Section Matrix, Details, Magic

Anita says this is me "in my natural habitat".

 Yes. I finally got to the RPBW exhibit in Padova. I was amazed to see the number of section matrices available for inspection; they were conspicuously positioned next to details. The tables in this exhibit are magnificent portfolio "pages". The juxtapositions of media and models was full of intricate, many-layered purpose and so gave me pleasure. I was also able to detect the impact of the work exhibited on your projects. While making my slow progress through the exhibit I was reminded of conversations we have had about the things you are interested in doing in your projects. Yes? 

When examining these sections it is possible to see the other forces that were considered and that have an affect on the project: light, sound, garden and city. Parameters of these forces are geometrically organized within the site by lines which are indicative of rhythm, structure, edge, etc. They all come together to make the shape(s) of the architecture. Some have strong form (Tjibaou and Chicago Art Institute for example), others

St Giles Court section

St Giles Court detail

Columbia U Manhattanville section

Columbia U Manhattanville(I think) detail

Prometeo section

Prometeo detail

Paganini section

Beyeler Museum detsail

Center Tjibaou section

Center Tjibaou construction model

Morgan section

Morgan section

Morgan again?

Chicago section

Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Archive

From 15 March to 15 July 2014 Palazzo della Ragione will be the seat of an exhibition completely dedicated to the most famous representative of contemporary Italian architecture: Renzo Piano.

The personal exhibition organized from the Foundation Barbara Capocchin, will take place in the wonderful spaces of Palazzo della Ragione and will be a collection of photos, projects and scale models that explain the works of the architect, giving importance to his great creativity and his extraordinary career.

Within the context of the Foundation, the 14th and the 15th of March 2014 it will take place the Conference of the Italian Order of Architects, a table to discuss the reuse strategies of existing architectural spaces. The 15th of March will be a day entirely dedicated to Renzo Piano who, besides to participate to the inauguration of the exhibition, will give a lecture at the Aula Magna Galileo of the University of Padova.

More info at www.barbaracappochinfoundation.net