Library Buildings around the World

the first floor, a bit below the level of the first floor. By making this study landscape a bit lower it forms a link between the two levels.
There is a more direct link with the ground floor as the students can see the workshops and everything going on down there.
The upper two floors mainly house classrooms for theory and workplaces for the lecturers. By making a patio here covering two
floors it was not only possible to create a very efficient design but it is also possible to bring daylight, via large skylights, into the
heart of the building. In adherence to the master plan for the whole campus, the building is raised half a storey to create a semisunken
parking garage. To enhance sustainability a compact building was designed with relatively little façade area in relation to its
surface area. The structure of the building is composed of concrete floors and columns in a framework 7800 x 7800 mm, making the
layout of the building very flexible. A different layout can easily be created if required in the future. Durable materials that require
little maintenance and have a long lifespan were of course used. (LIAG)
Faculty Economic and Management (Library), Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, Nijmegen – The
Netherlands 2009
approx. 17.500 m2 (in two stages)
In 2006 LIAG began the design of the FEM-building. The existing faculties on the HAN-campus in Nijmegen grew out of their
housing places and expansion in short term was of great importance to keep answering to the need of good educational areas. The
emphasis in this project lies on an open educational building where there can be a lot of interaction between the users. In the entire
building mass cantilevers, constrictions and wall deflections have been applied that react to the existing buildings in the area. With
this design, a building is created that continuously surprises and reacts to the adjacent faculty of Health, Behavior and Society with
its total concept. The light blue facade of steel creates a cool icy landscape of the building on the campus of Nijmegen. The
sustainability of the building The environment has been used as a base for the development of the HAN building. There has been
chosen for a compact design with a durable climate control. It is a sustainable building. Lights and escalators will be using presence
detectors. The furniture's are made of materials that belong to the least environmental damaging category. The entire plan in the
final-phase (final acceptance in spring 2011) consists of 2 levels of underground parking and 3 floors above ground with a total
magnitude of approximately 25.000m2 usable floor area. The design of the building has been particularly well accepted by the wealth
committee of Nijmegen. (LIAG)
Keizer Karel College Amstelveen, Amstelveen – The Netherlands 2008
3.287 m2 (extension)
The Keizer Karel College in Amstelveen (senior general secondary education (HAVO), university preparatory education (VWO and
Gymnasium)) is a sister school of the Alkwin College in Uithoorn. After LIAG had carried out the extensions of the latter to the full
satisfaction of the client, LIAG was commissioned to do the extensions for the Keizer Karel College. The building is a tidily designed
school building with two floors and a number of inner courtyards or patios. An interesting point was that there were entrances
separated by a patio. Having run out of space the school needed to expand. After a model study the choice was made to extend the
north side of the existing building. The new wing was connected to the existing building by covering one of the patios. This joined the
two entrances with an indoor ‘street'. The indoor street has become the new heart of the school, containing a recreational area, the
study square, and with the passageways for the rest of the school leading off from it. The school building is close to a highway
exposing it to a high level of noise and fine dust, which means that the windows may cannot just be opened. LIAG developed a
special kind of window with an extra pane placed at 50cm from the façade which wards off the noise and fine dust from the highway
and makes it possible to open the windows for the necessary ventilation on the north facing façade. The extension has a bright colour
scheme giving the school a cheerful atmosphere, a place where students like to hangout. This is apparent from the fact that even
before final delivery of this new wing the school requested a further extension on its roof. The building application for this extension
has been submitted to the municipality. (LIAG)
Luijten Smeulders Architecten, Tilburg – The Netherlands
http://www.luijten-smeulders.nl
Libraries:
Bibliotheek Zwanenveld, Nijmegen – The Netherlands 2009
1.200 m²
Meeting place for young and old course, lending books to the core of a library, but it is now no longer the only activity taking place
there. Reading the daily morning newspaper or a round of surfing the web is just as popular. Libraries are more and more venues
for young and old. In a few months Nijmegen Library, Zwanenveld location, say in this matter. The existing, outdated, cluttered
interior has been transformed into a vibrant new environment. Clear structure in the old division of the library was little more
structure to explore. Including through a complicated entrance and a disproportionate circulation desk was looking statement.
Reducing structure was one of the main goals of Luijten | Smeulders | architects. And the separation of active and passive angles and
places, because that creates peace. Luijten | Smeulders | architects created a central square where a group meeting a private island is
located. In these elements, visitors can read a book or just computing. Target each audience has its own place in the new library.
Children's literature, for example, at the back. Young people are simply not feel all day to be monitored. Near the entrance is a
reading café positioned for a lively look outward to create. Also, the books sorted by theme and each issue gets its own atmosphere
and experience. Luijten | Smeulders | architects with the design of the Nijmegen library created a place where young and old feel at
home. (http://www.architectenweb.nl)
MAS Architektuur, Hengelo – The Netherlands
http://www.masarchitectuur.nl
Libraries:
Gemeentehuis (Town Hall) Montferland, Montferland – The Netherlands 2012
New Montferland town to town Montferland It is an open, transparent and light building. It is a representation of democracy. The
citizen is at the center and the building is so classified that the public can use the building. The new line of caps and parcelling
structure to the existing town hall, in fact the existing hall is totally integrated. The outdoor plaza may in future be used for
festivities, but in bad weather, they go on the covered courtyard. Moreover, the courtyard used for performing arts, but also as a
cinema. Within this public square is the public library. The courtyard is flushed from daylight to light and transparency throughout
the building to get. (http://www.architectenweb.nl)
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