LE CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU

Ketzhally Lopez

LOCATION

Le Centre Pompidou is located in the 4th Arrondissement

Near l’Hôtel de Ville

Metro: Get on metro line 11 and get off at Rambuteau

ARCHITECTS

Le Centre Pompidou was created by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. Construction began in 1971 and was completed six years later in 1977. It was built to be a center of the French art and culture.

Renzo Piano

Richard Rogers

DESIGN

Six stories

Height: 42m (138ft)

Surface: 1,000,000 m2 (10,763,910 ft2)

The exterior escalator is called the caterpillar (chenille)

Le Centre Pompidou has its infrastructure exposed• The electric is yellow pipes• The water is green pipes• The air conditioning is blue

INSIDE LE CENTRE POMPIDOU

It has the Musée National d’Art Moderne

The Bibliothequè Publique d’Informations (BPI)

It also houses the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM)

MUSÉE NATIONAL D’ART MODERNE

Second largest collection of modern art in the world

Over 70,000 works of art including painting, architecture, painting, cinema, photography, new media, sculpture, and design

Includes the work of thousands of artists

BIBL IOTHEQU È PUBL IQU E D ’ INFOR MATIO NS

Large public library

Contains information in every possible format

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ET COORDINATION

ACOUSTIQUE/MUSIQUE

European institute of science in music and sound

Abbreviated IRCAM

STRAVINSKY FOUNTAIN

Consists of 16 whimsical sculptures

They move and spray water

SOURCES

"Centre Georges Pompidou." Wikipedia, 2012. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Centre_Georges_Pompidou

. "Centre Georges Pompidou." A View On Cities. A View On Cities, 2012. Web. 9 May 2012. http://www.aviewoncities.com/buildings/paris/centregeorgespompidou.htm. 

. "Entering the BPI." Bibliothèque Publique d'Information. N.p., 12/13/10. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://www.bpi.fr/ en/practical_information2/entering_the_bpi.html>.

Krull, Manning. "Le Centre Pompidou." Cool Stuff in Paris. N.p., 2012. Web. 16 May 2012. http://www.coolstuffinparis.com/le-centre-pompidou.php. 

"Musée National d'Art Moderne." Collections. Wikipedia, 2012. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Musée_National_d'Art_Moderne>.