{"id":500672,"date":"2026-05-24T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/500672\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:37:43","slug":"translucent-centre-pompidou-hanwha-set-to-open-in-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/500672\/","title":{"rendered":"Translucent Centre Pompidou Hanwha set to open in Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centre Pompidou Hanwha designed by French architecture studio Wilmotte & Associ\u00e9s<\/a> has been revealed ahead of its opening in Seoul, South Korea<\/a>, next month.<\/p>\n

Set to open in Seoul<\/a>‘s financial district on 4 June, the four-storey building contains two large galleries alongside a cafe, shop, restaurant and auditorium. It occupies the former annexe of the 63 Building skyscraper, which was reimagined by Paris-based Wilmotte & Associ\u00e9s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CentreCentre Pompidou Hanwha is opening in Seoul next month<\/p>\n

An inaugural exhibition, named The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision, will mark the museum’s opening and feature works from the museum’s collection.<\/p>\n

“Beginning with this inaugural exhibition, Centre Pompidou Hanwha aims to reinterpret the innovative artistic spirit of Centre Pompidou within Korea’s cultural context, establishing itself as a new cultural and artistic landmark in Seoul and an open platform for art,” the museum said.<\/p>\n

\"CentreThe museum’s inaugural exhibition is named The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision<\/p>\n

Externally, the structure’s upper floors have been clad in bands of translucent panels sat atop an exposed-concrete base.<\/p>\n

Chosen to evoke the forms of traditional Korean tiles, these panels draw light into the interior during the day while transforming the venue into a “box of light” at night.<\/p>\n

At roof level, an open-air terrace flanks an indoor restaurant overlooking the nearby Han River.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, at ground level, the Centre Pompidou Hanwha opens up to a spacious lobby containing the reception area and shop.<\/p>\n

A bronze cubist sculpture created by French sculptor Raymond Duchamp-Villon sits at the centre of the space and is illuminated by a skylight.<\/p>\n

\"CentreTwo spacious galleries occupy the upper floors<\/p>\n

The first floor, accessed via escalators, houses an auditorium, studios and flexible space for hosting public programmes, alongside a cafe lined with full-height glazing.<\/p>\n

Traversing the second and third floors are a pair of double-height galleries that are each 1,650 square meters, one of which is overlooked by a mezzanine level.<\/p>\n

Their stripped back interiors have been fitted with curved walls and raised platforms to display the 112 pieces on show at inaugural exhibition.<\/p>\n

\"GalleryOne of the galleries is wrapped with a mezzanine level<\/p>\n

In Paris, the high-tech Centre Pompidou is currently undergoing a major overhaul<\/a> led by Moreau Kusunoki and Frida Escobedo Studio, which is expected to be completed by 2030.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, two other Centre Pompidou outposts are in development. In Brussels, KANAL-Centre Pompidou<\/a> is expected to reach completion in November, while a partner museum is also being designed in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, plans for the OMA-designed Centre Pompidou x Jersey City were recently scrapped after years of negotiations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The photography is courtesy of Centre Pompidou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Centre Pompidou Hanwha designed by French architecture studio Wilmotte & Associ\u00e9s has been revealed ahead of its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,14817,62143,366,18,117,966,19,17,217678,4504,2919,10357,10358,17120,10359,7267,2428],"class_list":["post-500672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-centre-pompidou","tag-cultural-buildings","tag-design","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibitions","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jean-michel-wilmotte","tag-museums","tag-renovations","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-sectionhighlights","tag-sectionnews","tag-seoul","tag-south-korea"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116630539045586373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}