pompidou centre and lloyd's building case study
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A detailed case study on Centre George Pompidou and Lloyd's Building.TRANSCRIPT
Development Of Contemporary Architecture
Center George Pompidou
Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers
Style & Expression
High-Tech Architectural Deign
Large Paved Plaza
Colour Coded Ducts
Style & Expression II
Design and Planning
The Escalator on the west facade
Interior of the Escalator
The structural system on the outside
Element and Features
The different color coded piping systems distinguishing their roles as well as giving the elevation a unique look.
The Red Elevator Duct providing visitors fantastic aerial view of Paris.
STRUCUTURE
• The building was designed on the lines of an "evolving spatial diagram" in two parts : firstly, a 3-level infrastructure housing the technical facilities and service areas; secondly, a vast 7-level glass and steel superstructure, including a terrace and mezzanine floor, concentrating most of the centre's areas of activity.
• On top of the posts, on each level, are moulded steel beam hangers, measuring 8 m in length and weighing 10 tonnes. 45 m long girders rest on the beam hangars, which spread stress through the posts and are balanced by tie-beams anchored on cross-bars.
• Each storey is 7 m high floor-to-floor and the glass and steel superstructure envelops the free open spaces.
Section of the Pompidou Centre showing the elaborate and complex truss systems used.
INTERIORS
• The Centre Pompidou houses the Musée National d’Art Moderne, which is Europe’s largest museum for modern art.
• Also located in the vast open interior is the Bibliothèque publique d’information, a huge public library, and a center for music and acoustic research known as IRCAM.
• The flat open site upon which it is located is a constant exterior stage for urban events and is is noted for the presence of street performers, such as mimes and jugglers. In the spring, miniature carnivals are installed temporarily into the place in front with a wide variety of attractions: bands, caricature and sketch artists, tables set up for evening dining, and even skateboarding competitions.
Interior of the Centre
Some Interior Views
Restaurant
Interiors
Museum
Works at the Museum
• The design exemplified constructivism and was a high-tech modern cultural centre structured with a system trusses unlike anything seen in the architectural world before.
• The skeleton itself engulfs the building from its exterior, showing all of the different mechanical and structure systems not only so that they could be understood but also to maximize the interior space without interruptions.
STRUCUTURE
IMPACT ON ARCHITECURAL WORLD
• High-tech architectural style is characterised by a "nuts-and-bolts, exposed-pipes, technological look". The Pompidou Centre is a building that epitomises it.
• It heralded the emergence of High-tech which brought a refreshing new face to modern architecture, which was becoming increasingly associated with brutalist slabs encased in grimy concrete, and the bad press they received for their failings.
• Science and technology were having a major impact on society - the memory of the Apollo moon landings was still fresh - and there was a feeling that with the right technology anything was possible. Architecture, too, was having its techno moment, as traditional construction gave way to space frames with metal and glass cladding, and extensive use of factory-produced materials and components.
• On the design of the Pompidou Centre, Richard Rogers notes that "Pompidou proves that modernity and tradition can profitably interact and enhance historic cities.“
• Receiving more than 150 million visitors since is completion thirty three years ago, there is no doubt that Pompidou’s vision became a successful reality.
IMPACT ON ARCHITECURAL WORLD
Lloyds Building1979-1984
Richard Rogers
Lloyds Building(1979-1984)
Style & Expression
Structural Expressionism
Design & Planning
Atrium Space Escalators leading to first 4 galleries
Features & Elements
Spectacular Night View
Use of Titanium
External Service Lifts
Views and Images
The End