Renzo Piano Lectio Magistralis
The guest lecture given by Renzo Piano on 15 March, also the day that saw the inauguration of the exhibition “RPBW - piece by piece”, took place in the main hall of the University of Padua, which was
overflowing with academics, politicians, administrators, people of culture and youths, as well as two the other “classrooms” provided by the University, the square in front with a big screen and the online connection platform. In just over an hour, Renzo Piano retraced his life, discussing architecture and taking every listener “by the hand,” placing them in front of the large, current and urgent issues of architecture as a social art, lightweight and eco-sustainable building, gathering places, competitions, renewable energy, traffic in the city and more. The message he conveyed was that architecture can become a tool for improving the quality of human life, as a construct can become a place for creating and transporting inclusion, knowledge and tolerance.
