Celebrating the Components of the Structure: Richard Rogers
RICHARD ROGERS
Richard Rogers, Italian-born British architect noted for what he described as “celebrating the components of the structure.”
His high-tech approach is most evident in the Pompidou Centre (1971–77) in Paris, which he designed with the Italian architect Renzo Piano.
Profound knowledge of building materials and techniques
Artistic effect
Clear echo of a building's program
Means to make architecture more productive for those it serves
Energy efficiency and sustainability
His interest in uninterrupted interior spaces has made Rogers an heir to the functionalist tradition. His concern with total flexibility and obvious technical imagery has been termed Late Modern. However, his more recent works have returned to the images of the early Modernists.
THEORY
¨Cities: are the physical framework of our society, the generator of civil values, the engine of our economy and the heart of our culture.
¨Public domain: Public space between buildings influences both the built form and the civic quality of the city, be they streets, squares or parks. A balance between the public and private domain is central to the practice's design approach.
¨Legibility: The structure of buildings set the scale, form and rhythm of the architectural environment, within which change and improvisation can take place.
¨Flexibility: Today’s buildings are more like evolving landscapes than classical temples in which nothing can be added and nothing can be removed.
¨Energy: Architects have a major role to play, given the fact that 75 per cent of global energy consumption is produced by buildings and transportation.
FAMOUS WORKS
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1971-1977)
In partnership with Renzo Piano
Exemplified constructivism and was a high-tech modern cultural center structured with a system gerberettes and trusses.
Revolutionized museums, transforming what had once been elite monuments into popular places of social and cultural exchange.
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Richard Rogers, Italian-born British architect noted for what he described as “celebrating the components of the structure.”
His high-tech approach is most evident in the Pompidou Centre (1971–77) in Paris, which he designed with the Italian architect Renzo Piano.
Profound knowledge of building materials and techniques
Artistic effect
Clear echo of a building's program
Means to make architecture more productive for those it serves
Energy efficiency and sustainability
His interest in uninterrupted interior spaces has made Rogers an heir to the functionalist tradition. His concern with total flexibility and obvious technical imagery has been termed Late Modern. However, his more recent works have returned to the images of the early Modernists.
THEORY
¨Cities: are the physical framework of our society, the generator of civil values, the engine of our economy and the heart of our culture.
¨Public domain: Public space between buildings influences both the built form and the civic quality of the city, be they streets, squares or parks. A balance between the public and private domain is central to the practice's design approach.
¨Legibility: The structure of buildings set the scale, form and rhythm of the architectural environment, within which change and improvisation can take place.
¨Flexibility: Today’s buildings are more like evolving landscapes than classical temples in which nothing can be added and nothing can be removed.
¨Energy: Architects have a major role to play, given the fact that 75 per cent of global energy consumption is produced by buildings and transportation.
FAMOUS WORKS
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1971-1977)
In partnership with Renzo Piano
Exemplified constructivism and was a high-tech modern cultural center structured with a system gerberettes and trusses.
Revolutionized museums, transforming what had once been elite monuments into popular places of social and cultural exchange.
All