Library of the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (FH)

During the 750th anniversary of the city of Eberswalde: View of the library

entrance

Night shot

Facade of the library made of photo concrete

The library of the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (FH) is a library building in Eberswalde . It was designed by the architects Herzog & de Meuron and completed in 1998 as one of two new buildings by the architects on the campus of the University for Sustainable Development .

layout

From the outside, the building appears as a simple, introverted cuboid . The photo artist Thomas Ruff designed the facade. All glass and concrete elements were serially printed with photographs in a process similar to screen printing. The visual information on the outer skin indicates the information content of a library; according to Pierre de Meuron, it symbolizes concentrated knowledge. He said: "Without the photos it would be a boring chunk". In 1999 the new library building received an architecture award for its successful integration into the surroundings of Friedrich-Ebert-Straße.

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  Outside window

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  Interior view of the library of the Eberswalder University

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  Entrance from the inside

Reception of the new building

• The Minister of Culture of Brandenburg , Steffen Reiche ( SPD ) praised the courage for contemporary architecture and said: "This is a significant building of the modern age."
• Gunther Wolff, the first rector of the university, described the building as something that took some getting used to. The spectacular architecture also has something good, because it means that nobody notices the new bank building opposite.
• In 1999 the building was awarded the Brandenburg Architecture Prize of the Brandenburg Chamber of Architects in the context of the urban planning concept .
• The NZZ describes the building as a "tattooed box".

literature

• Herzog & de Meuron 1993-1997. In: El Croquis . No. 84, 1997, pp. 150-155.

Web links

Commons : Library of the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (FH)  - collection of images

• Detailed article with photos in the nextroom architecture database / NZZ Folio by Roman Hollenstein on June 1, 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New library of the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences inaugurated / facade sparked discussions "Without the photos it would be a boring block" In: Berliner Zeitung , edition of April 8, 1999.
2. ↑ NZZ Folio , 6/1999, edition of June 1, 1999.

Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 13 ° 49 ′ 1 ″  E