Following our previous reference to The Financial Times' harsh critique of Shigeru Ban's Pompidou Metz, we now bring you another perspective. This time it's The National's (AE) Natasha Edwards who calls the project a masterpiece.

What I find more interesting, however, is an observation by Archinect member French, noting the possible connection between Ban's design and a nomadic tent designed by Renzo Piano (co-architect of the Paris Pompidou), from the 1960's...

I'm surprised most critics haven't perceived the natural filiation between the original Pompidou in Paris and this one. To be more prcesie, this project is, to me, an interpretation or an hommage of a very old utopian project of Piano (that I cant find any picture of) back in the 60's; it was a small tent that you would bring from village to village to generate debates and discussions amongst the citizens, about public spaces. A public space generator. This one is a much larger/expensive/official version of the project.

Does anyone have images of this project?