"It is the love people have for books that has made libraries survive the digital age and hold new potential to give back more to the city and its public," notes Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Co-Founder and Partner at Snøhetta. "It is up to us to reinterpret the relationship between body, mind, and the surroundings to rekindle the joy of reading away from the screen. Libraries are here to stay."
The Beijing Library draws focus on the physicality of a book as an object and the conscious exercise of turning the pages to take in the written word as the primary experience amidst the picturesque setting of hills, trees, and the Tonghui river.
As one of three new major cultural buildings in Tongzhou, the Beijing Library further establishes the area as both a vibrant district in itself and an extension of Beijing's urban fabric.
New transit links to Beijing's center are underway, promising to further integrate Tongzhou with the city and drive visitors to the sub-center.
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