CENTRE POMPIDOU-METZ

Shigeru Ban Architects

PRESENTED TO: PIERRE SFEIR

BY Chantal Hajjar

Farid Saaybi

Ghady Khalil

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. General Information

II. Roof Structure

o Material Choice

o Bracing

o Support Beams

o The 4 Piers

o Tensile Membrane

III. Main Structure

o Truss Spire

o The 3 Cantilevered Galleries

IV. Conclusion

V. Bibliography

GENERAL INFO

Location: Metz, France

Area: 11,330 sqm

Year: 2010

The Centre Pompidou in Metz is a large hexagonal structure with

three galleries running through the building.

The Interior atmosphere is light with a pale wood roof, white walls

and a pearl-grey concrete floor.

The roof ties the interior and exterior and the three exhibition

galleries make up highly innovative architectural choices.

ROOF STRUCTURE

Material Choice

Bracing

Support Beams

The 4 Piers

Tensile Membrane

ROOF STRUCTURE

Meet At 405 Foundation Piles Through A Concrete Slab

Both Act Independently

TIMBER CANOPY & STEEL TRUSS

A timber hexagon roof structure hovers over all of the separate

volumes in order to unify them into a cohesive whole.

Composed of a pattern of hexagons and equilateral triangles

inspired by traditional woven bamboo hats.

Each member overlaps one another similar to bamboo wickerwork.

The intersections do not use mechanical metal joints.

MATERIAL CHOICE

ROOF STRUCTURE

Timber

30 kWh

450 kg/m3

Renewable

Easy Cheap

Malleable

Better

Economical

Concrete 180 kWh

2500 kg/m3

Limited

Very Hard Expensive

Rigid

Less

Expensive

STRUCTURE

WEIGHT

QUANTITY

RESTORATION

FLEXIBILITY

DETAILED FINISHING

EXPENDITURE

BRACING

ROOF STRUCTURE

The Triangulation of Force is in The Shape It Self

Normal Hexagon Bracing Pompidou Hexagon Bracing

SUPPORT BEAMS

Support Beams Travel Along 5 Effective Spines

Each Are Individually Prefabricated

2 Beams Intersect At Each Node Of The Hexagonal Grid

ROOF STRUCTURE

Evenly spaced from the center, supported at the foundation

Structured same way as the Canopy

Additionally reinforced by Pre-stressed bolts & Metal Rings

ROOF STRUCTURE

THE 4 PIERS

Stretched and secured over the EDGE OF THE CANOPY, within the

SPIRE, within the PIERS, and with a 5MM STEEL PLATE at the top

Conceptual puncturing of the three program masses engaging

the dynamic skin through structural complexity

ROOF STRUCTURE

TENSILE MEMBRANE

MAIN STRUCTURE

The Truss Spire

The Three Cantilevered Galleries

Height 77m

The Spire Is The Central Mast

Partially Supports The Canopy

Virtually Supports The Circulation & The Exhibition

Which contains the stairs and elevators.

TRUSS SPIRE

MAIN STRUCTURE

Built-in the Steel Truss Spire

The three tubes are stacked vertically and

arranged around the Hexagonal Steel Frame

Tower

Structurally enabled by 4 steel horizontal beams

at each corner

o Leaving the interior open for exhibition

o Each Cantilevered opens to a view in Metz

o The space created beneath make up the Grand

Nef Gallery.

3 CANTILEVERED GALLERIES

MAIN STRUCTURE

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CONCLUSION

I BELIEVE THAT THE MATERIAL DOESN'T NEED TO BE STRONG TO

BE USED TO BUILD A STRONG STRUCTURE. THE STRENGTH OF THE

STRUCTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STRENGTH OF THE

MATERIAL.

WHAT DETERMINES THE PERMANENCE OF A BUILDING IS NOT

THE WEALTH OF THE DEVELOPER OR THE MATERIALS THAT ARE

USED, BUT THE SIMPLE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE

RESULTING STRUCTURE IS SUPPORTED - LOVED - BY THE PEOPLE.

Shigeru Ban

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