New Pinault Art Museum by Tadao Ando, near completion

Located in the very heart of Paris, the Bourse de Commerce is the new exhibition space for the Pinault Collection. In 2017, Pinault announced that he had purchased Paris’s former stock exchange "Bourse de Commerce", to 500metre north of the Louvre Museum, to transform into a museum.

In june 2017, japanese architect Tadao Ando presented renovation project to transform the 18th-century stock exchange building. Ando designed a central cylinder inserted into the existing structure, forming a new exhibition space, and located under the painted dome of the Bourse de Commerce.

New images document the construction process, and the museum was expected to open in the fall of this year.

François Pinault, the founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment company Artémis, is known throughout Europe as an great supporter of contemporary art. French businessman commissioned Tadao Ando to transform the heritage building into new museum to display a portion of his vast collection, some 5,000 artworks he owns.

“With the creation of this new museum, I am writing the next chapter of my cultural project, whose goal is to share my passion for contemporary art with as broad an audience as possible.”

François Pinault.

Ando’s concrete cylinder takes the form of a nine meter-high wall that spans 30 meter diameter in diameter. Four identical openings will provide access and allow natural light to illuminate the space. A 300-seat auditorium will provide a setting for screenings, conferences, and concerts, while a black-box theater will host video installations and more experimental performances. Click here to know more about project.

The project is a collaboration between Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes, the Pierre-Antoine Gatier architecture agency and building engineering consultant Setec Bâtiment.

Pinault and Ando previously worked together in Venice, where the architect restored the Palazzo Grassi for Pinault.

New Pinault Art Museum by Tadao Ando, near completion. Photograph by Marc Domage - Bourse de Commerce/ Pinault Collection.

New Pinault Art Museum by Tadao Ando, near completion. Photograph by Patrick Tourneboeuf - Bourse de Commerce/ Pinault Collection.

New Pinault Art Museum by Tadao Ando, near completion. Photograph by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes.

New Pinault Art Museum by Tadao Ando, near completion. Image courtesy of Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes

Tadao Ando's sketch for the new museum inside the former stock exchange Bourse de Commerce. Image © Tadao Ando Architect & Associates / Collection Pinault

Section. New François Pinault`s museum by Tadao Ando, in Paris. Image courtesy of Artefactory Lab; Tadao Ando Architect & Associates; NeM/Niney & Marca Architectes; Agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Image Courtesy of Collection Pinault, Paris

Diagram. New François Pinault`s museum by Tadao Ando, in Paris. Image courtesy of Artefactory Lab; Tadao Ando Architect & Associates; NeM/Niney & Marca Architectes; Agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Image Courtesy of Collection Pinault, Paris

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TADAO ANDO

Tadao Ando was born in Osaka, Japan in 1941. A self-educated architect, he spent time in nearby Kyoto and Nara, studying firsthand the great monuments of traditional Japanese architecture. Between 1962 and 1969 he traveled to the United States, Europe, and Africa, learning about Western architecture, history, and techniques. His studies of both traditional Japanese and modern architecture had a profound influence on his work and resulted in a unique blend of these rich traditions.

In 1969 Ando established Tadao Ando Architect and Associates in Osaka. He is an honorary fellow in the architecture academies of six countries; he has been a visiting professor at Yale, Columbia, and Harvard Universities; and in 1997, he became professor of architecture at Tokyo University.

Ando has received numerous architecture awards, including the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995, the 2002 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, and also in 2002, the Kyoto Prize for lifetime achievement in the arts and philosophy. His buildings can be seen in Japan, Europe, the United States, and India.

In fall 2001, following up on the comprehensive master plan commissioned from Cooper, Robertson & Partners in the 1990s and completed in 2001, Tadao Ando was selected to develop an architectural master plan for the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to expand its buildings and enhance its 140-acre campus.

Published on: March 31, 2020

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