National Library of Belarus
The National Library of Belarus proclaims on its website that it contains the “universal spiritual values, and the treasury of Belarusian people’s cultural heritage and national memory". Like all national libraries, it serves a vital community role and I think the building is suitably impressive.
The National Library of Belarus proclaims on its website that it contains the “universal spiritual values, and the treasury of Belarusian people’s cultural heritage and national memory". Like all national libraries, it serves a vital community role and I think the building is suitably impressive.
The library is built in the shape of a Rhombicuboctahedron, which consists of eight triangular and eighteen square faces. There are 24 There are 24 identical vertices, with one triangle and three squares meeting at each. (Note that six of the squares only share vertices with the triangles while the other twelve share an edge.)
Such a shape can be found in the 16th century portrait of Luca Pacioli by the Italian Renaissance artist Jacopo de' Barbari, whose picture is shown below.
This shape, now built as a large glass structure, led the libray's director Roman Motulsky to declare the building a "futuristic diamond-like structure is one part building, one part spaceship"
The building was designed by the architects M.K.Vinogradov and V.V.Kramarenko and they wanted to symbolise the idea of value and endlessness of the world of knowledge . I think from the distance, it certainly would spark ones curiosity and want to find out more about what is inside the building.
It opened in 2006, building on a library that was founded in 1922
The scale is very impressive, standing at 73 metres, it has 145km worth of shelving and the capacity to hold up to 14 million items.
There is an excellent visual presentation on the inside of the building on the library's website which can be accessed by clicking on this link
References:
Latimer, K & Cranfield, A 2007, ' Building for the Future: National and Academic Libraries from Around the Globe: report on a conference held in The Hague 3–5 October 2007', IFLA Official Journal of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, vol 34, no. 4, pp. 359-362, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://ifla.queenslibrary.org/V/iflaj/IFLA-Journal-4-2008.pdf#page=39>.
Rhombicuboctahedron 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombicuboctahedron>.
Presentation 2012, National Library of Belarus, viewed 10 June 2012,<http://old.nlb.by/navigator_eng/Biblio_pres_03.html>.
Belarus-Minsk-New National Library-2.jpg 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Belarus-Minsk-New_National_Library-2.jpg>.
Pacioli.jpg 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacioli.jpg>.
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This shape, now built as a large glass structure, led the libray's director Roman Motulsky to declare the building a "futuristic diamond-like structure is one part building, one part spaceship"
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| Source: Wikipedia |
The building was designed by the architects M.K.Vinogradov and V.V.Kramarenko and they wanted to symbolise the idea of value and endlessness of the world of knowledge . I think from the distance, it certainly would spark ones curiosity and want to find out more about what is inside the building.
It opened in 2006, building on a library that was founded in 1922
The scale is very impressive, standing at 73 metres, it has 145km worth of shelving and the capacity to hold up to 14 million items.
There is an excellent visual presentation on the inside of the building on the library's website which can be accessed by clicking on this link
References:
Latimer, K & Cranfield, A 2007, ' Building for the Future: National and Academic Libraries from Around the Globe: report on a conference held in The Hague 3–5 October 2007', IFLA Official Journal of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, vol 34, no. 4, pp. 359-362, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://ifla.queenslibrary.org/V/iflaj/IFLA-Journal-4-2008.pdf#page=39>.
Rhombicuboctahedron 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombicuboctahedron>.
Presentation 2012, National Library of Belarus, viewed 10 June 2012,<http://old.nlb.by/navigator_eng/Biblio_pres_03.html>.
Belarus-Minsk-New National Library-2.jpg 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Belarus-Minsk-New_National_Library-2.jpg>.
Pacioli.jpg 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 10 June 2012, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacioli.jpg>.
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