Stunning!!! The library has such incredible creative design

With the change of the design idea of library architecture, library architecture should not only consider the internal use function, but also pursue the novel and unique landscape effect. Take a look at modern library design, and let's take a look at some of these new and unique library buildings.

 

Jing Mi Liyuan Library
 

 

 

Close to the mountains in Huairou, a small town on the outskirts of Beijing, lies Liyuan Library, an elegant library designed by Chinese designer Li Xiaodong, which is designed to work in harmony with nature. Liyuan Library has a total construction area of about 170 square meters, partly with two floors. The steel and wood structure is adopted, and the external walls are piled and built with shrubs used by local villagers for fire. The wooden external walls reduce the weight of the building and make the library full of the smell of books.
 

In addition, the whole building is very transparent to the light, reading at the same time can feel the sun, there is a space outside the library by the waterside walkway, pebble flat arrangement and fence enclosed by the space, the scenery is quiet.

 

Lonely · Sanlian Bookstore Seaside Public Library

 

In Nandaihe, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, there is such a library, namely Sanlian Bookstore Beach Public Library, designed by Chinese designer Dong Gong, with a total construction area of about 450 square meters. The main body is a two-story reading room with stair seating, large French Windows on the side facing the sea, and facilities such as meditation room and activity room.

In addition, the whole building pays attention to the use of natural light, light tube is glass skylight, water and electricity lines are not leakage, are buried in advance in the ground, still equipped with dehumidification equipment.

 

Chic Binglin Library

 

Binglin Library is located in Dushu Lake Campus of Soochow University, with a total construction area of 32,000 square meters and a height of 39.6 meters. It has 8 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground, including the main library, information desk, coffee bar, exhibition hall, reading room, office area, etc. It has a collection of 750,000 volumes.

The library, designed by the Architectural Design Institute of Tongji University in Shanghai, has a unique appearance, shaped like lotus petals, with a hollow atrium above the second floor. The whole building adopts intelligent management system with advanced control level, which fully embodies the integrated centralized management.

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Long St. Gallen Abbey Library

 

 

 

The St. Gallen Monastery Library is the oldest library in Switzerland and one of the oldest and richest monastic libraries in the world. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983. The library, located in the eastern Swiss city of St. Gallen, has a total collection of 160,000 volumes, and its virtual digital library holds 478 digitized manuscripts.

 

The whole building is divided into two open floors. The bookshelves and floors are all inlaid with deep reddish brown walnut wood. The color painting on the dome echoes the primary color of walnut wood, making the whole building one and sacred and solemn. The staircase leading to the second floor is located in the seclusion, and the veranda adopts a large radian concave and convex curve. The bookshelves in the museum are equipped with iron cages, and behind the iron cages are displayed the national collections of books.

 

Language School Library, Freie Universitat Berlin, Novelty-Berlin

 

Called the "brain of Berlin," the semicircular library of the Language School at Freie Universitat Berlin was designed by Foster + Partners. The structure is supported by a steel structure whose space frames are painted bright yellow, while the outer facade is intersected with silver-coated aluminum panels and shading glass with pores, while the inner side is covered with a white fiberglass cloth to provide natural ventilation and light.

In addition, the library is reflected by natural light, and when one enters the two spaceship-like entrance gates, one sees three curved platforms that undulate with the form of the interior.