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BUILDING
 
 
Centre culturel Tjibaou
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre
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DESIGNER
 
 
Renzo Piano

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CONTEXT
 
Location
Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Magenta Bay, Renzo Piano, RPBW, New Caledonia, Nouvelle Calédonie
Panorama
Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Magenta Bay, Renzo Piano, RPBW, New Caledonia, Nouvelle Calédonie
Relationship with the location
Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Magenta Bay, Renzo Piano, RPBW, New Caledonia, Nouvelle Calédonie
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CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY
 
 
Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Magenta Bay, Renzo Piano, RPBW, New Caledonia, Nouvelle CalédonieIn New Caledonia, where nature remains uncontaminated and the traces of local culture can still be felt, Piano designed a complex of 10 wooden apses of differing heights, inspired by local, historical cabin structures. Built of wooden slats, they are inserted within their context, vibrating when hit by the ocean winds and producing a sound similar to that of wind in the trees.

Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Magenta Bay, Renzo Piano, RPBW, New Caledonia, Nouvelle Calédonie(...)

The centre, dedicated to the Kanak culture, is characterised by the happy invention of wooden apses that recall historical local structures and which vibrate in the wind, integrating the building within its natural surroundings. Unfortunately, with respect to the original design that called for an internal space surrounded by a cluster of these structures, the final project is a linear slab that is much more banal, though still faultless.

Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
The History of Architecture 1905-2008
Lulu Enterprises Inc.
[Part Four: Toward the Present]
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MATERIALS
 
steel, wood

Shells of iroko wood, horizontal and diagonal crosspieces of steel

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LOCATION
 
Continent
Oceania
Nation
France
Collectivity
New Caledonia [Nouvelle Calédonie]
Province
South Province [Province Sud]
Town
Nouméa
Place
Magenta Bay
Address
Rue des Accords de Matignon - Tina
 
 
Telephone
+687.41.45.45
Fax
+687.41.45.56
Website
E-mail
adck@adck.nc
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TYPOLOGY
 
ARCHITECTURE
Buildings for cultural activities
Cultural centres and community centres
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CHRONOLOGY
 
Project
1989     project winner of competition
Realisation
1998
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA
 
Title
  Renzo Piano. Le chemin kanak
Directed by
Gilles Dagneau
Nationality
France
Year of production
2008
Cast
Renzo Piano, Marie-Claude Tjibaou, Octave Togna, Alban Bensa
Building's role
Protagonist
Annotations
Documentary
52 minutes
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
 
 
Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, La Storia dell’Architettura, 1905-2008, Lulu Enterprises Inc., Italy 2016, pp. 835-837, 923, 992-995 [Parte quarta: Verso i nostri giorni]
Werner Blaser, Kulturzentrum der Kanak/Cultural Centre of the Kanak People, Birkhäuser, Basel 2001
Sandro Favero, Francesca Simonelli, "Costruzioni in acciaio/Steel constructions", Materia 33, settembre-dicembre/september-december 2000 [Architettura in acciaio/Steel architecture], "Tecnica/Technical" p. 93 (80-93)
Philip Jodidio, Building a new millennium, Taschen, Köln 2000, pp. 406-411
Renzo Piano, "Centro Culturale Jean Marie Tjibaou, Noumea, Nuova Caledonia/Cultural Center Jean Marie Tjibaou, Noumea, New Caledonia", L'architettura. Cronache e storia 513-514, luglio-agosto/july-august 1998, pp. 414-426
Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Cécile Mozziconacci, Centre culturel Tjibaou, ADCK, Noumea 1998
"Cultural Center in Nouméa/Centro cultural en Nouméa", Renzo Piano. Sustainable architectures/Arquitecturas sostenibles, Editorial Gustavo Gili, "Architecture monograph/Monográfico arquitectura", Barcelona 1998, pp. 4-15
Renzo Piano, Giornale di bordo, Passigli Editori, Firenze 1997, pp. 174-183
François Chaslin, "Centro culturale canaco di Nouméa, Nuova Caledonia/The Kanak cultural centre at Nouméa", Domus 786, ottobre/october 1996, pp. 41-48
Renzo Piano, "Opinioni e progetti di/Opinions and project by", Casabella 630-631, gennaio-febbraio/january-february 1996 [Internazionalismo critico/Critical internationalism], p. 84 (72-85)
Alessandro Rocca, "Renzo Piano. Noumea, Paris", Lotus international 83, novembre/november 1994 [Architettura italiana allo specchio/Italian Architecture in the Mirror], pp. 42-55
"Noumea, New Caledonia", Lotus international 83, novembre/november 1994 [Architettura italiana allo specchio/Italian Architecture in the Mirror], pp. 46-49 (42-55)
"Centre culturel Kanak a Noumea/Kanak cultural centre at Noumea", L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, octobre/october 1991, pp. 9-13
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CLIENT
 
 
Agence pour le développement de la culture Kanak
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DIMENSIONAL
DATA
 
Number
10 conic structures
Surface
sq.m. 7.650
Lenght
m. 250
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STRUCTURES
 
 
Ove Arup & Partners
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN
 
 
Végétude
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STAFF
 
Project
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Paris
Project architect
Paul Vincent
Collaborators
A. Chaaya, D. Rat, M. Henry, A.H. Témédinés, W. Vassal, G. Modolo, P. Keiser, M. PImmel, J.B. Mothes,  A. El Jerari, A. Gallissian
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ANNOTATIONS
 
 
Kanak culture museum.
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CREDITS
 
 
Photo by ¡kuba!, JOOZLy, Sekundo
Drawing by Maps for Free (OSM), Dr. Blofeld

Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Magenta Bay, Renzo Piano, RPBW, New Caledonia, Nouvelle Calédonie



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