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Médiathèque d’Anzin by Dominique Coulon & Associés
This multimedia library in Anzin, France, by Strasbourg architects Dominique Coulon & Associés is wrapped in overlapping slices of concrete.
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Reading rooms at the Médiathèque d'Anzin are revealed to the town outside through exposed areas of glazing, while the triangular geometry continues inside.
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Here's a little text from the architects:
The building reveals its preciousness at first sight.
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Its pure, sophisticated geometry situates it as a public building.
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The deliberate areas of transparency reveal its content.
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The reading rooms present the building to the town in the manner of an invitation.
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The multimedia library is covered with large white veils that reflect the light.
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The building asserts it lightness, like an origami.
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The successive folds and flaps repeat this image.
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It is white, almost immaterial, like the mere projection of a concept, yet it is brimming with the life that constitutes it beyond its physical limits.
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On the inside, there is abundant, uniform light.
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The space is open and fluid, offering optimal flexibility.
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The lighting effect produced by the tall gaps that appear to float in space is truly beautiful.
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The volumes are independent and geometrically free, giving the whole a wonderfully poetic feel.
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