Bolles-Wilson: national library of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.From the city ramparts, Bolles-Wilson's New National Library takes its central place in the temporary and predominantly glass skyline of Luxembourg's Plateau Kirchberg. Assembled here is an impressive clutch of civic and cultural monuments--the New Philharmonie (Christian de Portzamparc Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French architect and urbanist. Born in Morocco to a family of Breton French heritage, he studied architecture at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris after considering himself "a designer who painted ), law courts (Dominique Perrault Dominique Perrault (1953, Clermont-Ferrand - ) is a French architect. He currently heads Dominique Perrault Architecte (DPA) in Paris. Built projects
European Community administration buildings. Massive and monumental, the library itself is neither skyline nor foreground. Its middle position casts it in the role of datum The singular form of data; for example, one datum. It is rarely used, and data, its plural form, is commonly used for both singular and plural. giver, a horizontal measure that does not compete with but visually unites background and foreground. The outstretched out·stretch tr.v. out·stretched, out·stretch·ing, out·stretch·es To stretch out; extend. outstretched Adjective roof-plane with its recessed, backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper. text functions as signal and invitation in the direction of the historic city. The restrained east facade respectfully frames the triangular Place de l'Europe with its central Philharmonie. The entire volume, including the roof, is wrapped in a taut weather-skin of screen-printed glass, and a deep blue/grey under colour shimmers through this opaque membrane. In functional and programmatic terms, Bolles-Wilson's competition-winning scheme reconfigures the eight floor precast concrete grid of the 1960s Robert Schuman Building. Their main move is to excavate and erode the city-facing corner of the original office rectangle to introduce a spectacular five-floor vitrine-like reading room shaded by a huge projecting roof. Two reading-boxes are suspended like fish-tanks in this folded glass surface. From inside, the Grand Duchy's romantic spires and gables fill the panoramic windows. C. S. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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