Godzilla
ゴジラ
__________________
Φόλα στους μικρούς και σε αυτούς που μας θέλουν μικρούς
Quote:
If you were a betting man, then looking at the current economic situation in Greece and their government attempts at austerity you may have thought that the plans for grand cultural projects in Athens would have taken a hit. If you did you'd be wrong.
Officially known as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, the project by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop will accommodate the Greek National Opera House and Greek National Library.
Welcoming visitors and researchers alike will be an impressive frontage that when approached from the Olympic Esplanade will present a quadrupled height glazed section with highly transparent glass and slender perimeter columns behind it - something of a trademark touch for Piano - that will rise to a cathedral sized height of 30 metres.
Dramatic diagonal staircases sweep up either side of the entrance, with the standing proudly above the main bulk of the building supported by the perimeter columns and crossbracing creating a sheltered green roof sitting under a canopy of 10,000 square metres of solar panels.
As with the British Library, the internal highlight of the building will be a book tower that is on display to visitors once they have entered the building. Within this will be thousands of historical books and documents, some of the cream of the library's collection.
Topping the building will be a quadruple aspect glazed room that will provide sweeping views over Athens towards the mountains that ring the Greek city that will have direct access to the ground for visitors via express escalators.
Also Connected to this there will be a large external space over the roof of the building with a landscaped pedestrian route that gradually begins ground level having risen up at a shallow gradient.
Numerous changes will also be made around the base of the site with new paths connecting the building to Niarchos Park that are designed to be like traditional Greek roads with rough paving and a canal to be set along the side of the building that references the old maritime roots of Athens that saw the Greek world dominate western civilization.
Και οι φωτογραφίες:
Skyscraper News - Skyscrapers, Cathedrals, Modern Architecture database, news, information and images
Skyscraper News - Skyscrapers, Cathedrals, Modern Architecture database, news, information and images
Ich bin schon sehr gespannt drauf. Das ist wahrlich ein Meisterweg von Piano. Was geschieht eigentlich mit der alten (noch aktuellen) Bibliothek in Athen?