Seattle public library plan

Seattle Central Public Library, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) [Rem Koolhaas/Joshua Prince-Ramus] Seattle, Washington. All rights reserved. No use & distribution without express written permission. Strictly enforced.

Seattle Public Library floor plan layout. Opened 23 may 2004 33,720m2 in size with a 4550m2 underground carpark. Recorded 15,000 visitors a day in first year of opening. Capacity to hold over 1.4 million books.

Image 43 of 58 from gallery of Seattle Central Library / OMA + LMN. Photograph by OMA

Rem Koolhaas / OMA, Seattle Public Library, Seattle-Washington USA, 2004

Seattle Public Library by OMA

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Building Integration - Project 6.0 - Seattle Public Library - Ben Larsen - Free download as PDF File (.pdf) or read online for free. Architects conceived the new Central Library building as a celebration of books. They also worked to make the library inviting to the public, rather than stuffy. New functions include automatic book sorting and conveyance, self-checkout for patrons, and over 400 public computer terminals.

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Rem Koolhaas / OMA, Seattle Public Library, Seattle-Washington USA, 2004

Image 39 of 58 from gallery of Seattle Central Library / OMA + LMN. Photograph by OMA

Completed in 2004 in Seattle, United States. Images by Philippe Ruault. The Seattle Central Library redefines the library as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to the book, but as an information store where...

The main concern in designing a library nowadays is that there are other medias emerging and seemingly to overthrow the importance of books, although they are still valuable sources of information. So the OMA architects have put forth a concept of “compartmentalised flexibility” in keeping fixed spaces for authentic facilities and providing platforms for changing functions.

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Building Integration - Project 3.0 - Seattle Public Library - Ben Larsen - Free download as PDF File (.pdf) or read online for free. Multistory-deep perimeter platform trusses supported by carefully positioned sloping columns that maximize counterbalancing opp ortu n Itle's gravity loads. Engineers developed sophisticated connections based on bridge expansion technology.