Library Buildings around the World

Eingang zum Platz und mit der Hauptschauseite auf den Schulhof orientiert ist, sind die „lauten‘ Bereiche untergebracht wie
Kinderbereich und Zeitungen. Über eine Treppe im Luftraum erreicht man das Obergeschoss, das in seiner Haupterstreckung quer
zum Erdgeschoss liegt und die ruhigen Bereiche der Bibliothek beinhaltet. Zweigeschossige Fensteröffnungen an der Ostseite zum
Platz und an der Nordseite sorgen neben zwei Fensterbändern im Süden und Norden für die notwendige natürliche Belichtung. Die
großformatigen Öffnungen sollen die Bibliothek nach außen hin sichtbar machen und deren Bedeutung als öffentliche
Bildungseinrichtung vermitteln.
Konstruktion
Das neue Rathaus wird als ,,massives‘ Gebäude ausgebildet, in Anlehnung an die Massivität der umliegenden Gebäude.
Putzfassaden mit großformatigen Öffnungen, teils bündig in der Fassade sitzend, teils tief ins Mauerwerk eingelassen, betonen
die Materialität und bestimmen das Erscheinungsbild. Die Fensteröffnungen sind vorwiegend nach funktionellen Gesichtspunkten
gestaltet und schneiden den Baukörper als Fensterbänder dort auf, wo es vom Grundriss her notwendig ist. Ein Lichtschlitz in der
letzten Decke über Treppenhaus und Luftraum ermöglicht eine großzügige Belichtung von Treppe und angrenzenden
Erschließungsflächen.
Haustechnik
Grundlage der technischen Gebäudeausstattung sind folgende konzeptionelle Ziele: Möglichst geringe Betriebs-, Wartungs-
und Instandhaltungskosten bei gleichzeitiger Erfüllung der Anforderungen an ein öffentliches Gebäude. Dies bedeutet eine hohe
Nutzungsqualität für Besucher, Mitarbeiter und Ausstellungsgut durch eine ausgeglichene, stabile Raumtemperatur und durch eine
gute Raumluftqualität. Ein weiteres Ziel ist eine integrierte unauffällige Technik für Heizung, Kühlung, Belüftung und Beleuchtung.
Mit einem ökologisch orientierten, ganzheitlichen Klimakonzept entsteht ein Gebäude mit Vorbildcharakter. Mit vier wesentlichen
Maßnahmen werden diese Ziele umgesetzt: Gebäudeklimazonen je nach Anforderung, energieeffiziente Primarenergieversorgung,
optimierte Gebäudehülle, abgestimmtes Haustechnikkonzept. Beitrag von newroom (http://www.nextroom.at)
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Architects, Genoa – Paris, Italy – France
http://www.rpbw.r.ui-pro.com
Libraries:
Renovation and Expansion Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY – USA 2000 – 2006
in collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle http://www.beyerblinderbelle.com
Client: The Morgan Library
Located on Madison Avenue, in Lower Manhattan, the Library is one of the world most important museums for rare books,
manuscripts and drawings. Intervention was necessary to meet new requirements that were much needed by the library.
These inculded improved internal circulation and the creation of new spaces within the perimeter of the complex. An
additional aim was to reunify the existing buildings and restore a sense of harmony to the overall complex. Three new
pavillons accomodate entrance facilities, exhibition galleries, a new reading room, and administrative offices. An internal
piazza connects the spaces, facilitating circulation between the six different wings of the Morgan Library. Covered by a
glazed transparent roof, the piazza is the heart of the project, the place where all activities meet. To create a unity of scale,
the new pavillons respect the proportions of the three original buildings. Beneath ground level, a storage space for the
museum´s collections is created by digging deeply into New York´s hard schist: a total area of 136.000 sqf. (76.000 new and
60.000 existing) distributed over 5 floors. There is also a 300 seat auditorium situated in this part of the project. (Piano)
Cultural Center Jean Marie Tjibaou, Noumea, New Caledonia 1991 – 1998
Client: Agence pour le Développement de la Culture Kanak. Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Architects – P. Vincent,
senior partner in charge.
Jean-Marie Tjibaou (January 30, 1936 – May 4, 1989) was a leader of the Kanak independence movement and a politician in
New Caledonia. The son of a tribal chief, Tjibaou was ordained a priest but abandoned his religious vocation for a life in
political activism. He was appointed mayor of Hienghène in 1977 and the head of the pro-independenceFLNKS in 1984.
On 4 May 1989, he was assassinated in Ouvéa by another Kanak. A cultural leader in the promotion of the indigenous Kanak
culture, the modern Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is named in his honour.
(http://www.wikipedia.org) see also: http://www.adck.nc/presentation/la-centre-culturel-tjibaou/jean-marie-tjibaou
During the negotiations of independence from the French, the territory of New Caledonia requested that the government of
the metropolis, chaired by François Mitterrand, build a center in Noumea for the promotion of Kanak culture and dedicated
to the memory of the political leader Jean Marie Tjibaou, assassinated in 1989. In this work, the architect Renzo Piano joined
Pacific and modern cultures. The year work ended, 1998, the architect was at the White House receiving the prestigious
Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel of architecture from U.S. President Bill Clinton. The Cultural Center Jean-Marie
Tjibaou was discovered as the most innovative and exciting project in the city, about 10 km from downtown. It sought to
make a tribute to a culture based on respect for its history and traditions, past, present and future, as well as its sensitivity.
The project was based on the indigenous population of that part of the Pacific, its culture and its symbols, which are very old
but are still very alive. Since the beginning of the design process, Piano studied the use of air currents and launched the
search for a way to express the traditions of the Pacific with a modern language. That means putting the technology and
methods European traditions aside and serving the expectations of the Kanaks. The concept and design of the Cultural
Center Jean-Marie Tjibaou in Noumea in New Caledonia, was generated by the need to maximize ventilation in a humid
climate. The project builds on the topography of land, vegetation and the breeze from the lagoon to create rising air currents,
which are then removed by extraction towers, with the distinction of being the highest building on the top of the hill.
It should not be an absolute travesty of this culture or imitation, or an approach from a colonial perspective. Neither could it
be a completely alien concept. This is a town that has its own ways, vegetation and public spaces, and is located in direct
contact with the ocean. The cultural complex is composed of ten houses, all of different sizes and functions. The small houses
are 63 square meters, the medium houses 95 square meters and large houses, 140 square meters. Their heights range from 20
to 28 meters, with a circular floorplan, which are grouped into three villages, each with a distinct role. All of them are
connected by pedestrian walkways in the form of spokes evoking the central promenade of traditional villages.
Villa 1
One part of the cultural package is aimed at permanent and temporary exhibitions and contains an auditorium and an
amphitheater.
Villa 2
In the second group of huts are divided spaces administration, research, library and a conference room.
Villa 3
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