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The CENTRE POMPIDOU houses artworks from the XX and XXI century. It's one of the most important collections of modern art in Europe The centre's architects, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini designed the building which was inaugurated in 1972 on the lines of an "evolving spatial diagram". Colour-coded ducts are attached to the outside of the building: blue for air; green for fluids; yellow for electricity cables; and red for movement and flow (elevators) and safety (fire extinguishers).
The CENTRE POMPIDOU houses artworks from the XX and XXI century. It's one of the most important collections of modern art in Europe The centre's architects, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini designed the building which was inaugurated in 1972 on the lines of an "evolving spatial diagram". Colour-coded ducts are attached to the outside of the building: blue for air; green for fluids; yellow for electricity cables; and red for movement and flow (elevators) and safety (fire extinguishers).
The priority was to maximise functional movement and flow, freeing up internal space by building the ducts and conveyance systems (stairs, elevators etc.) on the outside. The Pompidou “revolutionized" museums, transforming what had once been elite monuments into popular places of social and cultural exchange, woven into the heart of the city.
