If you are missing the capacity to create emotion, then it doesn?t work, it?s not enough.? Renzo Piano

If you are missing the capacity to create emotion, then it doesn?t work, it?s not enough.
? Renzo Piano In this in-depth biographical video by the Louisiana Channel, Renzo Piano talks about his earliest influences, why traveling is essential, the pleasures of drawing, what creativity really means, how ?computers are a bit stupid,? the way ?beauty can change the world,? and more.

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Piano is not one to indulge in what he calls ?the trap of nostalgia? when asked about his early life, influences, and his own legacy. For him, what?s important is ?not what you?ve done, what you?ve been--but what you will be and what you will do.? While the simplest, most obvious influence comes from his father being a builder, the architect also recognizes other factors that helped shape his ideas: the city of Genoa where he was born and raised, the sea which he likens to a ?consommé of different cultures,? ships in all their formal and technical grandeur, lively exchanges with friends from various creative disciplines, as well as his appreciation for the value of discussing, listening and exchanging thoughts with fellow beings. One thing is for sure--that architecture is everything come together. Referring to architecture as a ?pacifist idea,? he discusses how building is more of a ?civic gesture? because of the way it ev...