Inside Renzo Piano Building Workshop is a documentary by MUSE - Factory of Projects of Francesca Molteni, directed by Claudia Adragna and Davide Fois, following the work of the Workshop for over 18 months.
The film shows the RPBW method: what happens in the workshops in Punta Nave in Genoa, in Paris, and on the building sites – in Europe, Asia, and America – through the design meetings in the studio, mock-up reviews, and the discussions with consultants and clients.
Released in 2022, the documentary has been a companion to RPBW exhibitions in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and Madrid.
Exploring the RPBW Method: 18 Months Inside Five Projects Shaping Imagination, Science, Education, Health, and Work.
The five chosen projects were followed for 18 months in different stages of their conception and implementation: the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, inaugurated in 2021, a building site featuring a strong representative content (the imagination factory); CERN’s Science Gateway in Geneva, Switzerland, still under construction, a building site featuring a strong communal content (the science factory); the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris-Saclay, completed in 2020, a research site in a large park, featuring a high educational content (the knowledge factory); the SNF Thessaloniki General Hospital in Sparta, Greece, a sustainable building site featuring a high humanitarian content (the health factory); and finally, the Marunouchi Tokio Marine in Tokyo, a technological building site in the center of the city, featuring a high symbolic content (the factory of work). Five different places, three continents, five social and environmental contexts that have little in common, except the RPBW method.
“Creativity is a miracle that exists only when you know how to share it. Our studio is a special place, where this miracle happens every day.”
