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Description of project by Fundación Arquia
The Fundación Arquia, continuing its work of support for the dissemination of cultural activity in the field of architecture, on Wednesday, February 21 at 6:30 pm will present at the Film Academy, the new documentary 'Conversations with Renzo Piano'.
The intimate and sincere interview, recorded in Punta Nave, moves away from the television set to be shot in the architect's home and studio, resulting in a personal, human and very warm piece.
The interview, conducted by architect Luis Fernández-Galiano, is orchestrated in six parts and chronologically traces Renzo Piano's itinerary. The introduction, until the training period, is followed by five sections that use the thread of the constructed work, three of them having been highlighted in each section, as landmarks of the biographical journey.
In the conversation, Piano traces his biography from the first steps, marked by his father builder or the influence of upcoming teachers like Franco Albini and farther away such as Buckminster Fuller, Frei Otto or Jean Prouvé, to the most recent works in the United States or Europe, where it has been possible to measure itself with the Louis Kahn of the Kimbell Museum or that of Le Corbusier of Ronchamp. Facing the Mediterranean that inspires his spirit as a navigator, the architect reiterates his commitment to those who use his buildings and glosses his last work inaugurated, the Botín Center that rises in front of Santander Bay.
The documentary represents a turning point in the arquia / masters collection. On the one hand, the interview format is reformulated (more intimate and personal filming at home and study, instead of on a television set) and on the other hand the product is presented in a new interactive format more in line with the audience it is directed.
The opening of the event will be in charge of the president of the Fundación Arquia, Javier Navarro, and will have the intervention of the director of the collection Luis Fernández - Galiano.