Extension of Central University Library ‘Lucian Blaga’ / EXHIBIT Architectura
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The proposed extension to the Central University Library by EXHIBIT Architectura in Cluj Napoca, Romania is an exercise in the design of a contemporary civic, monumental structure among historic, and grandiose institutional buildings. The proposal is an extension, as well as a link between the existing library storehouse and the new building, while creating an outdoor room, or plaza, between the two structures.
More on this project after the break.
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The urban context of the extension of the library consists of institutional buildings with facades that express rigor, order and prestige. The architects used this environmental language to develop a facade for the extension that assumes the rhythmic, rigid structure from the adjacent buildings, while ensuring its own individuality in an imposing presence that a library demands.
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The material chosen for this expression is an exposed tinted concrete, selected to emphasize the tectonic character of the structure by defining the alternating solids and voids in the facade. The indentation of the facade of the exposed concrete is articulated with golden bronze metal foilsmthat deliver the new buildings its own presence among the historic architecture.
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The interaction between the existing structure and the proposed building is activated by the entrance of the extension of the library. The plaza that is created between the buildings provides a foyer as an entrance to the library and creates an intimate and inclusive space off of the street-facing facades of the building.
Architects: EXHIBIT Arhitectura
Location: Cluj Napoca, Romania
Co-author: Easternworks, Bozin & Szekely Architects
Project Architects: Johannes Bertleff, Dragos Oprea, Cristian Oprea, Liviu Creosteanu, Ema Bozin, Csaba Szekely, Magdalena Vieriu, Mihai Lambescu, Sebastian Milea, Dorian Moisa, Razvan Andrei
Type: Competiton 2-nd prize ex-aequo
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Date: December 2010
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suprarealism
I should say speerealism :)
albert?:-P
yees.. i thought that too :))
i don’t get it but it doesn’t look that bad.
just a bit opaque.
and who let the dancing half-naked guy in again?
No Library is complete without a half naked dancer!
This is a fantastic design. I love the simplicity of form, and development of proportion and materiality. Really incredible. It would be nice to hear about how they addressed environmental issues and energy consumption.
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before getting himself half naked the guy carved his name into the concrete wall LUCIAN BLAGA…
Dear Al Capone, you make me laugh and cry at the same time. Mr. Lucian Blaga was not a dancer, was a philosopher, humanist, journalist, poet, playwright, translator, university professor and diplomat during the interwar Romanian. I do not know if you are Romanian or not, this is not too interested in me. And speaking of dancing half naked dancer image is just an artistic touch.
And about Albert Speer, the father, if you talk about it, I really don’t find the similarity with any project of him, so please help me to understand about that similarity.
@R Goldschmidt
And you knew all that by heart? I should’ve stayed in school.
No doubt you are Romanian, and a really cultivated one. I have never managed to laugh and cry at the same time, but i’m happy now to know that’s working for you.
Ironic that central Cluj managed to avoid the majority of oppressive, brutalist architecture during communism and now gets this in the 21st century…
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