Greeen! Architects shared their competition proposal for a new library and office building for the University Duisburg-Essen, in Germany. 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.
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.
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.
plans ? sections ?
Wow,,,i think it is not so diffculut to imagine the plans and the sections of this “progressive”design
Plans and sections are defintly needed to even remotely understand this design. a section is the most important information drawings. “pretty” 3ds are meaningless
incomplit*!
a golf ball?
whats up with every architect trying to make ugly spheres totally detached from the landscape.
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..
on the their website u can find the site plan
I think it’s more like the Death Star than a golf ball. Where’s Darth Vader’s office?
Boulle…toujors…Boulle
Looks like an OMA project
reminds me of Olympus city from Appleseed…
It realy looks like some Boulle project, but my question is why?
And I agree we wanna see Dart’s office :)
Need more details ( diagrams on eco strategies etc. ) for this project. This is more like an introduction or something.