Tianjin Binhai Library / MVRDV + Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute

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  • Design Team: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Wenchian Shi, María López Calleja, Kyosuk Lee, Sen Yang, Marta Pozo, Chi Li, Ray Zhu, Ángel Sánchez Navarro, Daehee Suk, Guang Ruey Tan, Xichen Sun, Michael Zhang, Mariya Gyaurova, Jaime Dominguez Bálgoma, Antonio Luca Coco, Costanza Cuccato, Matteo Artico, Tomaso Maschietti
  • Concept Design: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Renske van der Stoep, Martine Vledder, Kyosuk Lee, Gerard Heerink, Chi Li, Francisco Pomares, Nicolas Lee, Claudia Bode, Sharon Sin, Jaap Baselmans, Herman Gaarman, Hui Hsin Liao, Antonio Luca Coco, Costanza Cuccato, Matteo Artico, Tomaso Maschietti
  • Co Architect: Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI)
  • City: Tianjin
  • Country: China
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Tianjin Binhai Library / MVRDV + Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute - Facade
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Text description provided by the architects. MVRDV in collaboration with local architects TUPDI has completed the Tianjin Binhai Library, a 33,700m2 cultural centre featuring a luminous spherical auditorium around which floor-to-ceiling bookcases cascade. The undulating bookshelf is the building’s main spatial device, and is used both to frame the space and to create stairs, seating, the layered ceiling and even louvres on the façade. Tianjin Binhai Library was designed and built in a record-breaking time of only three years due to a tight schedule imposed by the local municipality. Next to many media rooms it offers space for 1,2 million books.

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Cite: "Tianjin Binhai Library / MVRDV + Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute" 02 Nov 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/882819/tianjin-binhai-library-mvrdv-plus-tianjin-urban-planning-and-design-institute> ISSN 0719-8884

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天津滨海图书馆 / MVRDV + 天津城市规划设计院

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