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Renzo Piano Building Workshop is an architecture firm with offices in Genoa, Italy and Paris, France. Some of their notable projects include the Zentrum Paul Klee in Berne, Switzerland, which houses a permanent art collection and temporary exhibitions. They also designed the Menil Collection Museum in Houston, Texas, which features a modular "leaf" system to regulate natural light for art preservation. Additionally, they designed their own headquarters in Genoa, Italy, composed of sloping glass terraces resembling local greenhouses and using skylights to fill interior spaces with natural light.

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop is an architecture firm with offices in Genoa, Italy and Paris, France. Some of their notable projects include the Zentrum Paul Klee in Berne, Switzerland, which houses a permanent art collection and temporary exhibitions. They also designed the Menil Collection Museum in Houston, Texas, which features a modular "leaf" system to regulate natural light for art preservation. Additionally, they designed their own headquarters in Genoa, Italy, composed of sloping glass terraces resembling local greenhouses and using skylights to fill interior spaces with natural light.

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Genoa - Italy Paris - France


Renzo Piano Building Workshop S.r.l. Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Via Rubens, 29 34, rue des Archives


16158 Genova 75004 Paris
Italy France
Tel. (39) 010 61 71 1 Tel. (33) 1 44 61 49 00
Fax (39) 010 61 71 350 Fax (33) 1 42 78 01 98
email: italy@rpbw.com email: france@rpbw.com
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Zentrum Paul Klee


Berne, Switzerland
1999/2005

A gift from the city to one of its greatest artists.


The Paul Klee Centre is a multifunctional space: in addition
to the permanent collection, it also houses temporary
exhibitions, a concert hall, and a centre with ateliers for
children. The shapes of the building recall the curves of the
surrounding landscape, thus becoming an integral part of it.

The Centre is composed of three hills made of glass and


steel. Each "hill" corresponds to one different function of the
centre, and runs through the life of the artist, who was a
painter, a musician and a poet. The natural light, potentially
harmful to the extremely fragile art pieces, is diffused by a
system of translucent screens that delicately reflect the light.
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Menil Collection Museum


Houston (TX), USA
1982-1986

Extremely meticulous and advanced research into natural


light, and concern for conservation of works of art, were the
two principal forces driving the design of the Menil Museum.
A modular system of "leaves" covering the roof regulates the
flux of light into the halls and is the building's main
architectural feature.

On top of the building is "The Treasure House", which houses


the collection of 10,000 pieces of art. Selected pieces are
continually rotated throughout the predominantly naturally lit
conditions. The interiors are kept simple to encourage
contemplation on the art itself.
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Renzo Piano Building


Workshop
Punta Nave (Genoa), Italy
1989/1991

Perched on the slopes of a hill above the sea, Punta Nave


houses the Genoa headquarters of the Renzo Piano Building
Workshop.

Composed of a system of glass terraces gradually sloping


towards the sea, the building recalls the shapes of the
greenhouses typical of the Ligurian coastline.

Zenithal light plays here a major role: photosensitive


skylights regulate light intensity thus pervading the interior
spaces with natural light.

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