LIBRARY PODOLÍ

PROPOSAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY PODOLÍ IN THE AREA OF THE CORNER GAP SITE IN PRAGUE PODOLÍ. THE MASS OF THE BUILDING IS BASED ON ITS INTEGRATION INTO THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS, WHICH IS ALSO HELPED BY THE SHAPE OF THE ROOF. THE WALLS, SEPARATED FROM THE BUSY OUTDOOR LIFE, ARE MADE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE, CAST INTO FORMWORK SHAPED ACCORDING TO WORLEY'S NOISE. THE GLASS FAÇADE OF THE LIBRARY OPENS ONTO THE SEMI-INTERIOR PARTERRE IN THE WEDGED COURTYARD, THIS IS COMPOSITIONALLY BALANCED BY ANOTHER OPEN GLAZING TO THE COURTYARD. ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS THE LIBRARY'S RECEPTION AREA AND A CAFÉ, WHICH ADDS FRAGRANCE AND SOUND TO THE LIBRARY. A STAIRCASE LEADS AROUND THE GLASS FAÇADE OF THE COURTYARD. THE LIBRARY ITSELF IS LOCATED ON THE UPPER FLOORS.