Case Study

Open Air Library

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Details:

  • Location: Magdeburg, Germany

  • Design Team: KARO* (Antje Heuer, Stefan Rettich, Bert Hafermalz);

  • Participation Process: Architektur+Netzwerk (Sabine Eling-Saalmann)

  • Collaborators: Christian Burkhardt, Gregor Schneider, Mandy Neuenfeld

  • Project Partners: Bürgerverein Salbke, Fermersleben, Westerhüsen e.V.

  • Structural Engineering: Michael Kurt

  • Lighting Design: Jürgen Meier (architektur&medien)

  • Consulting: Ruth Gierhake

  • Client: City of Magdeburg

  • Funding: Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS)/Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), ExWoSt Program

  • Program: Temporary open-air library and participatory public space activation; reuse of facade elements from a modernist department store

  • Urban study: 2004–2005

  • “Lesezeichen” action: Oct. 2005

  • Design and participation: 2007–2008

  • Construction: Nov. 2008 – June 2009

Link:

KARO* - project website