Dalarna Media Library / ADEPT

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  • Engineers: Ramböll Sweden Ab, Sweco Systems Ab, Brandskyddslaget
  • Competition Team: Adept, Sou Fujimoto Architects, Topotek 1, Bosch & Fjord, Ramboll
  • Artwork: Facade Developed In Collaboration Btw Adept And Artist Jeppe Hein (Dk)
  • City: Falun
  • Country: Sweden
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© Kaare Viemose

Text description provided by the architects. Dalarna Media Library is organized as a ’spiral of knowledge’ identifying a new library culture that stages a wide range of experiences and inspiration. The natural terrain of the surrounding landscape continues as a ramp that spirals up through the central atrium of the library - its heart - where all search of information and orientation take place.

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Third Floor Plan

The spiral of knowledge creates a varied study environment allowing the students to move about in the heart space of the library or to withdraw to more quiet and calm areas along the facade. The variation of sound levels and the differentiation of activities creates a versatile library that is rich in experiences. The building has its very own spatial character uniting library and multi-media functions to create synergy with the existing university complex.

Dalarna Media Library / ADEPT - Facade
© Kaare Viemose

The characteristic double facade with reflecting horizontal lamellae fronting a wood cladding is developed in collaboration with Danish artist Jeppe Hein. Instead of creating an isolated piece of art work Jeppe Hein and Adept has developed the competition design for the façade into a detailed and refi ned expression with an immateriality that mirrors its surroundings and the people in it with broken reflections. The lamellaes are made from highly polished stainless steel while their wooden background is a Siberian larch.

Dalarna Media Library / ADEPT - Shelving, Table, Chair
© Wilhelm Rejnus & Linus Flodin

The new library is the main attraction and new entrance arriving to the university. To emphasize this, the surrounding spaces are transformed from a large parking lot to an integrated urban plaza, which handles the user and visitor fl ows at the same time as it optimizes the public spaces around the building into defi ned activity zones and intimite recreational areas. The library functions are pushed onto the new plaza marking the new main entrance with life and activities. Dalarna Media Library will come to attract the community of Falun acting as a motivating generator for both citizens and local businesses.

Dalarna Media Library / ADEPT - Chair
© Kaare Viemose

"The library has really become the study environment and the meeting place that we hoped for it to be. The students have taken it to their hearts instantly and uses group spaces and the rest of the study options intensively. Often all the group rooms are fully booked. The Library has even become a very popular place to meet each other – and already we will have a load of activities planned to take place in the arena.” Margareta Malmgren, Library Director, Dalarna University

Dalarna Media Library / ADEPT - Table, Shelving, Chair
© Wilhelm Rejnus & Linus Flodin

Dalarna Media Library is designed and planned by Adept (DK) based on the winning competition proposal that was developed in collaboration with Sou Fujimoto Architects (JP), Rambøll Engineers (DK) and Topotek1 Landscape (DE). The facade was designed together with Danish artist Jeppe Hein (DK).

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Address:Högskolan Dalarna Akademin Språk & medier, Campus Falun, Högskolegatan 2, 791 31 Falun, Sweden

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Cite: "Dalarna Media Library / ADEPT" 03 Jun 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/511535/dalarna-media-library-adept> ISSN 0719-8884

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