Archinect - News 2024-11-14T10:42:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150144757/big-and-freaks-m-ca-in-bordeaux-creates-a-budding-cultural-hub BIG and Freaks' MÉCA in Bordeaux creates a budding cultural hub Katherine Guimapang 2019-07-05T17:05:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78fe2e5d40b7869e4a873748ce46c0c4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <em>Maison de l'&Eacute;conomie Cr&eacute;ative et de la Culture </em>or M&Eacute;CA is Bordeaux's newest <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/126606/cultural" target="_blank">cultural</a> hub. Costing &euro;60m, the site will house a performing arts center, a creative agency for books, cinema, and audiovisual media as well as housing three prestigious <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6440/france" target="_blank">French</a>&nbsp;associations the <em>ALCA, OARA,</em> and <em>FRAC </em>regional art center. When <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13709/bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG</a>&nbsp;and Paris-based architecture firm FREAKS were <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/143406/freaks-freearchitects" target="_blank">chosen for the project in 2012</a>, both studios devised a plan to construct a structure that would connect three art institutions to create the ultimate contemporary hub for multi-disciplinary practice in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/143407/bordeaux" target="_blank">Bordeaux</a>'s Nouvelle-Aquitaine.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/40/403b16d3ec9c112e14c4dd7fb43984cf.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/40/403b16d3ec9c112e14c4dd7fb43984cf.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>M&Eacute;CA Cultural Center. Image &copy; Laurian Ghinitoiu</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e5/e54988a65e062eb09493d114a3569ace.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e5/e54988a65e062eb09493d114a3569ace.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>M&Eacute;CA Cultural Center. Image &copy; Laurian Ghinitoiu</figcaption></figure><p>M&Eacute;CA is a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/134121/waterfront" target="_blank">waterfront</a> venue fit for visitors to enjoy a celebration of art, film, and performance. The center embodies a flowing structural loop connecting each institute. According to a recent press release by BIG,&nbsp; <em>"The building is conceived as a single loop of cultural institutions and public sp...</em></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/52208203/team-big-freaks-wins-competition-for-new-cultural-center-in-bordeaux Team BIG+FREAKS Wins Competition for New Cultural Center in Bordeaux Alexander Walter 2012-06-21T19:38:00-04:00 >2014-07-12T19:28:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hc/hcrnkyq6ua4ueyrr.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The collaborative effort of team BIG+FREAKS freearchitects, dUCKS sc&eacute;no, Khephren Ing&eacute;nierie, VPEAS, ALTO Ing&eacute;nierie, Vincent Hedont, PBNL, Mryk &amp; Moriceau, Ph.A., has won the competition to design a new 12,000 m2 cultural center on the riverfront of Bordeaux, France, merging three cultural institutions into one single building. [...] The Regional Council of Bordeaux selected the winning team among proposals from SANAA, the Toulouse-based firm W-Architectures and Bordeaux-based FLINT.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>