‘The Library’ redirects the purpose of a modern library back to the act of reading and escapism, that visitors rediscover the value of being present with themselves and a story. It does this by taking the user on a journey. This is guided by the concept of the book itself, influencing the form of the building as well as the experience inside.
The view of the building from the outside emulates a book left open with splaying pages. Once you are passed the regularity of the fins the plot begins to unfold. The building twists around itself, intertwining, just like story lines. The journey takes inspiration from a labyrinth, it serves as a metaphor for the plot of a book. Both following the same structure conceptually.