Exemplar 5 - Renzo Piano

Many of Piano's drawings are very similar to my exemplar 2 - Norman Foster. They are similar in the way they both show an elaborate scene to depict the activities inside a building. This is a critical factor in setting up a good architectural section drawing, and in my selected section above he has almost created a where's wally image, the building seems to be alive with activity. By doing this the building is almost being celebrated and shown in its best condition.

The level of detail is also very similar to the drawings of Norman Foster. This is a delicate and refined ability to portray enough detail without detracting from the image as a whole and one which i will attempt to transfer to my two sections.

The same criticisms also apply to Piano as those to Foster, there is a obvious lack of context and colour or tone. There is no portrayal of light within the spaces and the drawing seems very flat with no depth to the building.

For my two sections I will aim to bring together all of the strong elements from the 5 exemplar sections.

below is also a Renzo Piano section which does a better job of showing context, this particular example was fro a moat redevelopment.

References:

Pano, R. 2010, Renzo Piano building workshop 1989-2010, A + U Pub, Tokyo.