Renzo Piano + Richard Rogers Centre Georges Pompidou 1977 - Structure-

The building was structured with a system gerberettes and trusses. It also was made up of prefabricated industrial components. The five floor plates are uninterrupted by structural columns or services, and can be adapted for new uses using temporary walls and partitions. The exterior envelope is a steel and glass curtain wall, obscured from the street by a layer of services or, tubes that hold the circulation spaces and supporting exterior steel frame. This allows for clear floor spaces inside the centre. Horizontal services run under the floor or in the ceiling; all vertical elements run on the outside across the longest facades on the east and west, where circulation spaces or colourful service ducts scale the height of the Pompidou alongside the structural columns and braces. At the shorter south and north sides, the structure is expressed by the trusses supporting each floor.


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