Faculteitsbibliotheek Architectuur

OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Gent

A GREEN MECCANO CONSTRUCTION in a former physics laboratory. The space under the existing balcony was filled with three floors of bookshelves. The ingenious construction reunites the collection, which used to be scattered around. It also structures the use of the library: during lectures and receptions, the railing, which otherwise serves as a balustrade for the balcony, is lowered to protect the collection.

This text has been published in the Architecture Review Flanders N°12. Tailored Architecture.