and a debt to Corbusier for the diagonally cut cylinders7.
In a quote Piano refers to the sound of the wind passing through the hollow sections of his structures as ‘the voice
of the Kanak’8. A cynical critic might attribute such a statement to arrogance. A more charitable one might suggest Piano
was only passing on the comments of others, in a better position to judge ‘the voice of the Kanak’. In his commentary
Piano is clearly trying to forestall criticism about cultural imperialism on the one hand, and exploitation of indigenous
cultures on the other.