Renzo Piano’s archive, knowing the past to create the architecture of the future – LifeGate

Renzo Piano's archive, knowing the past to create the architecture of the future | LifeGate

Archiveshave recently become the object of a historical and scientific debate involving more than just experts and professionals. Not only are archivesspaces devoted to the memory and conservation of materials from the past, they're also vehicles for experimentation, research, relationships and organising content, as well as maps and cultural systems. Knowing what has come before us is essential in designing the present and future. The story of the archive dedicated to the projects of architect Renzo Pianoin his home city of Genoa, in Italy, is the subject of the documentaryThe Power of the Archive: Renzo Piano Building WorkshopbyFrancesca Molteni and Fulvio Irace, the first in a series on great contemporary architects.

There's a moment in which we realise that the memory of things has left a mark. Like when you have to clear out your house because you realise you've accumulated too much stuff. It can't be helped. The time comes when it has to be done.Renzo Piano

From the documentary The Power of the Archive: models of the Shard in London designed by Renzo Piano Building Works RPBW

The building site of the California Academy of Science in San Francisco, California in 2012 RPBW

The Astrup Fearnley Museum of contemporary art in Oslo, designed by Renzo Piano in 2012 Patrizia Scarzella

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