Editing Renzo Piano (section)

===Auditorium of the Parco della Musica (1994–2002)===
The [[Parco della Musica]] is the complex of music venues located in the Rome neighborhood which hosted the 1960 [[Summer Olympics]]. The park has three theaters, the largest with 2800 seats; when completed it was the largest symphonic concert hall in Europe. Piano acknowledged that his inspiration for the interior plan was the vineyard style seating, placed around the orchestra, of the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] by Hans Sharon.{{Sfn|Jodidio|2016|page=53}}   The three brick concert halls covered with what New York Times critic Sam Lubell described as  "weathered armadillo-like steel shells,"  which looked forbidding in photographs but in person were "lovely"; and noted that the theaters "inside are heavy with wood, fabrics, and typical Piano elegance."  He called the whole complex "deceptively simple but smart.".<ref>''New York Times'', 27 January 2015</ref>