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….Indeed the entire extension is a technical feat, since no intermediary supports interrupt the run of the downstairs glass wall, thanks to a 100-foot-long beam perched on the cast-concrete lateral walls, whose sand and aggregate were locally sourced in order to achieve a result resembling pierre de Rognes (with a naturalistic surface effect obtained using acid-etched polystyrene for the formwork’s inner surface). Taking its cues from the context, the extension slopes down toward the east, following the roofline of the neighboring houses, while to the west its structural audacity is highlighted by a knife-edge joint where the ground-floor and second-story glazing meet.
Equally impressive is the way such a rich variety of spaces has been packed into a relatively small building (10,500 square feet). Coulon wanted to touch the bastide as little as possible-a difficult task when its new function required stronger floors, wider staircases, elevators, geothermal heating/cooling, a new basement, etc. —and managed to leave its layout more or less intact.
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….The arching wooden volume creates an entrance canopy over the Kansalaistori square forming a covered outdoor space that expands the building’s functions such as the ground level restaurant to the square.
The middle floor, the «Attic», consists of flexible irregularly shaped rooms, nooks and corners inhabiting the spaces between the trusses of the bridge structure. The stepped seating in the open central area of this floor is the result of the form of the cantilevering, twisting west façade.
The «Book Heaven» on the top floor is a vast open landscape topped with an undulating cloud like white ceiling.Here the best features of the traditional library meet the possibilities provided by up-to-date technologies. From this level visitors can enjoy a terrace with an unobstructed 360-degree panorama view of the city center….
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….The church exterior itself is not architecturally unique. Rebuilt to the original specifications, the clapboard-clad structure and architectural details form a quaint collage of different styles—italianate brackets under the eaves; tall, unadorned windows; handsome Greek Revival entry with the original stained-glass transom; and a newly shuttered belfry with the historic church bell reinstalled.
The interior, on the other hand, is spatially dynamic, beginning with the long flight of wide stairs that carries you up into the capacious 51%-foot-by-67-foot former sanctuary. Skolnick made historic value a key part of the story. «The goal was to tread lightly. I didn’t want to intervene more than was absolutely necessary,» he says. One of the first decisions became a reference point going forward. He instructed the skilled crew to remove the plaster on the interior from the lath, and the lath from the structure, revealing the studs and joists….
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….The 220,000-square-foot granite-clad steel structure more than doubles the amount of study spaces in its predecessor and improves access to the library’s collection, thanks to a high-density automated storage-and-retrieval system that can house up to 2 million volumes in a compact area on three levels. The facility also has a 24/7 zone with computer stations and a dedicated entrance for city residents.
The real difference between the past and a present that looks toward the future is the architecture itself. Vaulted cedar-clad public and student lobbies stretch out beyond arched curtain walls to create gracious entries, while a glazed top floor with a 47,300 square-foot green roofprovides a sun-drenched setting for reading or browsing the stacks, and doubles as a night beacon. Similar luminous qualities pervade the entire project…..
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Située sur l’axe nord sud qui structure la métropole chinoise, une église orthodoxe construite en 1932 avait été transformée en commerce dans les années 1970. Son volume intérieur était dénaturé par un plancher intermédiaire. En héritant d’un programme dévolu à la vente de livres de poésie, les concepteurs de Wutopia Lab ont négocié avec la direction locale du patrimoine pour fixer une logique de restauration. Le consensus s’est fait en rétablissant stucs et fresques d’origine et en autorisant une construction réversible dans l’espace centrale de la nef, restitué dans sa hauteur d’origine. Emprunte de style byzantin, la construction ancienne reste perceptible, même dans la cour couverte qui ceinture l’ancien chevet de l’église. Quoique l’entrée s’effectue du côté sud, et non pas depuis l’ouest, le plan centré de l’édifice religieux reste prégnant….