Tjibaou Cultural Center Floor Plan

Renzo piano s jean marie tjibaou cultural center in new caledonia college of architecture at the university of arizona.

Tjibaou cultural center floor plan.

Images courtesy of renzo piano building workshop. Mar 2 2015 renzo piano s jm tjibaou cultural center is located in new caledonia an island in the south pacific about 1600 km east of australia. The project was based on the indigenous population of. This plan was implemented after jean marie tjibaou was assassinated to assuage local feelings.

The cultural center jean marie tjibaou was discovered as the most innovative and exciting project in the city about 10 km from downtown. The jean marie tjibaou cultural centre which identifies kanak culture and identity was formally established in may 1998. It has been proposed that the center s technology acts as a mediator between conflicting cultural messages design impulses and systemic objectives 3 but this is likely only an optimistic. Close working relationships with local people marie claude tjibaou jean marie tjibaou s widow and.

The french president ordered that a cultural centre on the lines suggested by tjibaou be set up in nouméa. Jean marie tjibaou cultural center plan and section. The center also includes a 400 seat auditorium an open air theater for 4500 a pavilion for temporary exhibitions artist workshops storage areas administration offices a shop and various visitor facilities. The project site is on a thin peninsula near noumea where on the bay side are the building s ten wooden cases with their curved facades facing the prevalent winds from the ocean.

An understanding of the development of kanak culture was a vital part of this project becoming familiar with kanak history environment and beliefs made it possible to design a building that would fit within this context.