Wednesday 1 August 2012

Honours Project: Book Mountain

This is a design for a public library in the Netherlands, designed by a Dutch firm MRVDV. Construction began on the library in 2009 and was meant to be completed in Autumn 2011 but still the building has not yet been completed.
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The books will be clearly visible from the outside through the glass shell, which also affords views over the town as visitors ascend the staircases that link the terraces.
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These facilities will be stacked vertically, creating brick-clad terraces where the book collection will be displayed. 
Alongside the book collection and reading areas, the building – referred to as Book Mountain – will include commercial space, offices, an auditorium, conference rooms, and exhibition spaces.
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