National Library of Germany: From books to bytes: acquiring knowledge in a digital age

How can the national library best accommodate the collection and curation of<br/>knowledge to encourage learning in an age of digitalisation?<br/>During the graduation studio Complex Projects the role of the national library in<br/>Germany was put under investigation. The national library functions as a central place where all published work of...

The architecture of the open office in the twentieth-century: Exploring the spatial configurations of the open floor plan in offices As example the Johnson Wax Headquarters and Centraal Beheer Office

In this thesis the modern office typology will be the main object of this research. Giving an answer to the question: how did the open floor plan in offices emerge in the twentieth century? The buildings Johnson Wax Headquarters (1939) by Frank Lloyd Wright and Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1972) by Herman Hertzberger will be analysed to illustrate...