DOK Delft Library Concept Centre
The Netherlands, 2007. DOK Delft Library Concept Centre. Bibliotheek Delft Concept. Award winning innovative library concept. Spacious, colorful, inspiring.
Situation
Urban renewal project enables Municipality of Delft to relocate and reinvent its public library.
Target
Create the world’s most inspiring library. Enable and challenge future changes. Put people first.
Action
Rehabilitate the structural elements of the old city block. Embrace its natural beauty and gently nestle the library in it. Use book shelves not to occupy space but to make room. Create a place that will be remembered.
Result
A world class library. Bright, transparent and vivid. Close encounters of people and media, ideas and inspiration. A library as a true Third Place, a home away from home and a workplace outside your work.
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