National Taipei University Library

Daxue Road, Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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National Taipei University Library

Daxue Road, Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Firm

LIAO Architect & Associates

Type

Educational › Library

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2014

National Taipei University Library, located in Sansia, New Taipei City, embraces the local culture of Sansia Old Street and the history of porcelain art in Yingge District in northern Taiwan.

The architecture is divided into two individual buildings: library and information center. A green pathway, “Social Boulevard,” is aligned with the center of the campus, through the lawn, to the gate stretching out connecting the library. Where teachers and students will have more interaction and more communication can be created. Social Boulevard continues through the information center all the way to the artificial lake with outdoor live performances and a mountain view.

Defining each building space for its flexibility of functions, the reading section is located in between the two buildings to provide a new reading experience. The natural light comes between the buildings also bringing in the breeze flowing through space and to deliver a picturesque feature.

For the exterior design, we wanted to create a signature that relates to the library itself —books — so we turned the actions of people taking books off the shelf and literally opening a book into the gentle curves with a soft texture as the façade of the building. Its design combining with windows also brings plenty of indirect skylights into the library, which creates a romantic atmosphere within the space for people to indulge in. Also influencing the exterior design as an organic element is the surrounding nature, landscape, and ripples of the lake.

To “open” the library space, meaning to open knowledge, is an open experiment for everyone, no restriction with walls, but only natural sunlight-fulfilling space. The wealth of knowledge is not only being collected from the books, but also via communication, nature environment, architecture, and, most importantly, from the interaction of people. Information flows in the surroundings to provide a positive and self-active learning environment. National Taipei University Library is more than an ordinary library.

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National Taipei University Library

Daxue Road, Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

National Taipei University Library

Daxue Road, Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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