Longwall Library - Magdalen College / Wright & Wright Architects
Wright & Wright Architects? reworking of a Grade II* listed building, is a radical reinvention of the concept of a library.
© Dennis Gilbert
Architects: Wright & Wright Architects
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Dennis Gilbert
Client: Magdalen College
Structural Engineer: Alan Baxter & Associates
M&E Consultant: Max Fordham
Qs: Gardiner & Theobald
Cdm Coordinator: Gardiner & Theobald
Main Contractor: Stepnell
© Dennis Gilbert
Text description provided by the architects. Wright & Wright Architects? reworking of a Grade II* listed building, is a radical reinvention of the concept of a library. As a starting point, the practice considered the history of the scholar in his study and in particular the way in which learning environments have adapted significantly over time, in terms of academic practice, from the monastic tradition, to the development of subjects beyond the humanities, to the arrival of the printed book, through the Reformation and, currently, into the digital age. The diversifying resources of the academic library require anchoring and physical embodiment. When the printed book was invented, libraries adapted and endured as places in which to house knowledge. This project brings together digital technology, hard-copy media, a visually stimulating setting and proximity to one?s peers wi...
© Dennis Gilbert
Architects: Wright & Wright Architects
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Dennis Gilbert
Client: Magdalen College
Structural Engineer: Alan Baxter & Associates
M&E Consultant: Max Fordham
Qs: Gardiner & Theobald
Cdm Coordinator: Gardiner & Theobald
Main Contractor: Stepnell
© Dennis Gilbert
Text description provided by the architects. Wright & Wright Architects? reworking of a Grade II* listed building, is a radical reinvention of the concept of a library. As a starting point, the practice considered the history of the scholar in his study and in particular the way in which learning environments have adapted significantly over time, in terms of academic practice, from the monastic tradition, to the development of subjects beyond the humanities, to the arrival of the printed book, through the Reformation and, currently, into the digital age. The diversifying resources of the academic library require anchoring and physical embodiment. When the printed book was invented, libraries adapted and endured as places in which to house knowledge. This project brings together digital technology, hard-copy media, a visually stimulating setting and proximity to one?s peers wi...
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