The concept design for the extension of the city library by Studio Metar results from the thesis that a contemporary library is a source of information with unlimited access. The message of the design lies in the mentioned thesis, but it should also be emphasized that the idea of a library is a reserved, quiet, isolated, static, but not transparent place filled with books, due to the increasing need for faster and better access to information and a more complex lifestyle, is not viable in the present age. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Information is free. It is not and cannot be material. Information is a message. The thesis results in the idea of a transparent space which will provide availability of information and communication between users. Exchange of ideas and contact with other people is a very important source of information and the design deals with this issue and explores the possible spatial models which result from it.
