Louvre

     When planning the construction of the glass pyramid at the entrance of the crystalline Louvre Museum in Paris, which was first established in 1980, the plan was greeted with anger. Many people believe building a modern building in front of the historic buildings of the Louvre is a mockery. The building of the museum was built in a former ancient fortress, the development was begun in 1546 during the reign of Francois I stands as the Kingdom of the King of France until the end of the 17th century.

     In 1793, the building was officially opened as a public museum. In 1980 the building has become a crowded, one side is used as the place of the Government and the front office is used as a parking lot. As part of his Grand Project, President Mitterrand asked monument to expanded.

THE GRAND PROJECT

    The Louvre pyramid is known as a major project. The project was implemented during the 1980s on the advice of President Francois Mitterrand (1919 – 1996) to provide a series of monument which symbolises the modern role of France in the fields of Arts, politics, and the world economy at the end of the 20th century. The other major project is including the Grande Arche de la Defense, marble-plated glass Tower national library by Dominique Perrault, and Opera Bastille by Carlos Otts, glass Building which was inaugurated in 1989 is the recognition of the revolution occurred on the anniversary of 1789.

The Tip Of The Iceberg

        With this brief idea, American architect, Ieoh Ming China-Pei, a radical plan to shift to find the cars of the Cour Napoleon at the front entrance of the museum and build a page surrounded the great wall under the ground. Now, the glass pyramid covered 70 feet (22 m), there is also a public area can be accomplished by tracing the dramatic spiral stairs. The project will also develop access to the Gallery is located on three sides of the building, and makes it easy for visitors to get around the building more easily. In addition, there is a new auditorium, Cafe and restaurant, plus supporting space techniques needed modern Gallery with an international reputation.

     Choose the form of the pyramid of Pei controversy so as to correspond to the architecture of the Louvre. Another reason why he chose to use the pyramid is that structurally the pyramid is the most stable form. The pyramid was completed in 1989, and then inverted pyramid that Pei added smaller size (known as the pyramid upside down) on the front of the museum. Inverted pyramid serves as glass roofs for the visitors and a shopping area that lies underneath. Despite opposition to the plan was reaping, the Pyramid has become one of the symbols that can be identified quickly, a symbol both of course the Eiffel Tower.