jean-marie tjibaou cultural center archdaily Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/jean-marie-tjibaou-cultural-center-archdaily Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:42:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre MUSEUM NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA, SOUTH PACIFIC http://travelsfinders.com/jean-marie-tjibaou-cultural-centre-museum-noumea-new-caledonia-south-pacific.html http://travelsfinders.com/jean-marie-tjibaou-cultural-centre-museum-noumea-new-caledonia-south-pacific.html#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:39:45 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=220976 RENZO PIANO Ten tall, shell-like structures made of upright wooden staves rise up from the trees of the Tinu Peninsula on Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia. This arresting complex is the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, which showcases the culture of the indigenous Kanak people and is named after the leader of the Kanak independence movement, Jean-Marie Tjibaou, who was assassinated in 1989. The structures, often known by the French term, cases (huts), are the work of Italian architect Renzo Piano, who won a competition to design the Centre. By combining local building traditions with modern materials and

The post Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre MUSEUM NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA, SOUTH PACIFIC appeared first on TravelsFinders.Com ®.

]]> http://travelsfinders.com/jean-marie-tjibaou-cultural-centre-museum-noumea-new-caledonia-south-pacific.html/feed 0