{"id":384927,"date":"2026-04-10T11:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/384927\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:43:09","slug":"visuals-of-centre-pompidou-hanwha-revealed-ahead-of-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/384927\/","title":{"rendered":"Visuals of Centre Pompidou Hanwha revealed ahead of opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French architecture studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/jean-michel-wilmotte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s<\/a> has released visuals of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/south-korea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea<\/a>, which is set to open in June.<\/p>\n<p>Nearing completion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/seoul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seoul<\/a>&#8216;s financial district, the cultural venue will encompass 11,000 square metres and operate as a partner venue to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/centre-pompidou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Centre Pompidou<\/a> in Paris, which is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2024\/06\/21\/centre-pompidou-2030-renovation-moreau-kusunoki-frida-escobedo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">undergoing a major renovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paris studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmotte.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s<\/a> will house Centre Pompidou Hanwha in the former annexe of the city&#8217;s 63 Building skyscraper, which once contained an aquarium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2314453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centre-pompidou-hanwha-wilmotte-associes-seoul_dezeen_2364_col_1-852x636.jpg\" alt=\"Render of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1764\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/>Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s has unveiled Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul<\/p>\n<p>Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s&#8217;s design reimagines the existing structure as a &#8220;box of light&#8221;, with its exterior cloaked with a translucent double-glazed envelope. This will draw natural light in during the day and diffuse light to illuminate the building at night.<\/p>\n<p>The renders reveal a partially-glazed ground level paired with bands of translucent panels, which will be curved to evoke the forms of traditional Korean tiles.<\/p>\n<p>Spread across four levels, the Centre Pompidou Hanwha will accommodate two spacious exhibition galleries, each encompassing 1,500 square metres.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2026\/02\/13\/jersey-city-cancels-oma-designed-centre-pompidou-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pompidou-Jersey-City-191x191.jpg\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jersey City Pompidou\" decoding=\"async\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Jersey City cancels OMA-designed Centre Pompidou expansion\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of its collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, one of these galleries will be entirely dedicated to major exhibitions based on the museum&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<p>Additional programmes will include educational spaces for young visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Designed as a museum resolutely turned toward the future, Centre Pompidou Hanwha builds on Centre Pompidou&#8217;s tradition of innovation and offers a renewed interpretation of its collection in light of the Korean cultural and artistic context,&#8221; said the museum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2314454 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centre-pompidou-hanwha-wilmotte-associes-seoul_dezeen_2364_col_2-852x636.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior render of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha by Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1764\"   loading=\"lazy\"\/>It will occupy an existing structure reimagined as a &#8220;box of light&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Centre Pompidou Hanwha is set to open on 4 June in celebration of the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, two other Centre Pompidou outposts are in development. In Brussels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2018\/03\/23\/car-factory-transformed-art-museum-centre-pompidou-brussels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KANAL-Centre Pompidou<\/a> is expected to reach completion in November, while a partner museum is being designed for Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2026\/02\/13\/jersey-city-cancels-oma-designed-centre-pompidou-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plans for the OMA-designed Centre Pompidou x Jersey City were recently scrapped<\/a> after years of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2024\/06\/21\/centre-pompidou-2030-renovation-moreau-kusunoki-frida-escobedo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">major overhaul of the high-tech Centre Pompidou in Paris, led by Moreau Kusunoki and Frida Escobedo Studio,<\/a> is expected to be completed by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>It will see improvements made to movement and accessibility around the museum, which was designed by\u00a0Richard Rogers\u00a0and\u00a0Renzo Piano\u00a0and opened in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>The photography is by Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French architecture studio Wilmotte &amp; Associ\u00e9s has released visuals of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul, South Korea,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,1806,29201,438,146,85,46,183646,2325,448,449,6155,7801,11471],"class_list":{"0":"post-384927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-centre-pompidou","13":"tag-cultural-buildings","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-jean-michel-wilmotte","19":"tag-museums","20":"tag-sectionall","21":"tag-sectionarchitecture","22":"tag-sectionnews","23":"tag-seoul","24":"tag-south-korea"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}