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    The document discusses the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Nouméa, New Caledonia designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano. The center was commissioned by the French government to honor the culture of the indigenous Kanak people. Piano's design uses local materials and forms, including cone-shaped wooden huts grouped among pine trees, to reflect Kanak customs. Natural elements like adjustable skylights and breezes allow for passive climate control.

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    The document discusses the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Nouméa, New Caledonia designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano. The center was commissioned by the French government to honor the culture of the indigenous Kanak people. Piano's design uses local materials and forms, including cone-shaped wooden huts grouped among pine trees, to reflect Kanak customs. Natural elements like adjustable skylights and breezes allow for passive climate control.

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    The document discusses the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Noumea, New Caledonia which was designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano to honor the culture of the indigenous Kanak people. It provides details about the design, construction, and features of the center.

    The architectural style draws inspiration from traditional Kanak hut structures, represented by the 10 cone-shaped wooden huts grouped among pine trees that form the complex.

    The Tjibaou Cultural Center was designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, winner of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture.

    RenzoPiano

    NewCaledonia

    ByDeshonaNelson

    SiteLocation
    Nouma,NewCaledonia

    TjibaouCulturalCenter

    RenzoPiano,winnerofthePritzkerPrizeforArchitecture TheRenzoPianoWorkshopwonaninternationalcompetitiontodesign th Tjibaou the Tjib C Cultural lt lC Center t i inN Noumea,aP Pacific ifi Island I l dt territory it i inN New Caledonia. NewCaledoniawasfoundedbytheFrenchgovernment.TheFrench governmentwanted dtob build ldacenterinthis h Pacific f Island l dcolony l to honorthecultureoftheKanakpeoples. ThecenterwasnameafterinJeanMarieTjibaou,animportantpolitical leaderinNewCaledoniawhowasassassinatedin1989. Thecenterwasbeingconstructedform1991to1998. TjibaouCulturalCentreinNouma,NewCaledonia.RenzoPiano, PritzkerPrizewinningarchitect.1998 ThelocationofcenterisinOceanic Oceanic,NewCaledoniathathasasemi tropicalclimate.Itsrelativelywarmthroughouttheyear,withaverage temperatureof2527degreescelsiusfromSeptembertoMarchand 2023degreescelsiusfromApriltoAugust.

    BuildingEnvelope

    Thearchitecturalcomplexisformedofhutsofdifferent sizes. Tenconeshapedwoodenhutsgroupedamongthepine trees. ThehutsareturntowardsthebayofNoumeaand connectedbyapedestrianpath. Theinterpretationofthisculturalcenterisonthelocal constructionalprocedureswithcarefulanalysisofthe habitsandcustomsoftheindigenouspopulation. Pi Piano,project j treflected fl t dthe th idea id of fplace, l using i symbolic/formaltermsasintheuseofmaterials.

    VisualPerformance
    RenzoPianositeplan,

    hispartiandaview fromwithinthecity. city

    BuildingSystems
    Thecenterwasdividedintothree monothematiczones. Theexhibitarea:housingpermanentcollection ontheculture,history,andworksofart. Thefunctionsofthecenter(exhibitionspaces, multimedialibrary,cafeteria,conferenceand lecturerooms). Therearelouverbelowtheroofarefixedopen tomaintainabalanceofpressureinsideandout. Thelouverspreventtohewindsfromliftingthe roof.Thelouverswerealsousedasshading devices.

    SpatialPerformance

    Coveredwalkway,green,andoutdoorarea.Thesunlightenfiladesthestructure,castinga continually i ll changing h i patternof fshadows h d through h hthe h louvers l and dmembers b of fthe h the h slaves. l

    InteriorSpace
    TheGreatHousesarelinkedbyalong,gently curvingenclosedwalkway,reminiscentofthe ceremonialalleyofthetraditionalKanak village. The Th identity id i of fthe h Kanak K kis i notonly l reinforcedthroughtheformofthebuilding butalsothroughitsrelationshipwiththe naturallandscape. p

    InteriorLighting

    StructuralDetails

    H i Hurricanes areath threat, t t twoskins ki wereused dto t maximize i i structural t t lstability. t bilit

    BuildingSection

    BuildingIntegrity
    Thesespacesarelinkedtogetherwithpathandpassages,shadedandprotected

    withoverhangsandvegetation. OntheNorthsidethereslowstructurescontainingoffices,libraries,mediaroom, andmoreexhibitionspaces. Floor Plan

    Illumination
    Thecurvedwallsconsistofthreedifferent di h diaphragms allowing ll i adequate d natural lillumination ill i i : asystemofmovablecurtains,awalloflaminated woodandanadditionalbamboo wallfilterthelight andthesoundsofthetropicalforestbyletting nature t "sing. "i The big shells trapping the wind obtain natural ventilation from the environment by channeling air i i in th the l lower part t of f th the construction t ti and db by blowing warm air outwards through a convection system. The Th performances f of fth theshells h ll h haveb beenalso l studiedwitheverykindsofwindinordertoanalyze thenaturalventilationineachclimaticconditions.

    RoofDetail

    Paniodesignisthedoubleroofsystem,main purposeis i todrain d i the h gutters.He H uses aluminumsheeting, whichextendsoutthe buildingtoshadetheoutsidewalls.Ifthe roofcomposedwithmetal,itispracticalfor radiant di tcooling li asitconducts d t h heat tquickly i kl and d emittingenergy.

    Roof as shading

    BuildingPerformance
    Thetallwoodenstructuresthat RenzoPianodesignedareboth traditionalandcontemporary. Adjustableskylightsonthe roofsallowfornaturalclimate control andthesoothingsounds ofPacificbreezes. Thecostoftheculturalcenter was320million Theculturalcenteroccupies p 8000squaremeters

    Reference

    http://architecture.about.com/od/findphotos/ig/RenzoPianoPhotos/TjibaouCulturalCentre.htm http://www.architecturelist.com/2008/10/14/jmtjibaouculturalcenternumea/ http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/BuildingandGarden/RenzoPiano http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/tjibaou/index.htm http://www.dailyicon.net/2009/03/icontjibaoucentreculturalbyrenzopiano/ http://www4.architektur.tudarmstadt.de/powerhouse/db/248,filter_j,s_Projects.fb15 http://capd.ksu.edu/newsarticle/285/architecturalskins EbookCenterCulturelTjibaooj,byBerniceMurphy RenzoPianobyMatteoAgnoletto

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