Library and Master Plan of the Brandenburg University of Technology
The University library will play a key role in the development of the campus, and hence of the whole city of Cottbus. As a communication centre, it will have to fulfill different scientific and social functions, and must therefore provide an appropriate, contemporary architectural expression. The proposed architecture is radically simple in organisation and construction, and uses state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in library material. The information centre on the ground floor is conceived as a dual height warehouse-type space. The rest of the building is articulated around this great hall in the centre of the building. From which the library visitor immediately understands the range of different spaces he is surrounded by. The spaces are all directly visible and can thus be located easily. Above the information hall is the direct access library, which occupies two entire storeys. The arrangement of the reading and shelf zones is utterly flexible, like the division into three large zones—natural sciences, humanities and technical. Three singular constructions with glazed roofs give the library building a specific architectural appearance.
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