Library, Oslo

“The garden - the dream - the cloud in between”

This building is formed by an understanding of the complex world of the book and its relation to us as individuals and as society. It encloses three different moods related to the program of the contemporary library:

The ground floor is a social garden, open and flexible. Able to take on the task as a local community centre.
The enclosed “book-cloud” , mysterious and endless. Cultivating serendipity and the search.
The calm messanine, airy and light. A place for the individual dream and exploration.