project description
library eindhoven

client
library eindhoven

project team
prof. ir. paul diederen
ir. ruurd roorda
ir. bram van kaathoven
ir. rik de bondt

This study was aimed for a spatial translation of the renewed positioning of the public library of Eindhoven. This question was approached in two complimentary ways. The first approach focused on the site and the relation between the library and the public space. With an open mind, possible spatial models of the library were proposed for a broad array of sites in the city center.

The second approach linked the building blocks of the library to historical archetypes of architecture. The unique properties of the new library emerge from pairing these seemingly irreconcilable archetypes. The approaches were brought together in a blueprint for a transformation of the Witte Dame. By giving a concrete form to abstract terms and ambitions, this study gives a new impulse for further discussion.