Selected in an open design competition, the scheme for a new university library deftly bridges the past and present.<\/p>\n
On a highly visible and central site, the library integrates once-dispersed social and recreation facilities. It becomes the university\u2019s new student hub, a site for interaction with knowledge and with others.<\/p>\n
A series of towers projects from a circular landform. The concept takes inspiration from the ancient Indonesian practice of inscribing wisdom on stone tablets, and makes the leap into modern day Indonesia as a series of abstracted stone tablets – ‘prasasti’ – rising from the circular grass-covered earth mound. The granite-clad tablets of varying heights are \u2018inscribed\u2019 with narrow glazed bands, filtering light into the volumes below.<\/p>\n
Below the mound\u2019s soil layer and concrete roof, five storeys of rare manuscripts, books and research\/reference materials are housed in a stable temperature away from direct sunlight. Solid stone cladding and narrow bands of glazing further reduce heat gain, reducing the air conditioning load.<\/p>\n
Lakeside, the landform opens up to an amphitheatre with mature mahogany trees overlooking the lake. The opening identifies the main entry, and admits light into the interior.<\/p>\n
An inspiring landmark, the library belongs to and enhances the university campus.<\/p>\n\n
Photo credits: Denton Corker Marshall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Selected in an open design competition, the scheme for a new university library deftly bridges the past and present. On a highly visible and central site, the library integrates once-dispersed social and recreation facilities. It becomes the university\u2019s new student hub, a site for interaction with knowledge and with others. A series of towers projects … Continue reading 2012 Finalist: University of Indonesia Central Library – Denton Corker Marshall<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":4785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entries-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6455,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/6455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}