Library Buildings around the World

energetische Ausrichtung des Hochschulgebäudes, so dass eine Zertifizierung als Zero Emission Campus erfolgen soll“, so Menzel
weiter.
„Das neue Gebäude für die Hochschule Ruhr West wird das Areal rund um die Hans-Sachs-Straße städtebaulich aufwerten“, sagt
Bottrops Technischer Beigeordneter Norbert Höving. „Wir freuen uns, in Bottrop einen Baukörper mit anspruchsvoller Architektur
zu bekommen, der zukünftig Standort der Hochschule Ruhr West sein wird. Damit wird der Schritt zu einem attraktiven
Hochschulstandort vollendet. Das nachhaltige Energiekonzept ist beispielhaft für das Projekt InnovationCity, bei dem wir ein
Zielgebiet zur Niedrigenergiestadt umbauen wollen.“
Der zweistufige Wettbewerb zum Neubau der Hochschule Ruhr West an den beiden Standorten Mülheim und Bottrop hatte am
25./26. November 2010 mit den Sitzungen des Preisgerichts geendet. Für Bottrop hatte die Jury drei erste Plätze und einen dritten
Platz – diesen an den jetzt gekürten Sieger – vergeben. (http://www.blb.nrw.de)
Hammeskrause Architekten, Stuttgart – Germany
Markus Hammes, Nils Krause
http://www.hammeskrause.info
Libraries:
Fraunhofer Institut, Biomedizinische Technik, Bibliothek, Potsdam – Germany 2007
Am 9. Mai 2007 wurde in Potsdam der Neubau für das Fraunhofer Institut für Biomedizinische Technik (IBMT) feierlich eröffnet.
Der Neubau im Wissenschaftspark Golm wurde von dem Stuttgarter Büro hammeskrause (hervorgegangen aus Brenner & Partner)
geplant. Auf einer Nutzfläche von 4.100 Quadratmetern ist ein multidisziplinär arbeitendes Institut mit Laboren und Büros
entstanden. Die Baukosten betrugen 16 Millionen Euro ohne Ausstattung. Die Architekten erläutern ihren Entwurf wie folgt: „Der
Institutsneubau steht in engem räumlichem Zusammenhang mit dem bestehenden Fraunhofer-Institut IAP. Es wird ein
gemeinsamer Park um den bestehenden Teich entstehen, an dem sich die Haupteingänge der Institute befinden. Die
Auseinandersetzung mit den Inhalten des Instituts ließen ein Gebäudekonzept entstehen, das die Offenheit, Innovation und Dynamik
einer Forschungseinrichtung zum Ausdruck bringen soll und gleichzeitig die gewünschte Ruhe und Gelassenheit ausstrahlt.
Der tendenziell einfache Baukörper ist stärker in der Fläche der Fassade bearbeitet, hier entwickelt er Plastizität, Gliederung und
materielle Differenzierung. Der lebendige Eindruck wird unter Einhaltung einer strikten formalen und konstruktiven Ordnung
erzeugt, die in der mäandrierenden Struktur zum Ausdruck kommt. Auch Assoziationen zu zellulären Systemen sind für ein Institut
der Lebenswissenschaften beabsichtigt und angemessen. Innerhalb des kompakt verdichteten, dreibündigen Grundrisses wird über
einfallendes Zenitlicht ein Rhythmus verschiedener Orte (Foyer, Bibliothek, Lichthof, Patio, Technikum) entstehen, der das
Gebäude über Tageslicht zwischen den hochkomplexen Laborclustern gliedert.“ (http://www.baunetz.de)
Heike Hanada – Laboratory of Art & Architecture, Berlin – German
http://www.heikehanada.de
Libraries:
Delphinium-Stockholms stadsbibliotek (Asplund Bibliotek), Stockholm – Sweden on design
This proposal highlights the new library as a new, visible public building with great merit. A functional new public building
is added to the site, the north side of the ridge is developed and emphasised and the Asplund building is given a new,
dignified context. In the townscape, the new building provides a clear backdrop to the Asplund building in the classic view
from Odengatan. It creates a distance to the Asplund building that enables two distinguished buildings to be in symbiosis on
the site with clear space and respectful distance to each other. The low podium building with its elegant circular garden space
creates a transition and a connection between the two buildings. Restoration of the hill and its extension down into the new
garden also creates an enclosed landscape space of unusual quality in the townscape. The silent, “secret”, garden together
with the restored slope of the ridge forms a new public space in the city, well separated from noisy Odengatan. This outdoor
space is experienced through the whole sequence of indoor areas that run through the library. As a result, visitors will be
able to easily find their way around and obtain an overview using the outer townscape and the Asplund building for
orientation. The high-rise component restores and highlights the hill’s profile in the meeting between building and ground on
the way up from Odengatan to the top of the hill. The semi-transparent facade can literally reflect the hill and the landscape
space. Delphinium bases its unique quality on a number of very well detailed starting-points in the townscape which are
clearly defined in their form, both as separate design elements and as parts of a harmonious whole. Delphinium is a cleverly
designed proposal, sensitive, clear and with the quality of a new icon. It will be very beautiful addition to Stockholm’s
architecture. In its self-evident position and simplicity, it stands out as a good response to how a new distinguished building
can be created in our time. The project has a theme that alludes to Asplund’s architecture without imitating it. Its idiom is
clearly related to Asplund’s own language of design in the form of clear and simple geometric shapes and subtle details. The
solemn, dark reserve of the Asplund building is contrasted by a light openness, but with the same attention to detail and with
playful references to the rotunda’s form in the courtyard and the rounded interiors. By locating the extension along
Gyldéngatan, the proposal utilises the least valuable part of the hill face next to the garage entrance. The uppermost part of
the building is, however, outside the border of the competition site. The jury has seen this as important for the proportions of
the building and for the design concept that reflects the profile of the hill. The fact that a component of the upper high-rise
slab has broken out from the large volume is important for the proportional meeting with the Observatory. Delphinium is the
proposal that best corresponds to the vision of a light, open and communicative library. The project has considerable
potential to be developed into a well-functioning library in accordance with the vision in the brief. The large communal open
area at street level divides the visiting public up into either the subject sections in the high-rise component or to the Asplund
building. The library will be inviting to the passer-by since the low-rise component with the main entrance is located along
Odengatan. This alludes to Asplund’s proposal for market hall buildings in this location from 1926, even if it is now a
question of a “knowledge market hall”. The main entrance offers a moment to read today’s paper, drink a cup of coffee, and
take a short-cut through the library to Sveavägen away from the weather or a convenient route up to the Observatory park.
You get a feeling for the hill and the protected courtyard through the low-rise building. The subject sections are lifted up into
the high-rise component in which you are never far away from the light and the view over Observatorielunden, the peaceful
courtyard or the city. The subject sections with their many different functions can be found in the high-rise component,
where curved, bright staircases with transparent walls facilitate orientation. The building’s width and proportions provide
considerable scope for creating a very functional library. The library is present in the townscape and visitors to it maintain
constant contact with the surroundings and the other parts of the library. The project also has considerable development
potential with respect to the City Railway and Läkarhuset projects. The facade of the high-rise component is both the secret
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