Structural Engineeers: Ove Arup & Partners
The Pomidou centre is located in the 4th arrondisment in east central Paris. The project was put forward to Piano and the Rogers couple to design a building in an architectual design competition in 1971. 6 years later the building opened its doors on the 31st of January 1977. the building recieved positive feedback with many saying the radical design of that time had flipped the architectual world on its head. It was famed for its innovative design which consisted of the entire structure showing its skeletal design on the exterior of the structure and showing all the small details of the pipes and wires that made up this marvellous building. the different componants that made up the building were initally coulour coded though that recently changed with many componants being painted standardly white. the Pompidous' impact revolutionized museums, changing them from not only just monuments, but to places which were rife with a new social and cultural feel in the heart of the capital. the building seemed to change the concept of the museum making it more modern and cooler which in turn attracted a wider and younger audience, many being students studying in the city at the time.
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