Renzo Piano: Building Good Architecture Is a Civic Gesture
In a video interview with Marc-Christoph Wagner of the Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen, Renzo Piano (born 1937 in Pegli, Italy) warns young architects against the trap of nostalgia and over-focusing on origins, which can stifle innovation. The Genoese architect cites the Mediterranean Sea as a major inspiration, describing it as a "consommé of many different cultures." He states that architects do not change history but bear witness to historical changes and give form to them, adding that building a good edifice is a civic gesture and a gesture of peace.
Key facts
- Renzo Piano was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner of the Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen.
- Piano was born in Pegli, Italy, in 1937.
- He warns young architects against the trap of nostalgia.
- He describes the Mediterranean Sea as a 'consommé of many different cultures.'
- Piano states architects do not change history but bear witness to it.
- He calls building a good edifice a civic gesture and a gesture of peace.
- The interview is a video produced by Artribune.
- The interview was published in 2018.
Entities
Artists
- Renzo Piano
Institutions
- Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen
- Artribune
Locations
- Pegli
- Italy
- Genoa
- Mediterranean Sea
- Copenhagen
- Denmark