At last!! Excavation works are set to commence this week in order to prepare the site for the actual construction which is scheduled to begin in spring 2012!!!Talking of course about the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
It’s not an ordinary building, as it will house a very important program: the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera. The building is being designed by -in my opinion- the master of sustainable architecture, Renzo Piano, an architect with a respect for the history and culture of Greece, who possesses vision, intellectual curiosity and elegance. And all this reflects perfectly in his drawings.
The building integrates into the slope of the park, and is connected to the sea through a canal parallel to the existing esplanade.
On this, Piano says: “The Cultural Center’s proximity to water, and the natural warm breezes and light of Athens were particularly inspiring during the design process. It was immediately clear that we must take advantage of all these elements to ultimately design a zero emissions building that expresses movement and energy”.
Renzo Piano has succeeded to design the aspirations of Greeks in the third millennium with the essential elements of our ecology – the sea, sun, stone, and earth.
A world-class cultural resource, a beacon of sustainability, a tribute to a legacy, a symbol of the future…
Look into Youtube for Renzo Piano’s interviews on the project!
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