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 Christopher Tuckfield Renzo Piano. Piece by Piece Produced by Chris Hilton and David Martinez, Australia 1999, 56' Italian born architect Renzo Piano achieved international renown as co-designer of Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris: "a joyful urban machine…a provocation" that horrified the cultural establishment and delighted the Parisians. Since then, the buildings he has realised all around the world always combine the most advanced technology with a profound respect of the historical and physical context. In fact unlike many other architects he is not obsessed with personal "style" preferring instead to find the fundamental and enduring solutions to building problems. Filmed in Europe, Japan, America and the Pacific, Piece by Piece features extraordinary images of Piano's architecture, commented by the architect himself. He shares his most personal reflections on the creative process which can be applied not only to architecture but to other disciplines as well. We visit many of his landmark buildings and works in progress including his last project in Sidney, the Potsdamer Platz reconstruction in Berlin, a pilgrimage Church in southern Italy, the Kansai Airport and the new cultural centre in Noumea. Writer and director of the video, Christopher Tuckfield began making Super-8 films as a medical student at the University of Sidney. After graduating he was selected for the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) specialising in direction. By the time he accepted a scholarship to direct theatre and completed a Master of Philosophy in Cambridge University (UK). Often awarded by the critics, Tuckfield produced short films, drama, and documentaries. Over the last three years he also directed several commercial television and multimedia projects. He is currently directing A Breath, a film on two Chinese artists. Chiris Hilton of Hilton Cordell Australia is the co-producer of the video with David Martinez of Dreamtime Productions (Milan). They are currently working together on Shadow Play, about the dramatic history of contemporary Indonesia and Shooters, the story of an Iranian photo-reporter who meets the Israeli soldier who shot him. |
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