Georges Pompidou Center | Paris, France

[Jarmo K]

Le Centre Georges Pompidou.

It's used as a museum for modern art, built from 1972 to 1976.
Architects: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano.

Actually, it's one of the most original buildings. Usually all the pipes and ventilation shafts and stuff like that are built inside the building, but not in the Pompidou Center. Here, everything's left outside for people to see. I don't know if it's a good idea, it most certainly is original, but the effect isn't that nice in my opinion. What do you think of it? Please, leave us some comments!

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/20thc/pompidou08.jpg
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/20thc/pompidou01.jpg
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/20thc/pompidou07.jpg
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/20thc/pompidou04.jpg http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/20thc/pompidou02.jpg
http://gbcdata.artifice.com/gbc/images/cid_2348201.jpg
http://gbcdata.artifice.com/gbc/images/cid_45211.jpg

(I think the first five photos are taken by prof. Jeffery Howe. Just in case.......)

[Kommentare]

4.5/10 Looks like factory :(

[blimey]

Looks like a factory under construction :( :ohno:

[3tmk]

think of it as a museum of modern art. then it is appropriate and makes sense

[Sky | Kai]

it's one of the most visited museums in europe...but i don't understand that. i really don't like that building! it's so ugly and one of the ugliest buildings of the 70's in paris.
3/10
Kai

[brunob]

I used to think the world of this building but in recent years in my view the novelty and coolness factor has vanished and it looks dated now.
I know some are huge afficionados but Rogers has overdone himself too many times now.

4 out of 10.

[Mr_ed2]

Sorry, less than 3.

I love Paris, I adore Paris, but I sure hate this building.

[Vertigo]

Fantastic building, very original! Of course you would't want many of such buildings in your city, but since it's the only one I think it's great! Great contrast to the old buildings in Paris. 9/10

[Aquarius]

It is very original and with a risky design but I do not like it, very skeletal.I like the exterior gangplank 3,5/10

[chenlu]

The building looks messy and conflicting, but this original and relatively cheap design made it an instant icon, attracting an average of 6 million visitors an year! I always put function in front of its looks, so I give it 900/10! :)

[Madman]

When i visited the building i too found it messy and conflicting. However i have to admit that the sheer sight of this unique monument among the crowded old Parisian streets is impressive.

The les halles area nearby is a dump tho! Felt like a parisian version of Kings Cross - just even cheaper! In my opinion that area could do with a good knocking down and replacing with something more suitable that would feel less like a cheap run-down mall.

Anyway back to the Pompidou Centre, i think its one of those buildings you either love or loathe. And maybe this kind of uncompromising architecture is more successful that an bodged attempt to appease all (eg Paternoster sq in london). so i say 10/10!

[nick_taylor]

Definately unique, but the Lloyds of London building is just amazing - those glass elevators rushing up on the outside are just plain cool :D

[intervention]

The building was built to make a statement. I admire that. However, it's still ugly. 5

[renell]

7.5/10 it's original, though not exactly my taste

[JP]

why ugly ? People who dislike it have it already seen ?

It give lot of contrasts in Paris, many colors and a city to many often white & grey. It is a centre for Paris. The place is full of animation. It is a success !
Original building ! Really a monument for Paris !!! I love it !!! :)

[Gneisenau]

boring
4/10

[Vertigo]

Boring? :?

I find it beautiful, but I can understand that one would find it very ugly... but boring?? :?

[heirloom]

at first glance i thought it was under construction

[Ubo]

Don't know about you tasteless people but I like it.
8/10
:D

[Vaidas]

Hehe I think it is really cool. It's a real pity, that it was under some kind of renovation or smth and was wrapped in someting when I was visiting Paris in 1998 :rant:

8.5

[Jarmo K]

Originally posted by Vaidas

Hehe I think it is really cool. It's a real pity, that it was under some kind of renovation or smth and was wrapped in someting when I was visiting Paris in 1998 :rant:

8.5


Oh cool! I was in Paris in '98 too! But I don't remember this centre being wrapped in anything.... When exactly did you visit Paris?


P.S. - This building must be the most contriversial in the ROA forum.... :colgate:

[airsickpenthousedweller]

Originally posted by JP

why ugly ? People who dislike it have it already seen ?

It give lot of contrasts in Paris, many colors and a city to many often white & grey. It is a centre for Paris. The place is full of animation. It is a success !
Original building ! Really a monument for Paris !!! I love it !!! :)


I totally agree (and I've seen it).

9/10

[Vaidas]

@ Jarmo: I wast there during the Football Championship - something like the 22nd-24th of June...
The cool thing was when France won some pretty important game - quarter-final or smth. and thousands of fans drove into the streets. We were in Champs Élysées at that moment, so it was really cool to see thousands of cars doing a "circle of triumh" around the Arch of Triumph :D

[Wu-Gambino]

7/10

Very unique, and I always thought it had that "inside-out" look. BTW - Does anyone know how many fountains it has?

[ferge]

I dont like it, this along with Llyods of London..just not to my taste, i feel it mocks the flawless architecture around it and of Paris.. but it does its job and as you say .. its a modern art museum..so i suppose it would be wrong for it to be in with the norm..

(and ive been in it too.. not for long mind, it was a hot day.. i wanted sunshine hehe)

[amsterdam]

damn some people haven't got some sense for architecture!!!!! i love it it's really original 9/10.

[Trisuno]

http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/people/tsangc/europe03-photo15.jpg
http://crawfurd.dk/download/wallpaper/pompidou.jpg
http://www.helsinki.fi/~haonnela/images/Pariisi/Pariisi%20-%20Centre%20Georges%20Pompidou.jpg
http://nagram.chez.tiscali.fr/photos/beaubourg.jpg
http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/FRANCE/DOSSIER/patrimoine/pics/beaubourg.gif
http://www.bbraun.cz/cesty/cestopisy/1992francie/obrazky/214pompidou3.jpg

:horse:

[gun57]

trisuno thanks for the pics (j'aurais pu le dire ne français)
very original building, a landmark of Paris

[Matthieu]

I don't like it.

[Ning]

I don't like Georges Pompidou Center either. It's something either you completly hate or love.

[Matthieu]

I keep the 3,5 for the Millenium dome. The modern building I dislike the most.

[fguillotte]

It's a fantastic building. What's tragic is what was destroyed to make way for it. The building is a 9,5, but its integration to its site is close to 0. Since we're mostly rating the building, I give it a 8.

[Bratzo]

TASTES ARE TASTES!!!! you cant say he is tasteless....he doesnt like it...so?

[clive330]

Absolutely love it. Paris was brave to build it as it is so different but it breaks up the 2nd Empire style monotony.

[jimm]

7/10

[Fabio]

6/10


looks too "modern" to me

[Valia]

10/10!

my favourite modern build in the world

[Phobos]

6.5/10

The building itself is nice,but the location is a bit out of place IMO.

[SoboleuS]

Excellent building. Very unique ;) 9/10

[Ellatur]

8.5/10

[DRAKKO]

3/10

[Marsupilami]

horrible.

[Abbil]

8'5 This building represents the spirit of the modern Paris :) And I like it...:D

[Kawir]

8.5/10

[kostya]

9/10 ! I love it! I'd like to see the surronding buildings also...would fit best in La Defence, what do you people think?

:okay:

[MIKI]

8/10

[hkskyline]

http://www.globalphotos.org/paris/20050415/DSCN7722.jpg

[gohcan]

I think it's very original and it's a modernity touch in the center of a classic city like Paris. And I love this industrial touch, too.
8.5/10

[El_Greco]

8.5/10

[EnglishKevin]

A British architect is responsible for that mess in Paris . I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed . lol !

[Jutcho]

When the French President gave his approval to the construction of Beaubourg he said something like "People will make a fuss about it" and he was right. But this building was crucial for Paris to brake its image of "museum-city" and for that I give a 10.

[angelika]

it makes Paris in this place very ugly ... horrible !

[Ullgive]

Never liked it...

[Henk]

Very ugly. 4/10.

[forvine]

Don't like it and it don't blend in with the surroundings... 5/10

[FJP]

I don't know what to say, it's different but...
6.5/10

[LSyd]

awesome.

i think it does fit in w/its surroundings, especially for a building so different.

-

[red_hunter]

beautiful and still very original!!!! 9/10

[Sinjin P.]

8.5/10

[Vrysxy]

nice 7/10

[fatboyslim7]

8/10
Looks like factory, but i like it

[marpa]

7,5/10

[Mosaic]

8/10

[crossbowman]

unique architecture 8,5/10

[Stiggen]

5/10

[gutooo]

5/10

[kamil.bukowski]

6/10

[Tahimek]

If the museum has been styled to blend in with it's surroundings, I'd doubt that it would recieve as much attention. Plus, with all the utilities on the outside, it frees up interior space.

9/10.

[SouthernEuropean]

very controversial building and unique,not really beautiful but potentially charming,7.5/10

[Kelsen]

8/10.

[intervention]

I thought it looked like shit until I saw it in person ... how wrong I was!

[Pincio]

The building: 8/10
The museum: 10/10

[Dreamlıneя]

Looks like a factory, but i think it's awesome! :D

9/10

[MJBU]

it's a horrible building, how did they allowed this in paris?

[Miso]

no words.... master!! a BIG 10

[Astralis]

4/10

[LMCA1990]

7/10 - Very original but ugly :tongue2:

[W!CKED]

7/10

[derzuuzala]

8 : intresting experiment of modernity

[skytrax]

it is not relly beautiful, but deserves a 10 because of the originality!

[Filipe_Teixeira]

6/10

[crave]

seven

[stasiua]

8,5/10