Library of the University of Technology in Delft
The university campus is dominated by a concrete structure dating from the 1960s by van den Broek & Bakema. In order not to enter info visual competition with this, the new library was conceived as a continuation of the topography and pushes itself in wedge-like form beneath the surface of the ground. A 40- meter-high truncated concrete cone forms a striking contrast to the gently moulded landscape. The cone is supported on six V-shape pairs of raking columns and houses a four-storey reading space, which is naturally lighted from above via a central void.
