Located in the UNESCO-listed center of Bordeaux, Maison de l’Économie Créative et de la Culture en Aquitaine, MÉCA, brings together three regional arts agencies—FRAC for contemporary art; ALCA for cinema, literature, and audiovisuals; and OARA for performing arts—into a loop, cementing the city as the epicenter for culture. The building is conceived as a single loop of cultural institutions and public space by extruding the pavement of the promenade to become the ramp that leads into the urban living room, the facade with glimpses into the stage towers of OARA and the offices of ALCA, and the rooftop enclosing the sky-lit galleries of FRAC.