Jean marie tjibaou cultural center renzo piano
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Cultural Center Jean Marie Tjibaou
Introduction
During the negotiations of independence from the French, the territory of New Caledonia requested that the government of the metropolis, chaired by François Mitterrand, build a center in Noumea for the promotion of Kanak culture and dedicated to the memory of the political leader Jean Marie Tjibaou, assassinated in 1989.
In this work, the architect Renzo Piano joined Pacific and modern cultures.
The year work ended, 1998, the architect was at the White House receiving the prestigious Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel of architecture from U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Situation
Noumea, capital of New Caledonia. The cabins are built inside a nature reserve along the coast, surrounded by lakes and mangroves at a site of great beauty.
The Cultural Center Jean-Marie Tjibaou was discovered as the most innovative and exciting project in the city, about 10 km from downtown.
Concept
It sought to make a tribute to a culture based
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Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre
Cultural centre in New Caledonia
The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre (French: Centre culturel Tjibaou), on the narrow Tinu Peninsula, approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of the historic centre of Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, celebrates the vernacular Kanak culture, the indigenous culture of New Caledonia, amidst much political controversy over the independent status sought by some Kanaks from French rule. It opened in June 1998 and was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and named after Jean-Marie Tjibaou, the leader of the independence movement who was assassinated in 1989 and had a vision of establishing a cultural centre which blended the linguistic and artistic heritage of the Kanak people.[1][2]
The Kanak building traditions and the resources of modern international architecture were blended bygd Piano. The formal curved axial layout, 250 metres (820 ft) long on the top of the