Six architectually inspiring libraries from the world!!!
"From early on I have suspected that the so important sounding task "know thyself" is a ruse of a cabal of priests. They are trying to seduce man [woman] from activity in the outside world, to distract him with the impossible demands; they seek to draw him into a false inner contemplation. Man only knows himself as he knows the world- the world which he only comes to know in himself and himself only in it"
- Goethe
Given the current trend towards accessing information (including e-books) over the internet, among the reasons to visit a physical library is to locate oneself in a building (and perhaps in the spirit of Goethe, to be still connected to the "outside" world). This blog is about libraries as physical spaces that can inspire people to visit a library and provide an enjoyable and creative space in which one can read and access information. I have selected 5 libraries that currently exist in the world and hope to inspire people to visit them. The buildings were selected principally for their architecture and I also wanted to get a selection from different countries. I sort inspiration from researching different libraries on the internet, looking at architecture websites, blogs and articles and selected five libraries that seemed appealing.
"From early on I have suspected that the so important sounding task "know thyself" is a ruse of a cabal of priests. They are trying to seduce man [woman] from activity in the outside world, to distract him with the impossible demands; they seek to draw him into a false inner contemplation. Man only knows himself as he knows the world- the world which he only comes to know in himself and himself only in it"
- Goethe
Given the current trend towards accessing information (including e-books) over the internet, among the reasons to visit a physical library is to locate oneself in a building (and perhaps in the spirit of Goethe, to be still connected to the "outside" world). This blog is about libraries as physical spaces that can inspire people to visit a library and provide an enjoyable and creative space in which one can read and access information. I have selected 5 libraries that currently exist in the world and hope to inspire people to visit them. The buildings were selected principally for their architecture and I also wanted to get a selection from different countries. I sort inspiration from researching different libraries on the internet, looking at architecture websites, blogs and articles and selected five libraries that seemed appealing.
The five libraries I have selected are:
Musashino Art University Museum & Library
Seatle Library
Royal Danish Library
National Library of Belarus
Geisel Library
With each library, I intend to give a description of the building, find information on the architect and what they intended to achieve through their design, choose an interesting aspect of the building and elaborate on that, provide some thoughts about my own reaction to the building and perhaps add additional information that seems relevant.
Being based in Melbourne, unfortunately I won’t be able to visit any of the libraries and intend to do all research over the internet. Using resources through the Swinburne library, I will access journal articles and relevant books. I will also do basic internet searches using Google and Wikipedia and also hope to locate images through sites such as FLICR and google images. I also hope to find video footage through youtube or vimeo.
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