Basic Civil Engineering first year Notes- Chapter 4 Building.pptx
Renzo Piano and some of his works (ENGLISH)
1. Renzo Piano was born on September 14,
1937 in Genoa (Italy), in the bosom of a
wealthy family of construction companies.
also played a strong teaching and taught
at his alma mater, the Milan Polytechnic
and at the Architectural Association
School in London. After a few early
projects that failed to the drawing board in
1971 won a contest that would change
their lives: the construction of the Centre
Georges Pompidou in Paris. The building,
as was the case in the past with another
famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower was
controversial from the start.
ARCHITECT: RENZO PIANO
2. Renzo performs in its early designs
that break traditional paradigms in
architecture such as authorship, the
durability or the same spatial rigidity,
projects what he called "adaptable
spaces"
Pompidou centre
Garrone house
Recognized as an
Architect, "adaptive",
creator and visionary
3. CHARACTERIZEd by:
Its architecture is defined as solid
construction made by excellent
materials .
Take
advantage
of the
topography
to the
relationship
between
the internal
spaces and
also to the
outside.
History is
characterized by using
building material.
Renzo Piano designed a
building capable of
integrating with nature, in
tribute to one of the most
prolific and profound
artists of modern times.
4. HIs PHRAsEs
"Architecture is a service."
"Architecture is an artistic craft, but at the same time it
is also a scientific profession, it is precisely its
distinctiveness" - Renzo Piano
"When style gets to become a brand, a personal seal,
this becomes a cage"
"The architect is first and foremost a builder, but also
should be a poet, and above all a humanist''
5. RENZO PIANO: ECOLOGICAL Innovator
For the great Italian architect Renzo Piano, the
protection of the environment, far from being a
limitation, it has become a "source of
inspiration" for the development of major
projects being undertaken in many countries.
8. concept:
Piano The guiding idea was to create
something more than a museum.
Renzo Piano was the lightness of the
artist's sense of belonging and light. It
was therefore decided to create a place,
raise the land, making land available for a
work of art itself. As if it were more of a
survey done by a knowledgeable farmer,
rather than the result of an architectural
methodology.
So he designed three hills. Three waves
that rise and from the ground. With
different dimensions, the three waves
traverse the ground like a sculpture or the
result of the same nature.
9. Each has a different function undulations therein.
The first and larger, a 400-seat auditorium, and art workshops for
children.
In the second wave, the middle, smaller than the first, is the
permanent collection of Paul Klee, and temporary exhibition
spaces dedicated to
In the third one, the least of all, lies the research and
management.
Space :
10. •The design of the Zentrum Paul Klee is characterized by the
structure of corrugated steel deck. These beams have the
complex curves neither is equal to the other, since the wave
form extends from the front to the back where it is lost
together with the ground, and each "wave" has different
height.
•Each of the curved steel beams with different weights, has
been constructed individually.
•After reviewing alternative materials such as aluminum,
copper and titanium, it was decided to use a hardened cover.
The ecological criteria, economic and technical were decisive
for this choice.
FORM:
13. Characterstics:
•The project design is intended to take advantage of
natural winds coming from the Pacific Ocean. The
exterior is made of wood, wind filter a second layer of
glass shutters that open and close natural ventilation.
•The complex is built entirely of iroko wood very resistant
to moisture and insects. This wood was imported from
Ghana.
•Iroko structure provides a comb-shaped. Evocative of
the cabins and craftsmanship Kanak, the slender ribs of
the structure and the slats that are joined seamlessly
integrated both in the lush landscape and the culture of
its inhabitants.
• The wood siding and stainless steel, is based on the
form of regional huts Kanakas. These structures
resemble traditional structural elements such as
herringbone struts that prevent buckling of long beams.
16. Characteristics:
• The Academy of Sciences in California is the most current museum
by Renzo Piano, which delivers an enlightened and sustainable
solution to a building designed in the year 1934 with an avant-garde
design.
• The museum consists of very unique areas such as an aquarium, a
planetarium and a reserve green on the inside, in addition to the
various exhibition galleries, which, unlike traditional galleries, were
designed for receiving large amount of natural light.
17. •Heat by radiant slab reduces the need for energy by
5-10%.
•The architect implemented heat recovery systems.
•The green roof creates thermal insulation, which
makes it unnecessary to resort to air conditioning
systems.
•High-efficiency glass was used throughout the
building.
•To keep the museum pieces in the moisture content
required, it uses a system of moisture by reverse
osmosis.
•Recycled building material is used.
•90% of the spaces have natural light and outdoor
views.
•The undulating line of sky allows ventilation to the
central square, which disperses the cool air into the
exhibition spaces.
•The skylights are placed strategically so as to
illuminate the forest reserve and the aquarium.
18. •Absorption and reusing rainwater make the building extremely efficient.
•To operate the sanitary equipment, reclaimed water from the city of
San Francisco is used.
•The saltwater for the aquarium will be carried from the Pacific Ocean.
