On November 26, 2003 was selected following an international competition, Shigeru Ban Architects and Jean de Gastines Architectes, with Philip Gumuchdjian Architects for the design of the winning competition project.
Shigeru Ban
Freedom and innovation are the words which best characterise Shigeru Ban’s work.
For instance, he invented a new use for paper tubes in buildings, not only for temporary shelters (after disasters such as in Rwanda), but also for a church in Kobé, Japan, and even for his own studio in Paris. This work space was set up in June 2004 on sixth-floor balcony of the Centre Pompidou, and accommodates a team of fourteen people working exclusively on the Centre Pompidou-Metz project.
Shigeru Ban is also carrying out major housing projects in the US and Japan. His work has received many awards, including the Prize for World Architecture in 2001 for his Japanese Pavilion at Hanover Expo 2000 and the French Architecture Academy’s Grande Médaille d’or in 2004. |
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Jean de Gastines
| Jean de Gastines expresses his love of life through his work, which is always associated with well-being. Highly involved in architecture for the winemaking industry (buildings, restaurants and store houses), he has also worked on numerous spas, tourist residences and private homes. Jean de Gastines has been a partner in all the projects carried out by Shigeru Ban in France since 2000. Aside from the Centre Pompidou-Metz, these include the Institut du Canal de Bourgogne in Pouilly-en-Auxois and social housing in Mulhouse within the framework of an experimental project led by Jean Nouvel. |
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