BIG and FREAKS complete looping MÉCA cultural centre in Bordeaux

A huge "urban living room" forms the heart of the looping MÉCA cultural hub, which BIG and FREAKS have completed beside the River Garonne in Bordeaux, France.
Named MÉCA, an acronym for Maison de l’Économie Créative et de la Culture en Aquitaine, the 18,000-square-metre centre contains a media library, performance space and art gallery in a bid to establish the city as "the epicentre for culture".It was designed by BIG and FREAKS to be an extrusion of the c