Pompidou Centre
Renzo Piano
Design Concept
‱ Flexibility
‱ Designed as a series of un interrupted uniform volume supported externally
‱ Revitalise an area of Paris that had been in decline.
‱ Museum of Modern Art
‱ Public Library
‱ Design Centre
‱ Institution of Contemporary Music
Functions
Master Plan
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‱ Half the available site area was allocated to public open space in the form of a large piazza
‱ To be used for public activities like exhibitions games and activities of the cafes, restaraunts and shops on the Rue
St. Martin spill out into the newly created public square
‱Tall enough to accommodate 90,000 m2 (one million ft2)of space
Volume
‱ Museum of Modern Art
‱ Public Library
‱ Design Centre
‱ Administration
‱ Sound Proof Theatres
Main Centre
‱ Circulation devices - escalators, lifts, escape stairs, galleries and corridors - are clipped onto the facade in a vertical
continuation of the activities in the square below so that visitors can use it as a place to simply appreciate the view,
whether or not they visit the galleries.
External Services West
‱ The east facade facing Rue du Renard contains all of the mechanical services, goods lifts and fire stairs, with
continuous steel galleries for ease of maintenance and access.
External Services West
Reception
Museum of Modern Art
Theatre on the North
Cafeteria on the South
Museum of Modern Art
Library
Design Centre
Administration
Circulation
Circulation
Parking
Theatre and Meeting Rooms
Reception
Museum Of Modern Art
Atelier Brancusi
‱ Located in the below-ground level of the Centre Pompidou (level -1) and serves as a space for free performances,
special exhibits or film screenings, and conferences.
ICRAM
ICRAM
Revamp
‱ The centre reopened in 2000 with
- Enlarged museum,
- Renewed performance spaces,
-Vista-rich Georges restaurant.
‱ Entrance to the forum is free (as is the library, which has a separate entrance), but you now have to pay to go up the
escalators.
‱ Level four for post-1960s art.
‱ Level five spans 1905 to 1960.
‱ There are four temporary exhibition spaces on each of these two levels
‱ Main temporary exhibitions take place on the ground floor, in gallery two and level six
‱ Three Flammarion arts bookstores on the ground floor, 4th, and 6th floors offer an excellent selection of art and
design-related books, posters, and gifts.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Master plan
Access
Car Access
Parking
Circulation
Main Working Space
Manager Offices
Theatre and Cafe
Reception
Control Room
Legal Department offices
Advertisement department
Parking
Executive Rooms
Research Centre
Residence and Archives
Main Reception Area
‱ Closed area to open double heighted space
Dissolving Right Angles
‱ Views blocked by glass tubes
‱ Light is amplified by glass tubes
Comparison
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Verticality vs Horizontal
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Transparency
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Language
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Services
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Entrance
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Light
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Context
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Open Plan
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