Renzo Piano: The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings
Renzo Piano: O gênio por trás de alguns dos edifícios mais famosos do mundo
Renzo Piano is a builder of shelters for human beings. And communities. Full bio
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funny kind of art.
between art and science.
is also amazing.
at 10 o’clock in the morning,
need to be a builder.
precisamos ser construtores.
is the art of making buildings.
é a arte de construir prédios.
shelter for human beings.
de abrigar seres humanos.
we completed a few years ago.
alguns anos atrás.
trabalhadores bem treinados,
the top piece of the tower.
a parte superior da torre.
the force of gravity,
desafiando a força da gravidade,
we got more than 1,400 people,
temos mais de 1,4 mil pessoas,
It's a miracle.
places, is a miracle.
tão diferentes, é um milagre.
de águas profundas.
de águas profundas.
East Berlin to West Berlin,
ligando a Berlim Oriental à Ocidental,
almost 5,000 people.
com quase 5 mil pessoas.
Japanese ones.
escaladores, japoneses.
a sense of cooperation.
um senso de cooperação.
orgulho é essencial.
why architecture is amazing.
a arquitetura é incrível.
that is maybe even more amazing.
mais surpreendente.
to swallow by people.
de engolir para as pessoas.
of those changes.
dessas mudanças.
of those changes.
construída dessas mudanças.
and architecture is adventure.
e arquitetura é aventura.
Georges Pompidou in Paris,
landing in the middle of Paris.
pousando no meio de Paris.
in adventure, Richard Rogers,
de aventura, Richard Rogers,
jovens "bad boys".
depois de maio de 68.
a few years after May '68.
should not be intimidating.
não devem ser intimidantes.
a cultural place.
um lugar cultural.
of a cultural attitude.
de uma atitude cultural.
you can see that piazza.
of urban life.
so many other places for people.
outros lugares para as pessoas.
designed by the sound, you can see.
pelo som, vocês podem ver.
you need to make an island,
precisamos fazer uma ilha, e fizemos uma.
de 1,6 km de comprimento.
landing on the ground.
pousando no chão.
Academy of Sciences.
de Ciências da Califórnia.
that use the humidity of the air,
que usam a umidade do ar,
from the water table.
do lençol freático.
to measure, of course,
a sustentabilidade de um edifício.
the Niarchos Foundation.
a Fundação Niarchos.
a Platinum LEED building.
the sun's energy with that roof.
a energia do sol com aquele telhado.
a place for people is good.
para as pessoas é bom.
making museums is good,
that's open, accessible.
que é aberto, acessível.
for a better world, for sure.
para um mundo melhor, com certeza.
amazing, even more.
ainda mais incrível.
to need and necessity,
apenas à carência e à necessidade,
dreams, aspirations.
sonhos, aspirações.
of the people living in that hut.
que moram naquela cabana.
of telling stories.
de contar histórias.
building in Western Europe.
da Europa Ocidental.
in the air, to breathe fresh air.
para respirar ar fresco.
that is never the same.
que nunca é o mesmo.
that is difficult to explain.
you have the Menil Collection,
temos a Coleção Menil,
essential materials in architecture.
mais essenciais na arquitetura.
that goes up to there.
the sense of transparency.
de transparência.
the Magic Lantern in Japan,
a Lanterna Mágica, no Japão,
is a monastery in the forest.
with the silence and the forest.
com o silêncio e a floresta.
have something in common:
for desire, for dreams.
por desejo, por sonhos.
to show you this picture.
para mostrar esta foto.
I love sailing, for sure.
eu amo navegar, com certeza.
designing sailing boats.
is associated with slowness.
porque é associado à lentidão.
that this picture says.
I can do about that.
possa fazer sobre isso.
I want to take you sailing here,
actually flirt with the wind,
they have a voice, those buildings.
because it's about beauty.
porque tem a ver com beleza.
to catch it, it flies away.
pegá-la, ela voa para longe.
that means "beautiful and good."
significa "bonito e bom".
"beautiful" just means "beautiful."
"bonito" significa apenas "bonito".
only to art or nature.
apenas à arte ou à natureza.
human curiosity, solidarity --
curiosidade humana, solidariedade;
that can change people
transformar as pessoas
in their eyes.
melhores para se viver.
that can change the world.
que podem mudar o mundo.
will save the world.
essa beleza salvará o mundo.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Renzo Piano - ArchitectRenzo Piano is a builder of shelters for human beings. And communities.
Why you should listen
Renzo Piano is an architect and legend. Playing with transparency, light and curves while creating buildings with utility and permanence, he's the mind behind the Shard in London, the new Whitney Museum at Gansevoort in New York and the Kansai International Airport Terminal in Osaka, Japan, and he co-created the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
As he writes: "Since I was a child looking at the shiploads suspended over the harbor of my hometown, Genoa, I dreamt about fighting against gravity. And this is what I tried to accomplish in all these years of work: making buildings (one of the heaviest things you can make) that float above grounds. I also like to create buildings that could be shelter for human beings: good places for people to meet and share experiences. This is also the way cities become more beautiful cities, and this is why it is so important to me. In my job you need to be different things at a time: a builder in the morning, a poet at lunchtime and a humanist in the afternoon. It is one of the oldest and most adventurous things you can do. I can't think of a better way to spend my time every day."
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