Renzo Piano : projects and buildings 1964-1983 / Massimo Dini

Introduction / Massimo Dini -- The scientific approach -- Reinforced polyester space frames -- Woodworking shop -- Prestressed steel and reinforced polyester structure -- Shell strcutural systems: a pavilion for the XIV Triennale -- Italian Industry Pavilion at the Osaka Expo -- Fiat VSS experimental vehicle -- Arvedi tubular structural system -- Mobile structure -- Mobile structure for sulfur extraction -- Standardized hospital module -- Mobile construction unit for Senegal -- Transport vehicle -- Neighborhood Workshop in Otranto: an experiment in urban reconstruction -- IBM travelling exhibition -- Evolving space -- Industrialized construction system for a housing estate -- Office workshop for the Renzo Piano studio -- Open plan home -- B&B Italy office building -- One-family homes -- Industrialized construction system for evolving-type home -- Exhibition complex -- Culture and technology -- Georges Pompidou cultural center -- IRCAM: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music -- The Menil Collection -- Reuse of the Palazzo a Vela for the Alexander Calder retrospective -- Gentle renewal -- Design for restructuring the islan of Burano -- Renewing the old Quartiere del Molo -- Urban conversion of the Schlumberger works -- Neighborhood Workshop for local maintenance -- Restructuring a street block in the ancient city center -- Urban continuity -- Building for the Banca Agricola Commerciale, Automobile Club Italiano and collective services -- IBA design for extending the Nationalgalerie and housing -- An axis of services -- The journey backwards -- An experiment in educational television: the program "Open Site"