Architects: Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano

Location: 19 Rue Beaubourg 75004 Paris,

France
Structural Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
Project Year: 1977

In order to choose the

architects for the project,
the president held a
competition and many
entered, including some
of the most famous
architects in France at the
time. People were
astonished, however,
when the design of Renzo
Piano and Richard
Rogers, both not famous
at the time, won the
competition
RENZO PIANO
Philosophy And Architectural Style:
RENZO PIANO Renzo Piano was born
on September 14, 1937 in Genoa (Italy),
in the bosom of a wealthy family of
construction companies
Renzo Piano's work has been
called high-tech and bold
postmodernism. The interior is
open, light, modern, natural, old
and new at the same time. "Unlike
most other architectural stars,"
writes architecture critic Paul
Goldberger, "Piano has no
signature style. Instead, his work
is characterized by a genius for
balance and context...."
RICHARD ROGERS
PHILOSOPHY AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:

Richard George Rogers, born on July 23rd 1933

in Florence, is an Italian born British architect
known for his modernist and functionalist
designs.
Richard Rogers’ architectural philosophy’s topics
are legible, transparent, lightweight, systems,
urban, public and green
 CENTRE GOERGES POMPIDOU
Type : Culture and Leisure
Architectural style : Postmodern /
High-Tech
Location : Paris, France
Structural system : superstructure
with reinforced concrete floors
Completed : 1971 - 1977
“Georges Pompidou National Art and Cultural Centre”
French national cultural Centre on the Rue Beaubourg and on the
fringes of the historic Marais section of Paris; a regional branch is
located in Metz. It is named after the French president Georges
Pompidou, under whose administration the museum was
commissioned.
 THEMES OF THE DESIGN
• Flexible envelope
• Steel structure
• Simple geometric form
• Exterior mechanical
• Open piazza
• Building circulation
It is a building in two
parts:

1. Three levels of
infrastructure where they
gather technical facilities
and service,
2. A large glass and steel
superstructure of seven
levels, including the
terrace and the mezzanine,
which concentrates most
sectors of activity of the
Center, with the exception
of Ircam, located in the
plaza Stravinsky
• The plan is rectangular,
with the longer sides on
the front of the square
and the service.
• It has a patio at the
upper right .
The different systems on the exterior of the building are
painted different colors to distinguish their different
roles.
• The structure and largest ventilation components were
painted white,
• stairs and elevator structures were painted a silver
gray,
• ventilation was painted blue,
• plumbing and fire control piping painted green,
• the electrical elements are yellow and orange, and the
elevator motor rooms and shafts, or the elements that
allow for movement throughout the building, are
painted red.
One of the "movement" elements that the center is most
known for is the escalator (painted red on the bottom) on
the west facade, a tube that zigzags up to the top of the
building providing visitors with an astonishing view of
the city of Paris.
ESCALATOR

The plexiglass escalator tubes running

up the six floors of the Centre Georges
Pompidou's western façade.
Interior
Thank you