2007-2011
ICONICITY: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 AFFECTS: PROGRAM: library, viewing platform, cafe,reading room, first level “street�, park inside the building, automated book storage, 10 million books. STRUCTURE: The structure is designed as a skeleton of steel columns with an internal grid of 12 by 9 meters which supports forged steel beams and slabs of concrete. The skin envelope is hung, supported by a ring-shaped beam located at Level 7. FACADE: The skin is covered with champagne coloured anodised aluminium tiles fading from dark at the bottom to light at the top. MATERIALS: Building is placed on a white unpolished marble platform, with mirror finished stainless steel wings lifted up the perimeter edges to reflect the building from different angles CIRCULATION:
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