Centre Pomp dou DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis Construction: 1972 -1977 150 million visitors French National Museum of Modern Art Public library Center for music and acoustic research (IRCAM) Area: 100.000 m2 Levels: 7 Height: 42m Length: 166m Width: 60m DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis "An architectural and urban complex which will mark our century.“ Georges Pompidou DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis Renzo Piano Richard Rogers Aims: To achieve a large degree of flexibility, freedom of movement , and an open approach to all exhibition areas and levels. DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis Supporting structures Air Fluids Electricity cables Movement DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis Peter Rice developed the structural concept for the facades, with a system that hinged on six elegantly tapered cast steel rocker beams known as gerberettes. DigDesFab 2011 “Center Pompidou” Analysis The components and connections are of a scale rarely seen in the construction industry- massive steel elements were fabricated in off- site foundries and delivered by truck to the site during the night. DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis One end of each gerberette is connected to an outer tension column, while the other supports a steel lattice beam. The stability of the building is achieved through diagonal bracing in the long facades and by stabilised end frames. The superstructure consists of thirteen bays, six floors high, constructed of 16,000 tons of cast and prefabricated steel with reinforced concrete floor sections. The two main structural support planes comprise a series of 800mm (31.5 inch) diameter spun steel hollow columns, each of which supports six gerberettes, or brackets. DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis The building was envisaged as a cross between 'an information-oriented computerised Times Square and the British Museum' , a democratic place for all people, all ages and all creeds, simultaneously instant and solemn, and the centrepiece of a regenerated quarter of the city. The decision to place structure and services on the exterior was driven primarily by the need for internal flexibility, the scheme provided huge expanses of uninterrupted space on open floors nearly 50 metres deep. DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis External services give scale and detail to the facades, while the celebration of movement and access is provided by lifts and escalators which, like the services, are placed outside the building envelope. DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis DigDesFab 2011 “Centre Pompidou” Analysis .