Centre Pompidou Metz
The CPM building invites viewers to travel through a vertical city, in a visit paced by moments of concentration and introspection within its galleries. Such moments spent engaging with the art and oneself are followed by more leisurely, open-ended moments in which to engage with others. Certain zones recall the density of an old-town district, others a topographic or mineral park; others still evoke a modern neighbourhood that opens upwards to the sky. The building is to be understood and run like a tool of perception: it shows the works of art, the city, the world, and ourselves. Its outside skin itself, is a mirror… The new Centre Pompidou is in keeping with the image of the City of Metz. Its proportions and mirror-façade engage with the monuments defining the urban skyline, as do, among others, the Cathedral, the train station tower, and the water tower. Housed above the city, its public spaces are horizontal and panoramic, thus standing out from vertically authoritarian spaces that shut out the exterior—the cathedral for instance. Rearing over the plant life in the park below, its distinctive outline catches the eye of European travellers gazing out from the high-speed train.
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