Editing Centre Pompidou (section)

==History==
===Foundation===
The idea for a multicultural complex, bringing together different forms of art and literature in one place, developed, in part, from the ideas of France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs, [[André Malraux]], a proponent of the decentralisation of art and culture by impulse of the political power.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} In the 1960s, city planners decided to move the food markets of [[Les Halles]], historically significant structures long prized by Parisians, with the idea that some of the cultural institutes be built in the former market area. Hoping to renew the idea of Paris as a leading city of culture and art, it was proposed to move the Musée d'Art Moderne to this new location. Paris also needed a large, free public library, as one did not exist at this time. At first the debate concerned Les Halles, but as the controversy settled, in 1968, President [[Charles de Gaulle]] announced the Plateau Beaubourg as the new site for the library. 

In 1969, Georges Pompidou, the new president, adopted the Beaubourg project and decided it to be the location of both the new library and a centre for the contemporary arts. In the process of developing the project, the [[IRCAM]] (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) was also housed in the complex.
===Design selection===
The Rogers and Piano design was chosen among 681 competition entries. World-renowned architects [[Oscar Niemeyer]], [[Jean Prouvé]], and [[Philip Johnson]] made up the jury.<ref>{{cite video |people=Richard Copans, Director |title=Le Centres Georges Pompidou |url=https://vimeo.com/197148859 |year=2007 |access-date=17 September 2019 |location=France |medium=Film}}</ref> It was the first time in France that international architects were allowed to participate. The selection was announced in 1971 at a press conference, where the contrast between the sharply-dressed Pompidou and "hairy young crew" of architects represented a "grand bargain between radical architecture and establishment politics."<ref name="Moore">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Rowan |title=Pompidou Centre: a 70s French radical that's never gone out of fashion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/08/pompidou-centre-40-years-old-review-richard-rogers-renzo-piano |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=8 January 2017 |access-date=18 September 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729170402/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/08/pompidou-centre-40-years-old-review-richard-rogers-renzo-piano |url-status=live}}</ref>

===2025–2030 closure===
A major renovation is due to take place between 2025 and 2030. The Centre Pompidou will be closed from 2 March 2025 until 2030.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Centre Pompidou is transforming itself | website=Centre Pompidou | url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/the-centre-pompidou-is-transforming-itself | access-date=20 February 2025}}</ref> The BPI will be temporarily relocated to its Lumière building at 40 avenue des Terroirs de France on 25 August 2025.<ref name=bpireloc>{{cite web | title=Bibliothèque publique d'information | website=Bpi | url=https://www.bpi.fr/en/the-library/missions-and-organisation/bpi-relocation/ | access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108211425/https://www.bpi.fr/en/the-library/missions-and-organisation/bpi-re|archive-date= 8 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>