2024-09-16T14:56:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150438442/a-skateable-testament-to-physics-and-form-takes-over-the-centre-pompidou Josh Niland 2024-07-23T12:57:00-04:00 >2024-07-23T14:58:49-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/107d4dfe82f25b3d33efd9c022270c2a.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>This summer, outside of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/432378/centre-pompidou" target="_blank">Centre Pompidou</a> in Paris, the museum&rsquo;s famous forecourt area will be the site of a timely skatepark activation by local artist Rapha&euml;l Zarka.&nbsp;</p> <p>His new <em>Cyclo&iuml;de Piazza </em>installation is meant to connect young Parisian skate enthusiasts and forms a key part of the Cultural Olympiad preceding this <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/544778/2024-olympics" target="_blank">year's games</a>, as presented by Centre Pompidou curator Jean-Max Colard.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7a/7a50111edfb974233c5974caa599d178.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7a/7a50111edfb974233c5974caa599d178.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Rapha&euml;l Zarka</figcaption></figure><p>Harkening to the experimentations of Galileo and other astronomers and mathematicians as its primary reference, the centerpiece skateable "sculpture" was designed in unison with the architect Jean-Beno&icirc;t V&eacute;tillard to carry several references to France's rich art history and architectural culture.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ec77e297e66f2cedc2d7598134d553dc.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ec77e297e66f2cedc2d7598134d553dc.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image copyright Fred Mortagne</figcaption></figure><p>A polychromatic color palette quotes Le Corbusier's "Clavier de couleurs" keyboard cards from 1931. Constructivism and the works of painters such as Lyubov Popova also hold weight over the installation's presentation, helping it to serve as an "urb...</p>