Bibliosphere / Greeen! Architects

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Greeen! Architects shared their competition proposal for a new library and office building for the University Duisburg-Essen, in .  The young architectural practice specifically  focuses on ecological and sustainable design approaches.  For their proposal, a large ecological complex intends to “create a place where city and university are woven together.”

More about the proposal after the break.

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The “Bibliosphere”, a transparent and naturally ventilated environment, provides a dominant focal point for the complex.  The strong element differs from its surroundings and “becomes a unique city- and landmark.”   The facade of the sphere is orientated toward the city and  implements a variety of ecological strategies to provide a comfortable atmosphere for users.  The reading rooms benefit from natural ventilation and lighting, solar protection and generous view of the cityscape.

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The project aims to acheieve a gold certification through the German Sustainable Building Council. By using renewable energy ressources and avoiding fossil fuels, the complex’s energy consuption is more than 50% less in comparison to actual German standards.

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p.yanev says:

plans ? sections ?

 
# July 16, 2009 at 04:20
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jean claude says:

Wow,,,i think it is not so diffculut to imagine the plans and the sections of this “progressive”design

 
# July 16, 2009 at 04:45
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mark says:

Plans and sections are defintly needed to even remotely understand this design. a section is the most important information drawings. “pretty” 3ds are meaningless

 
# July 16, 2009 at 05:56
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incomplit*!

 
# July 16, 2009 at 06:51
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PanamArq says:

a golf ball?

 
# July 16, 2009 at 08:44
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darius says:

whats up with every architect trying to make ugly spheres totally detached from the landscape.

 
# July 16, 2009 at 09:26
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Luis says:

very nice project…Very nice drawings…unfortunally we couldn´t seen the sections plans and the site plan…bad abstraction panamarq…. it doesn´t look a golf ball…it´s new..

 
# July 16, 2009 at 09:37
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Luis says:

on the their website u can find the site plan

 
# July 16, 2009 at 09:38
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Taylorius says:

I think it’s more like the Death Star than a golf ball. Where’s Darth Vader’s office?

 
# July 16, 2009 at 10:18
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Emilio says:

Boulle…toujors…Boulle

 
# July 16, 2009 at 11:48
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Omar says:

Looks like an OMA project

 
# July 27, 2009 at 14:01
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Sonus says:

reminds me of Olympus city from Appleseed…

 
# August 7, 2009 at 08:16
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Medox25 says:

It realy looks like some Boulle project, but my question is why?
And I agree we wanna see Dart’s office :)

 
# August 7, 2009 at 21:16
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iziqis says:

Need more details ( diagrams on eco strategies etc. ) for this project. This is more like an introduction or something.

 
# September 11, 2010 at 06:49
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9:22 AM Jul 29th

Transparência,ar puro,ventilação natural e o principal:ambiente cheio de livros p/ imersão-Bibliosphere..tô precisando http://migre.me/10Kcf

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