Subsequent autumn, the Centre Pompidou will shut till 2030 for in depth renovations to its Renzo Piano– and Richard Rogers–designed residence. Initially introduced in January 2021 to line-up with the establishment’s fiftieth anniversary, the proposed three-year-long mission was shelved in November 2021, and deliberate for reconsideration after the 2024 Paris Summer season Olympics. The constructing’s well-known color-coded exterior (blue for air-con, yellow for electrical energy, inexperienced for water, and purple for pedestrian circulation) left constructing features unmasked, and whereas being closely criticized upon its opening, is now one of many metropolis’s cultural facilities.
The renovations, supported by the French Ministry of Tradition, will embrace asbestos elimination from the facades, improved fireplace security and accessibility, vitality optimization enhancements, and inside modifications. The mission seeks to reshape the Centre to mirror its multidisciplinary character, and to permit guests more room to maneuver inside the establishment’s expansive collections.
In a press launch the Centre emphasised the eco-friendly nature of pursuing a renovation path that retains the present constructing envelope, somewhat than a extra intensive overhaul that might require way more supplies (not to mention spark a bigger preservation debate).
In autumn 2024 collections will steadily be moved out of the constructing because it at the moment exists, forward of a full closure to the general public in summer season 2025. In December 2025, the constructing will probably be totally closed, and work will proceed till a deliberate reopening in 2030.
The ever-popular Bibliothèque publique d’info (Bpi) will probably be given further house inside the constructing’s second and third flooring. Ircam (Institute for Analysis and Acoustic/Music Coordination), which is throughout the road and a part of the Centre, will stay open throughout the principle constructing’s renovations. 215,000 sq. ft (20,000 sq. meters) of house beneath the piazza, which is at the moment a vacant bus lot, will probably be changed into cinemas and areas for multidisciplinary exhibitions. A restaurant will open on the constructing’s south aspect, taking on gallery house, whereas the hallmark Musée Nationwide d’Artwork Moderne will see renovated gallery areas. A big terrace on the constructing’s seventh stage will open to the general public for the primary time.
Throughout renovations, the Bpi will probably be relocated to a constructing within the metropolis’s twelfth Arrondissement, and will probably be free and open to the general public once more in summer season 2025, earlier than being moved again to the Pompidou for 2030. Different elements of the museum’s collections, together with parts of the Musée Nationwide d’Artwork Moderne (the biggest trendy artwork assortment in Europe), will probably be proven at different Parisian cultural establishments together with Grand Palais, the Louvre, the Conciergerie, and the Palais de Tokyo, along with regional and native cultural facilities throughout France.
That is along with parts of the gathering that will probably be proven on the Centre-Pompidou Metz and the Centre’s rising places overseas. Presently, the Pompidou has outposts in Málaga, Spain, and in Shanghai’s Bund, which the Centre is actively trying to prolong past their respective 2025 and 2024 contract expiration dates. The KANAL-Centre Pompidou is scheduled to open in Brussels in 2025, and the OMA-designed Centre Pompidou x Jersey Metropolis is scheduled for a 2026 opening. Lastly, the Centre is working in collaboration with cultural establishments in Paraná, Brazil, and as AN has beforehand reported, in Seoul and Al Ula, Saudi Arabia.
An architectural competitors will probably be held to pick out the renovations’ designer. AN will proceed to replace its reporting as competitors information is launched.
