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Centre Pompidou, Metz

BY:AMIT SINGH 10110003

DHRUV BANSAL 10110014MADHAV SINGH 10110031

By:Shigeru Ban & Jean de Gastines

Focus:structural system

Shigeru Ban

(born 1957) is an accomplished Japanese and

international architect, most famous for his innovative work with

paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes

used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.

Jean de GastinesAssisted the main architect

Worked with Frank O Gehry

About the Project

• Project Type: Modrern Contemporary Art Museum

• Location:Metz, France• Construction started:November 7, 2006• Inaugurated:May 12, 2010• Cost:69.33 million Euros• Height:77 m (253 ft)• Floor area:10,660 m2 (114,700 sq ft)• Architecture firm:Shigeru Ban Architects Europe• Main contractor:Metz Métropole

`THE SITE:METZ,FRANCE

About the Project

• The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a branch of Pompidou arts center of Paris, and features temporary exhibitions from the large collection of the French National Museum of Modern Art, the largest

• European collection of 20th and 21st century arts.

• The museum is one of the largest temporary exhibition spaces in France with 5,000 m2 divided between 3 galleries, a circular shaped restaurant, a theatre, and an auditorium.

Concept

CHINESE HAT

The 3 Boxes

• 3 galleries extrude out of the building envelope and face towards the three landmarks of the city.(railway station and cathedral)

• He rotated the boxes So that natual light comes directly in eachbox.• Long narrow plan hasbeen inspired fromNAVE of Metz cathedral

01. forum02. Bookshop03. Ticketing and cloakroom04. Grande Nef05. hexagonal tower06. coffee07. studio (196 seats)08. restaurant09. Auditorium(144 seats)10. Gallery 111. Gallery 212. Gallery 3

Total surface area: 10,700 sq mGallery space: 5,000 sq m

Laminated wooden hexagonal

latticework roof structure that “houses”the museum and wraps

around thebuilding.

•three rectangular galleries weaving through the building at differentLevels

•5 five effective spines

a unique experience

• a place for visitors to engage with artistic creation in all its forms

• It is a living venue with events scheduled throughout the year.

THE ROOF STRUCTURE

• The roof is a 90 meters wide hexagon with a surface area of 8,500 m².

• The roof structure is composed of 16 km of glued laminated timber.

• Form hexagonal wooden units resembling the cane-work pattern of a Chinese hat.

• The roof’s geometry is irregular. • The entire wooden structure is covered with a white

PTFE membrane and a coating of Teflon, which has the distinction of being self-cleaning, protects from direct sunlight and also is transparent at night, thus offering viewers a spectacular and unique overview.

Why Wood ? …”because it is an inexhaustible and bio degradable material.”

• 95% of the roof timbers are made from Austrian or Swiss spruce; the remainder are beech and larch.

• Every single beam was CNCmachined to unique proportions.

4 Layered hexagonal lattice

Interlacing

Joinery details of beams

Joinery details•Steel pipe is put at the periphery of structure.•It creates tension in PTFE layer

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TENSILE MEMBRANE

The moisture-resistant membrane of fiberglass and Teflon (PTFE or Poly-Tetra-Fluoro Ethylene) is stretched over the lattice structure .

PTFE:Self cleaningTransmit lightProvide diffused light

MATERIALS

• 12,000 m3 of concrete (foundations and structure)• 1,500 tons of reinforcing bars• 970 tons of structural steel (walls and hexagonal tower)• 650 tons of roof timber• 18 km of beams and 16,000 pieces to build the

wooden roof structure• 8,000 sq m of PTFE membrane

Criticism

• The most ironic part of the design is its key feature, the roof.

• Is it a tent? • Is it a dome?• Is it a frame?

• Concept is vague. He completely discards the theory of iconography.(traditionally attached to a theme of the region)

• Internal circulation is disjoint• Roof becomes ponderous.• Though the structure is pleasing, but it is very

difficult to execute.

Criticism

conclusion

• If something looks pleasing,it need not to have iconography

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