Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected as the architects
of the Library and Learning Centre (LLC) at the University
of Economics & Business, Vienna. The new Library and
Learning Centre will be the centerpiece of the University’s
new
campus and provide a significant upgrade to the
University’s services. In addition to the new library, the
LLC will also
provide a language laboratory, tutorial rooms,
administration offices, student centre, book shop,
cafeteria, clubrooms
and event space.
The new Library and Learning Centre rises as a polygonal
block from the centre of the new university campus. The
LLC’s design takes the form of a cube with both inclined
and straight edges. The straight lines of the building’s
exterior
separate as they move inward, becoming curvilinear and
fluid, generating a free-formed interior canyon that serves
as
the central public plaza. All the other facilities of the LLC
are housed within a single volume that also divides,
becoming
two separate ribbons that wind around each other to
enclose this glazed gathering space.
“I am delighted to be working in Vienna as I have a close
affiliation with the city. As a centre of research, the
Library
and Learning Centre is forum for the exchange of ideas. It
is very exciting for us to be part of the University’s
expansion.” states Zaha Hadid.
Rector of the University of Economics & Business,
Christoph Badelt said “A library and learning center should
be
more than a mere library in the classical sense: it is a
research and a service facility, a workplace and lounge, a
place
of communication and a traffic hub, at one and the same
time. With its breathtaking architecture, the design by
Zaha Hadid manages to combine all the key functions of
study in a most wonderful way. It is a vision that embodies
this innovative concept of a university.”
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