Architecture (s)

The Theatre presents the exhibition 'Architecture of the XXI century, a series of meetings involving the three great French architects, called in particular to express their vision on the many issues addressed by the Biennale of Architecture in 2016. The second event starring Paul Andreu, who He has designed many large airports in the world, including the new Roissy airport terminal, as well as the Sea Museum in Osaka.

Paul Andreu

Born July 10, 1938 in Bordeaux, twenty years Paul Andreu leaves for Paris, where he will dedicate his formative years to deepen their knowledge in multiple fields. In fact he attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, then l 'École Polytechnique, l' Ecole Nationale des Ponts et chaussées and finally l 'École des Beaux-Arts, obtaining two degrees, one in engineering and the other in architecture.

Andreu, has worked nearly 40 years to the airports of Paris, where he was successively in charge of the work at Orly and Bourget, the construction manager of the airport Charles de Gaulle, then director and architect in charge of the studies and works for Aéroports de Paris, assignments in France and abroad.

In addition to the terminal, made in cities such as Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, Cairo, Dar-es-Salam, Shanghai, Andreu has designed different types of buildings; just think of the Maritime Museum in Osaka, gym in Canton, to the music center in Shanghai and especially Peking Opera so.

Throughout his career Paul Andreu was awarded the Grand Prix National d'Architecture (1977), the Aga Khan Prix d'architecture (1995) and the Grand Prix du Globe de Cristal, awarded by the Academy of Architecture International (2006 ).

Conversation in French with simultaneous translation into Italian
In collaboration with the Institut français and the Alliance française de Venise