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The Bibliothèque Municipales à Vocation Régionale (BMVR) is located at the tip of the peninsula, a focal point of the new development in Caen.
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The library is designed with two intersecting pedagogic axes which encourage maximum interface between disciplines: human sciences, science and technology, literature, and the arts.
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With its four protruding planes, the building points to four landmark points in Caen (the Abbaye-aux-Dames in the north, the central train station to the south, the Abbaye-aux-Hommes in the east and the area of new construction in the west), and becomes a symbolic centre for the city.
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In the exterior spaces created by these intersecting reading rooms, the library interacts with its surroundings, opening up to a park, pedestrian pathway and waterfront plaza.
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The design of the future BMVR Caen meets the Haute Qualité Environnementale, a standard for sustainable building in France. The sustainable approach responds to local climactic conditions to ensure energy efficiency.
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Shallow floor plans maximise available natural light, creating the ideal reading environment crucial to a library. Source by OMA
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Location: Caen, Quai Francois Mitterrand, Rue Dumont d’Urville, Rue Suède et Norvège.Caen, France
Architects: OMA
Client: Communauté d’agglomération Caen La Mer
Library: 12 700 m2 (SHON)
Year: 2016
APS & APD
Partner: Rem Koolhaas
Associate in charge: Clément Blanchet
Project managers: Dirk Peters (APS), Francisco Martinez (APS & APD)
Project Team: Marek Chytil, Paul Cournet, Lionel Debs, Javier Guijarro, Didzis Jaunzems, Sangwoo Kim, Pierre Jean Le Maitre, Filippo Nanni, Clement Perisse, Maria Aller Rey, Mariano Sagasta, Giulia Scotto
PRO & DCE
Partner: Rem Koolhaas
Associate in charge: Clément Blanchet
Project leader: Francisco Martinez
Project Team: Merve Anil, Alicia Casals, Helena Hiriart, Phil Handley, Sangwoo Kim, Byungchan Kim, Pierre Jean Le Maitre, Maria Aller Rey, Mariano Sagasta, Giulia Scotto, Sara Sun
CONSTRUCTION
Partner: Chris van Duijn
Contract Manager: Francois Riollot
Project leader: Francisco Martinez
Project Team: Maria Aller Rey, Julien Miguel, Phelan Heinsohn, Jerome Picard
COLLABORATORS
Architecture: Clement Blanchet Architecture, Barcode Architects
Engineering: Iosis / Egis Batiments
Sustainability & Facade: Elioth
Acoustic: RHDHV
Scenography: Ducks sceno
Renderings / moving images: ArtefactoryLab
Façade: Rob van Santen / VS-a group
Images: Courtesy of OMA
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