Two Libraries, Université de Jussieu
The building conceived for the two libraries of Jussieu offers a coherent, modular structure, giving an effect of unity. At the heart of this structure, interior halls arranged according to variable planes, whose height sometimes rises several floors, join the public spaces to the non-public spaces. These avenues constitute the determining spatial element of the design: they guarantee the spreading and sharing of daylight, and offer a view of the whole, of all the places, all the while allowing one to orient oneself in the inside of the building through either the horizontal or the vertical articulations. As in traditional architecture, their introverted character is conceived as an expression of calm and concentration (as in monasteries, temples, tea houses). In this contemporary deployment of the principle of the courts, the presence of particularly marked green spaces (a thin layer of water and of intensely green moss) further reinforces the aspect of a place for reflection and concentration.
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