Building owner Communauté d’Agglomération de Metz Métropole, www.metzmetropole.fr
Building owner representative City of Metz www.mairie-metz.fr
Project partner Centre Pompidou, Paris www.centrepompidou.fr
Design and construction management Architects: Shigeru Ban Architects Europe, with Jean de Gastines, Paris Additional architect during the competition phase: Philip Gumuchdjian, London Structural engineers: Arup, London Shigeru Ban has worked with Jean de Gastines since 2000 on all his projects in France. Together they founded, in 2004, Shigeru Ban Architects Europe, a Paris-based subsidiary of the Japanese company Shigeru Ban Architects Tokyo.
Other contributors Economist: J.P. Tohier, Paris Fluids engineering: Gec Ingénierie, Boulogne-Billancourt Scenography: Scénarchie, Saint-Denis Acoustics specialist: Commins Acoustics Workshop, Paris Security consultant: Casso & Compagnie, Paris Restaurant consultant: Systal, Paris Lighting specialists: L’Observatoire 1 and Icon, Paris Programmers: J. Dourdin Consultants and Apau, Paris Technical controller: Norisko, Moulins-lès-Metz Programming-Management-Coordination: Comsept Ingénierie, Tinqueux Security and Health Protection: Becs, Metz Assistant project manager, cost control: Cigma, Joinville-le-Pont Assistant project manager, environmental quality: Trivalor, Chambéry Geotechnician: Compétence Géotechnique, Fèves Aerolics studies: CSTB, Nantes
Front square and gardens Project owner: City of Metz Developer: SAREMM (Société d’Aménagement et de Restauration de Metz Métropole) Architect & urban planner: Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés (ANMA), Paris Landscaper: Paso Doble, Villette Road and network design: Ogi, Paris Environmental studies: Tribu, Paris
Financing Metz Metropole is the principle sponsor, as project owner skilled in large-scale cultural projects. Funding from the French State, the European Union, the Moselle Department and the Lorraine Regional Council account for the rest of the budget.
