Sunday 23 October 2011

PARIS - POMPIDOU CENTRE - CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU

This very controversial , high tech building made of steel structure became one of the most recognizable icon of the modern Paris .



The building was designed and built in 1969 -1974 by architectural team which consisted of Richard Rogers, Sue Rogers and Renzo Piano - the architectural Creme de la Creme.



Also the structural engineer involved in the construction Edmund Happold (Ove Arup & Partners then, and a founder of Buro Happold later )was one of the best ones, just to mention he was the engineer for the Sydney Opera house.



The architectural and structural dream teams main idea was to design a super high tech architecture by exposing and accentuating the commonly underestimated elements of the building for creating an aesthetic expression.They turned the entire thinking about the architecture upside down and contradicted all the rules that were obeyed by the traditionalists.







Proposed the shocking then, idea,to emphasize the other aspects, and elements of building like ventilation ducts, electrical ducts ,external walking decks, service decks, fire escape routes, steel structure elements, transparend full height glazing, air exhaust, inlets, outlets and many more components and brought them outside, and even make a sophisticated  piece of art of all of them.




Initially, each type of service had a particular colour but with time most of the elements were painted white.






The building is housing on of the biggest collection of the modern art and a french national library.





Next to the building there is a public square that features the Stravinsky Fountain - or Fontaine des automates that is famous for its moving and water spraying sculptures( black coloured painted by Jean Tinguely) (colour painted sculptures by Niky de Saint-Phalle) which represent the Igor Stravinsky's works.


























11 comments:

  1. Tuve la ocasión de admirarlas el año pasado, pero a serte sincera no me gustan, quizás no soy muy moderna.
    Feliz domingo

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  2. J'ai visité plusieurs fois cet endroit... J'ai surtout été sensible à certaines oeuvres exposées en ce lieu...
    Gros bisous et merci pour ces photos...

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  3. Though I'm not crazy about the "art" inside, I love the building.

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  4. I am blown away by this type of architecture...That a person or person(s) can create it in a vision and make it a real, tangible thing is a work of art in and of itself!

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  5. I lived in Paris for many years, and we used to call it the refinery, la raffinerie. Or the thing.

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  6. Excelente post...muy buenas fotografias que arquitectonicamente le dan un realismo tan bien reflejado como lo has expuesto...es tan real como el punto de vista que tienes...sorprendente y de gran belleza...saludos.

    Bird.

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  7. Hmm? I would have to see this building in person and see how it looks and feels in its location. In the photos, it looks like it's just scaffolding on it. Perhaps it's supposed to look that way. I LOVE architecture, but this one? Dunno.

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  8. You may be right Em-Musing, it is very controversial but on the other hand look at the pieces of contemporary art or Marcell Dushamps "toilet" for instance - most people do not understand it but there are also people that appreciate it.But thta is just my personal opinion.....

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  9. That's such a gorgeous building! I'm not sure about the structure though..it looks kind of strange to me in some way! xoxoxoo

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  10. thanks for follow me. is a building that when you see it impacting

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  11. Looks very very industrial, but I am planning to go to Paris early next year and see it.

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