Anttinen Oiva Architects designed the new academic library for the University of Helsinki in the city’s downtown Kaisaniemenkatu. Completed in 2012, the library faces the busy street with a gridded facade which opens underneath wide arches. The grid of the city clashes with dynamic space conceptually and physically through-out the library. This wide arched front window opens up to a parabolic grand staircase. The integration of old and new architecture, static and dynamism, relates the varied spaces and points within the city.
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(pedroko_75– flickr/creative commons license)
(pedroko_75– flickr/creative commons license)
(pedroko_75– flickr/creative commons license)
(pedroko_75– flickr/creative commons license)
