
Thursday, 2nd July 2009 - 13:45CET
Massive interest in Piano designs exhibition
More than 4,000 people have visited the exhibition on Renzo Piano's proposed projects for the entrance of Valletta, being held at the Archaeology Museum.
The Infrastructure Ministry said that the exhibition was visited by 4,194 people in four days, apart from 125 architects who visited it during a pre-arranged meeting with Mr Piano.
The ministry said that 559, not including the architects visited on Sunday, 1,360 on Monday, 1,227 on Tuesday and 1,048 yesterday.
The exhibition inlcudes models, designs and photographs of Mr Piano's proposals. It is open until July 31 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.







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I am dead serious mate ! The Piano Parliament reminds me of Star Trek/ ET/Dr WHO movies... just damn ugly.. Who knows, maybe it will really fly and take off !!
Yeah OK!!!
Do you think architects (or indeed anyone who is into a functional art) have a carte blanche when they design their projects?!!!
"Please, dear politicians do wake up you have a country and people's ambitions to take forward"
You forgot to tell them to smell the coffee (just being helpful).
I can't make up my mind whether you're being sarcastic and funny or ...erm..dare i say it?...'serious'.
In my opinion it is a terrific project , well researched , energy efficient and will do justice to our capital city. Magical indeed and the sooner we start the better.
What ? Opinion ta' Cikku l-Poplu ! We are not talking about the rahal's playing field ( two swings or one, zurzieqa etc etc ). Well done to this great project, which I have already commented to being almost 100 % perfect. Almost, because the Parliament building could have done easily without a block of ' case popolare ' in front of it. Tenants there should have been offered a decent alternative residence, preferably in Valletta so that Mr Piano could have had the opportunity to complete his masterpiece.
Quite right Paul, a lot of people visited but so far no count of their opinion. I made my own survey albeit 150 people and 82% commented that the plans were beautifully presented but not at all happy with them. Only 3 % were non committal, and 15% were in favour.
@Jonathan Farrugia
No you are not on your own Jonathan. Having read comments from all the papers, a lot of people agree with you. I wish the Prime Minister read my Recommendations in my Dissertation, which includes the whole area. I recommended the Opera House re-built with a touch of modern architecture, the arches changed into round marble with Designer shops underneath and the Square, with a beautiful large Romanesque Fountain with Dolceria and coffee businesses around the square. I also suggested auditioned Street theatre. Now that is what Valletta needs and it also compliments the rest of the city. As far as City Gate is concerned, I made that entrance into a modern Tri Glass Pyramids where Art Exhibitions and other that can utilize the space in line with our Cultured mindset.
@jonathan farrugia - no, you are not the only one, there's at least 2 of us that are hungry for some open spaces, which abound in other european cities, but which are lacking in malta.
Parliament looking like a spaceship from Mars, well, about time that the MP's get their feet back to the ground...
Prosit Tassew
Prosit tal-photosyhnt siehbi ghamilt bicca xoghol tajba!!! Ha nifforwardjaha lil shabi.