The CCC OD
After 32 years of existence and over 300 exhibitions, the Centre de Création Contemporaine (centre of contemporary creation) becomes the Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré (centre of contemporary creation Olivier Debré), CCC OD !
In the heart of the Loire castles region,the recent art centre endows the city of Tours with with a prestigious creative space of international reputation.
Its 4500m2 building, which owes its elegance to the light and spacious rooms, was designed by one of the most innovative architectural consultancy firm: the Aires Mateus agency. It comprises four exhibition spaces, an auditorium, a restaurant and a bookshop.
The centre provides a place for people to meet and share real artistic experiences. It is from that perspective that this season’s programmation is based on the dialogue between the work of Olivier Debré, major figure of the XXth century’s painting, and more recent visual art creations.
an exceptional building
The Portuguese architecture agency Aires Mateus e Associados agency was chosen at an international contest to create the CCC OD’s building in 2012.
Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus are now amongst the major representants of Portuguese architecture, and have developed a timeless, refined and minimalist architecture that factors the potential of transformation of the existing site.
The CCC OD in Tours is their first french project; it paves the way to many other significant museum projects, notably the Mudac museum in Lausanne.
the Debré donation
a unique typography
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