Programmatic Affiliations
Staatsbibliothek Berlin- Hans Scharoun and Edgar Wisniewski, 1967-78
Philip Exeter Academy Library -Louis Kah, 1967-72
Philip Exeter Academy is a private school that is located in Exeter,NH . The campus is a traditional colonial-style campus and has a strong focus upon centrality of space and materials. The library accomodates 250,000 books, seminar rooms, and workplaces for students.
Setup of floors and of what it contains.
Third and first floor. The basement is a storage for books and documents. First floor accommodates the browsing area,librarian staff area, and a few conference areas. The stairs from first to second reveal a so rounding of stacks of books to the visitor. The next three levels are high openings of inner galleries. The nature of the library is expressed through immediate presence of books.
Biblioteque National, Paris- Henri Labrouste, 1860-68
Labrouste’s original concept for the library created a separation of storage place and the reader. He did this by creating a vast oblong reading room with book stacks behind the readers. These two affiliations are separated by a semicircular recess from where the staff is a able to supervise and manage the reading room and book stacks. This plan is continued for 5 floors up.
Seattle Public Library- Rem Koolhaas OMA 2004
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