Editing Centre Pompidou (section)

===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.