Designing water. The rehabilitation of the city. Stories of projects through archive research

Conference with

Boris Hamzeian, PhD École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, is an architect and architectural historian
Alberto Grassetti, Architect, engineer and a PhD student in Architecture and Project Cultures at the University of Bologna 
Introduction: Lia Piano, Renzo Piano Foundation Director

Tuesday 29 October, h 17:30 Villa Nave, Via P. P. Rubens 30a Genova

On the occasion of the Festival della Scienza 2024 the Renzo Piano Foundation is organizing this conference to talk about water and projects with two young researchers who are involved in different historical researches on the works of Renzo Piano.

Following the construction of the Centre Pompidou, with its sloping square to accommodate the crowds and culture, during the 1980s Renzo Piano experimented with exhibition installations that all had in common their proximity to water. From the design of a floating Boulevard for the 1989 Paris Universal Exhibition to the equipment for the International Exhibition “Christopher Columbus: the Ship and the Sea” at the Porto Antico in Genoa, Boris Hamzeian and Alberto Grassetti give voice to the archives of the Renzo Piano Foundation to trace the stages of a strategy that made the design of water a fundamental tool for the “mending” of the city.

Language: Italian. Participation is free. Reservations are required.

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During the day the Foundation will open its door to discover the Living Archive.

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