSAKA, JAPAN
DATE : 1994
TYPE : AIRPORT TERMINAL
CONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEEL
AND GLASS
STYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN
KANSAI AIRPORT TERMINAL, JAPAN

14.  Largest man-made island – 22,000,000
cubic meters of reclaimed land, 4 km X 1km in
size.
 ƒFinal cost of constructing both island and
passenger terminal was $14 billion US dollars.
 ƒLongest building in the world – 1.7 kilometers
 ƒƒHit by the Kobe Earthquake of 1995 and
the terminal sustained no damage.
INTRODUCTION

15. 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.

16. MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING
Primary truss type is a, triangular
threedimensional truss
BUILDING SECTION

17. GENERAL STRUCTURE
FOLLOWS THE FORM OF
WAVE.
INTERIOR WING

18. AIRPORT VIEW

19. ARCHITECT : RENZO PAINO
LOCATION : NEW YORK, U.S.A
DATE : 2007
TYPE : SKYSCRAPER (OFFICE BUILDING)
CONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEEL
AND GLASS
STYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

20.  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….

21.  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.

22. 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;

23. INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING

24. THE SHARD
ARCHITECT : RENZO PIANO
LOCATION : LONDON, U.K
DATE : 2009 – 2012
TYPE : MULTI USE
CONSTRUCTION : HIGH TECH STEELAND
GLASS
STYLE : HIGH TECH MODERN

25. 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.

26.  Floors
1-3 - Lobby
4-28 - Office Space
31-33 - Restaurants
34-50 - Shangri la hotel
52- Spa
53-65 - Apartments
68-72 - Viewing gallery
i.e. The View from The
Shard
75-87 - Spire