Renzo Piano: The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings
Renzo Piano: La genialidad tras algunos de los edificios más famosos del 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.
entre el arte y la ciencia.
fuerza de la necesidad.
is also amazing.
también es increíble.
at 10 o’clock in the morning,
need to be a builder.
en toda tu totalidad un constructor.
is the art of making buildings.
es el arte de hacer edificios.
shelter for human beings.
refugios para los seres humanos.
we completed a few years ago.
completamos hace unos años.
trabajadores bien entrenados,
the top piece of the tower.
la parte superior de la torre.
the force of gravity,
la fuerza de la gravedad,
constructores, por cierto.
we got more than 1,400 people,
teníamos más de 1400 personas,
It's a miracle.
places, is a miracle.
buceadores en aguas profundas.
East Berlin to West Berlin,
que conecta Berlín Este con Berlín Oeste,
almost 5,000 people.
casi 5000 personas.
Japanese ones.
escaladores de roca, los japoneses.
a sense of cooperation.
un sentido de cooperación.
el orgullo es esencial.
why architecture is amazing.
la arquitectura es increíble.
that is maybe even more amazing.
sea aún más sorprendente.
to swallow by people.
de tragar para las personas.
of those changes.
un espejo de esos cambios.
of those changes.
construida de esos cambios.
por la que es tan difícil,
and architecture is adventure.
y la arquitectura es aventura.
Georges Pompidou in Paris,
Georges Pompidou en París,
landing in the middle of Paris.
que aterrizaba en medio de París.
in adventure, Richard Rogers,
la aventura, Richard Rogers,
a few years after May '68.
después de mayo de 1968.
should not be intimidating.
no deberían ser intimidantes.
a cultural place.
crear un lugar cultural.
of a cultural attitude.
de una actitud cultural.
you can see that piazza.
pueden ver esa plaza.
of urban life.
de la vida urbana.
donde la gente se encuentra.
so many other places for people.
muchos otros lugares para personas.
designed by the sound, you can see.
en realidad por el sonido, pueden ver.
you need to make an island,
necesitas hacer una isla,
landing on the ground.
aterrizando en el suelo.
Academy of Sciences.
Academia de Ciencias de California.
that use the humidity of the air,
usan la humedad del aire,
from the water table.
agua de la capa freática.
mediante LEED Platino.
to measure, of course,
para medir, por supuesto,
un lugar para las personas
the Niarchos Foundation.
la Fundación Niarchos.
una sala de conciertos
a Platinum LEED building.
un edificio LEED Platino.
the sun's energy with that roof.
la energía del sol con ese techo.
a place for people is good.
un lugar para las personas es bueno.
hacer salas de conciertos,
making museums is good,
hacer museos es bueno,
that's open, accessible.
que está abierto, accesible.
for a better world, for sure.
un mundo mejor, seguro.
amazing, even more.
sea increíble, incluso más.
to need and necessity,
a la necesidad,
dreams, aspirations.
deseos, sueños y aspiraciones.
of the people living in that hut.
de las personas que viven en esa cabaña.
of telling stories.
de contar historias.
building in Western Europe.
el edificio más alto de Europa occidental.
in the air, to breathe fresh air.
el aire para respirar aire fresco.
son inclinadas,
that is never the same.
que nunca es igual.
todo se vuelve azulado.
that is difficult to explain.
you have the Menil Collection,
tienen la Colección Menil,
el Museo de Arte de Harvard.
essential materials in architecture.
materiales más esenciales en arquitectura.
con el agua.
that goes up to there.
teleférico que va hasta allí.
the sense of transparency.
la sensación de transparencia.
the Magic Lantern in Japan,
tienen el Magic Lantern en Japón,
is a monastery in the forest.
un monasterio en el bosque.
with the silence and the forest.
con el silencio y el bosque.
have something in common:
for desire, for dreams.
el deseo, los sueños.
to show you this picture.
para mostrarte esta imagen.
I love sailing, for sure.
me encanta navegar, seguro.
designing sailing boats.
is associated with slowness.
navegar está asociado a la lentitud.
that this picture says.
I can do about that.
que pueda hacer al respecto.
I want to take you sailing here,
quiero llevarlos navegando hasta aquí,
actually flirt with the wind,
coquetean con el viento,
they have a voice, those buildings.
tienen una voz, esos edificios.
because it's about beauty.
porque se trata de belleza.
to catch it, it flies away.
atraparla, se va volando.
that means "beautiful and good."
significa "bello y bueno".
"beautiful" just means "beautiful."
"bello" solo significa "bello".
cuando lo invisible
only to art or nature.
al arte o la naturaleza.
human curiosity, solidarity --
la curiosidad humana, la solidaridad
that can change people
que puede cambiar a las personas
in their eyes.
mejores lugares para vivir.
that can change the world.
que puede cambiar el mundo.
will save the world.
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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