Architecture shapes behaviour. That is why we try to create places where people can interact and communicate and where synergy can grow. We believe that buildings, like people, are more than just the sum of their many parts. We believe that it is possible to achieve a synthesis of design, function and context. That is why a holistic approach is our guiding principle, and why we are forever exploring the possibilities of building better, cleverer, more beautifully.
This is incredible I love the focus on car independence for this project. I would love to come to AUS and take a tour of this location. Truly one of a kind, great job.
(This quite the ramble) That office they work in just looks so... sterile. For the most part, all of the character of room has been reduced to repetitive white geometry with copypasted work spaces along its length. Even the rafters and tables have been painted white, stripping away texture. It is saved from being oppressively sterile by the dormers which vary the form of the room and let in natural light. However, given the office conditions, it's no wonder that the architects there produced such an uninspiring building. The thoughts and ideas they had for the design of the building were on-point. A hub for the city where people meet with each level presenting a different and inspiring idea? It sounds great on paper. I love the atrium idea. The arches on the sides of the bulding are cool too. I kind of like the modern cutaway on the top of the building too, but... The actual design of the library is totally lame. The building is first and foremost: Big. It is both tall and wide. Much taller and wider than a person. On its own, this is not a bad thing. Cliffs are big, mountains are big, trees are big, -fantasy novels are big-. However, a cliff or a mountain or a tree is full has beautiful patterns, variety, challenge and many minute variances that invite closer inspection. What's more, their exterior is a function of their purpose or cause. A tree needs to gather sunlight, so it has a multitude of leaves or needles to increase its surface area. A tree needs to outcompete lower foiliage, so it has a thick, sturdy trunk to raise it off the ground. A tree needs to stay secure in the ground and gather nutrients and water from it, so it has an intertwining network of tough roots beneath it. A mountain is caused by massive plates of earth pressing into eachother. It is thusly shaped into a big raised triangle of earth. Weathering and erosion slowly breaks down the rock on the mountain into boulders and dirt. The dirt provides a place for plants to take root, and the plants provide food for animals, and so a mountain is covered in a blanket of life. For the most part, this building's exterior is not made in correlation to its purpose. It has four(ish) big walls which correlate with the four directions the atrium open in, yes, and they have windows in them to let light in, yes, but do they seem like the walls of a library? Do they look like the walls of a place to meet other humans? Do they look like walls that protect years, perhaps centuries worth of information and stories? These walls do not look like much of anything. Over time they will gain meaning because they *are* the walls of a library, but the walls themselves aren't librarian. No, they are simply big walls, because the building is big. They have windows because people like light. Why are some walls curved and others not? What do the curves mean? They're too stiff and they lack a sufficient cause or purpose to look natural. The things the walls most resemble are the walls of other modern glass box buildings. Buildings which are used for a variety of purposes throughout cities. This thing looks like someone dropped a gelatinous cube on the ground, then cut off a few parts at random angles, while making sure it wouldn't spill out into the street. Then, for whatever reason, they textured it with horizontal lines --nothing else-- and called it quits. Its only color is white; the color of blank. It doesn't stir up much of an emotional response because it doesn't look like a thing emotion would be related to. It doesn't look like something that was made with a purpose. Its form doesn't make much sense. It... I dunno, its boring. Gosh, what a lame looking building. TL;DR, I don't like this building. I wish it were cooler looking.
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It looks like every other contemporary building in every major city in the world. This building offers nothing new, nothing original and nothing that speaks to a more interesting future in terms of urban landscapes. It really looks like one of those big monstrous air conditioner boxes that hang outside the windows of old buildings.
Really? This scheme is much better and much more dynamic than Snohetta's. Much less of a 'air conditioner box' but more of an integrated hub. Maybe you shouldn't be so hung up on appearances and appreciate architecture that benefits the social. For example, that atrium is an absolute beauty and will not only provide light, but also connect people together.
That is a bit harsh i think its not bad in term of community and social aspect. Also the climate is a big constraints so you cant have big openings . I think it s an honest skim considering some architect would have put trees everywhere to make it a "green " building. But i get your point though
@@killerofprimes i think the design library inspired from a piece paper of book, and people looks like air conditioner box. lets think from the other perspective, respect others opinion
