Fourth prize winner, shared. Nicola Braghieri, ARCHITETTO NICOLA BRAGHIERI.
In stage one, this proposal gave the impression of “sampling” Asplund’s architecture. This has now been developed into its own expression with piers and glass surfaces. The authors have also simplified the connecting low-rise building facing the hill and it is easy for visitors to find their way around with overhead lighting and glass-roofed wells. The consequence of this has been that the volume of the high-rise component has markedly increased, so much so that it disturbs the balance with the hill, its top and profile.
Out of respect for the existing composition, the required building volume is housed behind the annexes towards the hill and in a higher-rise building on Gyldéngatan. The new functions are wedged in between and behind the annexes and the proposal tries to use them for library functions as much as possible. A fourth annexe is proposed on Spelbomskan Square (Spelbomskans torg). The alleyways between the annexes have been transformed into courtyards.
In the reworked proposal, many of the details have been developed in a positive way. The proposed entrance is unconvincing since the fourth annexe almost hides it instead of promoting it. The higher-rise building has become considerably thicker and contains an atrium. The atrium stretches in reality from the Odengatan entrance level up eleven floors. It will be difficult to create a visually stimulating link all the way up through the building. Because it has been made bigger to accommodate more functions, the high-rise component has unfortunately lost its elegance.
There are many different types of spaces in the library that can be used in a wide variety of ways. These spaces are positioned in sequences and many of them open out onto the surroundings. This arrangement complements the Asplund building’s axial, possibly even hierarchical, construction.
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