Centre Pompidou Metz - competition project

In 2003, a competition for a new cultural center Georges Pompidou took place in the French city of Metz. Alongside experts and politicians on the jury sat Lord Richard Rogers - co-author of the famous Centre Pompidou in Paris. From the 153 submitted proposals, the commission selected six finalists on May 27, 2003 - Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo + Jean de Gastines, Paris + Philip Gumuchdjian, London; Foreign Office Architects, London + uapS, Paris; Herzog & de Meuron, Basel; Stéphane Maupin + Pascal Cribier, Paris; NOX Architekten, Rotterdam; Dominique Perrault, Paris). In the second round, the studios were given six months to refine their projects, and on November 26, 2003, Shigeru Ban was announced as the winner.
FOA, an eleven-member team of architects from London led by the duo Moussavi & Polo, partnered with the Parisian office uapS for the competition. Their joint project ultimately finished fourth.