richard rogers architects

RICHARD ROGERS + ARCHITECTS Centre Pompidou, Paris 2007 Brief: Design the exhibition Richard Rogers + Architects, exploring 45 years of architectural projects through models, photography, drawings, lms and digital animations. The exhibitions design is inspired by the idea of a city, divided into 8 zones. Each zone, in turn, contains a series of conceptual blocks - models, lms, drawings and documents - that place projects into context. The works on view are displayed on cantilevered steel tables topped by impossibly thin planes in vibrant colours, the raw strength of the base contrasting with the fragility of the surface. No acrylic cases were used, creating an intimate connection between the visitor and the content. The exhibition is open plan, allowing free circulation throughout, with a piazza in the centre of the show that allows the visitor to sit, relax, read, learn and play.

Pompidou Centre, Paris

richard rogers architects

We worked with Mike Fairbrass from the RSHP model shop to develop a radical new animated model that illustrates the master planning of Shanghai. Acrylic roads, parks and buildings are brought to life through rear projections built into the plinth, transforming the model into a legible, working urban system. To make the show as accessible as possible, we commissioned a series of lms by Marina Wilner, Hijack and Guiseppe Bartolini to decode the ideas behind the work. Wilner illustrates Richards concept of legibility in her lm Exposed, using a series of cutaway images of familiar objects to show the hidden structures inside. A series of life-size architectural elements and prototypes - nodes, beams, and roong systems were placed throughout the space like sculptures to give visitors a sense of their true craftsmanship, scale and power. The initial exhibition attracted 150,000 visitors, making it the most successful architectural show the Centre Pompidou has ever had. Following this success, the exhibition toured internationally through 2011.

Pompidou Centre, Paris

richard rogers architects

Pompidou Centre, Paris

Over 45 years, my colleagues have worked with me to develop an architectural language, born of a fascination with the processes of construction and with the way that people relate to the buildings around them Richard Rogers + Architects is about this architectural language, about these projects, and about the talented colleagues who have worked with me to make them a reality.
Richard Rogers

Pompidou Centre, Paris

richard rogers architects

Design Museum, London 2008

Caixa Forum, Barcelona 2009

Caixa Forum, Madrid 2009

Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei 2010

URA Gallery, Singapore 2011

richard rogers architects