Georges Pompidou National Centre for Art and Culture museum in Paris

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/collection/masterpiecesSTEP 1 To complete your task, you need to research the given website to figure out a brief introduction to the main features of Hi-tech architecture. http://high-tech-architecture.blogspot.it/2011/01/characteristics.html To complete your assignment, your brochure has to answer the following questions:

1. What are the main characteristics of Hi-tech Architecture?
2. What are the materials often used in these architectures?
3. Are open spaces and easy access qualities of these architectures?

STEP 2 Then you will write a brief biography of Piano and Roger, reading the following websites: http://architectuul.com/architect/richard-rogers (paragraphs 1-4)and http://www.famous-architects.org/renzo-piano/

STEP 3 Describe the Centre Pompidou according to the explanation in https://architectuul.com/architecture/centre-pompidou

To understand the aim of the square in front of the building, see the paragraph "Urban Context" in the same site

and the paragraphs Sites and Concept and organisation in https://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/may-1977-pompidou-cannot-be-perceived-as-anything-but-a-monument/8627187.article

(If you can't open the link, see the extract below on this page)

STEP 4 Write on the back cover of your brochure:

1. What does the Pompidou Centre house in its building? (You'll find this piece of information in the last paragraph of https://architectuul.com/architecture/centre-pompidou)
   
2. Whose masterpieces are collected in the Pompidou Centre? For this answer, see https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/Collections/The-works