{"id":3807,"date":"2017-12-21T13:27:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/en\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2018-12-06T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:10:34","slug":"a-library-thats-going-to-make-your-head-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/en\/a-library-thats-going-to-make-your-head-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"A library that\u2019s going to make your head spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MVRDV, based in Rotterdam and Shanghai, has just completed a huge project in China: a 34,200 square meter library in Tianjin. It can accommodate at least 1,2 million books in its large and bright space, built around a sphere-shaped auditorium. This \u201ceye\u201d is surrounded by terrace-shaped bookshelves that remind us of Asian rice fields.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-02-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-02-2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-02-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-02-2-639x480.jpg 639w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-02-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Tianjin Binhai library was designed in collaboration with the local Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI) with the aim of being not only an educational project but also a space connecting the adjacent park with the new cultural district nearby.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-03-2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-03-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-03-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-03-2-639x480.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><br \/>\nThe five-level building contains many facilities. On the ground floor, visitors can easily access to reading rooms and to the auditorium, while in the two upper levels there are some more reading rooms as well as lounge areas. Finally, the fourth and the fifth level contain offices and meeting rooms, while the basement of the building is used as a storehouse and archive<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-05-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-05-2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-05-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-05-2-639x480.jpg 639w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-05-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><br \/>\nWiny Maas, co-founder of MVRDV, compares this library to a cave made of linear continuous bookshelves. This atypical design originates from the fact that architects were not allowed to change the original volume of the building, so they were forced to imagine the space as rolled up around the central huge sphere.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-06-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"1235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-06-2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-06-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-06-2-318x480.jpg 318w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-06-2-768x1160.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cWe opened the building creating a beautiful interior public space with a new model of an urban lounge in the middle of it\u201d, said Maas. \u201cThe large bookshelves are designed to allow people to sit there or to go up to the upper levels. Their corners and curves are intended to encourage different uses of the space, like reading, walking, gathering and debating\u201d.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-08-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-08-2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-08-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-08-2-639x480.jpg 639w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-08-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-09-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-09-2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-09-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-09-2-639x480.jpg 639w, https:\/\/archibat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MVRDV-tianjin-binhai-library-china-designboom-09-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MVRDV, based in Rotterdam and Shanghai, has just completed a huge project in China: a 34,200 square meter library in Tianjin. 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