Monday 15 November 2010

Center Pompidou-Metz

Featured in Blueprint
(The leading Magazine Of Architecture And Design)
June 2010


 The center pompidou is located in the town of metz, the capital of the Lorraine region of France.
This extraordinary building by Shigeru Ban, Jean De Gastines  and Philip Gumuchdjian that belies the complex structure of the building.

The building in fact is two different parts the first part is the roof that made from wood and metal this roof touches the floor at six different points to support the structure.  In the day the roof lets 15% per cent of the light to penetrate the interior but while at night the the building glows showing all off the beams that support the roof.




  The second part of the building is the galleries this  functions independently.
 
 




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