Medical Library Oasis (O.A.S.E.)
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf A.d.ö.R.·Düsseldorf, Germany
Medical Library Oasis (O.A.S.E.)
- Year
- 2011
- Category
- Cultural · Libraries
- Type
- Educational
- Status
- Built
- Location
- Düsseldorf, Germany
The name evokes longing and although the name Oasis is chiefly a play on words, the architecture of the new medical library of the Heinrich Heine University and the University Clinic in Dusseldorf demonstrates clear similarities with a fertile spot in the desert. Not through its form but through its concept; the brief was to design a space for enthusiastic learning; a place of exchange, of innovative teaching and learning and of development. The initial letters of these concepts in German together form the word O.A.S.E. – oasis.The external appearance of the solid structure reflects the library’s specialist topic; it is the architectural expression of the capillary system.
The name evokes longing and although the name Oasis is chiefly a play on words, the architecture of the new medical library of the Heinrich Heine University and the University Clinic in Dusseldorf demonstrates clear similarities with a fertile spot in the desert. Not through its form but through its concept; the brief was to design a space for enthusiastic learning; a place of exchange, of innovative teaching and learning and of development. The initial letters of these concepts in German together form the word O.A.S.E. – oasis.The external appearance of the solid structure reflects the library’s specialist topic; it is the architectural expression of the capillary system.