8/18/2023 0 Comments Chief architect knock down libraryIt will call them in from afar and invite them to stay, learn, share and play. ![]() This proposal aims to provide a counterpoint to the block and stack model of typical developments in such zones by proposing an intimate catchment of iconic forms and interweaving spaces, led by an exciting architectural extension of the ground plane that draw users up from the street and into the heart of the building and its grounds. Our proposal begins by asking how the new library can contribute to the wider urban context and activity of Songdo International City, an large area still in formation and of great ambition. What better civic building to accomplish all of the above than the city library. ![]() It must represent and invite future thinking. It must offer a promise of play, exploration and investigation. It must be physically permeable and also suggest openness in its materiality. It must offer something that cannot easily be found elsewhere. It must invite a multitude of users directly rather than assuming commercial patronage. The newness of a place must be an asset, and the fact that is unfinished is to be embraced. Recent urban history teaches us that it is not easy to make vibrant and competitive places at city scale, and physical infrastructure and architecture are but one aspect of inviting people and ideas to a new place without existing identity. ![]() The Songdo International Library is a great opportunity to make a meaningful civic anchor for the new city of Songdo, an ambitious extension of Seoul, already one of the largest, most productive and creative cities in the world.
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