The Royal Library, CopenhagenThe Black Diamond

CONTEXT

Waterfront Skyline

Iconic Node

CONNECTIONS

Horizontal and VerticalExternal and Internal

INFORMATION ACCESS

Self-ServiceTechnology

Efficiency

FUNCTIONAL READING ROOMS

Incandescent LightNatural Light

Mezzanine (Stacks)

Reading Space

Balcony

Atrium

Communal Seating

Glass Wall=Transparency

LEISURE AND CULTURE