Towards a new appreciation
S. Muntz (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
M Pimlott – Mentor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
JS Zeinstra – Mentor (TU Delft - Situated Architecture)
M. Parravicini – Mentor (TU Delft - Architectural Technology)
H.J.M. Vande Putte – Mentor (TU Delft - Real Estate Management)
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Abstract
This graduation project explores the feasibility of renewing the competition for the Asplund Library in Stockholm. The competition and assignment focus on a possible extension. A renewed proposal will have to determine if the original intended program still reflects the needs of a contemporary library. Furthermore, this proposal seriously questions whether the established strategies of working with heritage still hold up in a world that must deal with limits to growth.
The proposal suggests that by looking beyond the strategies of adding to and contrasting with existing architecture, the brief can be answered in a much more modest way.