
archpin · High-Tech
1977 · Paris, France
Centre Pompidou
Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers
The inside turned outside — escalators climb the facade, color-coded pipes wrap the exterior.
- Blue = air, green = water, yellow = electricity, red = movement
- External structure freed the interior for column-free galleries
- Won an open competition with 681 entries
- Style
- High-Tech
- Function
- museum
- Materials
- steel, glass, painted ductwork
- GPS
- 48.86, 2.35