Public Library in Dubai

Proposal for a New Public Library in Dubai 2006. For generations, the library has been a meeting point for the exchange of ideas, inspiration and knowledge. In that sense the public library has a strong symbolic role, and deserves a powerful visual appearance and prominent placement in the city. The public library should be an icon for the new city of Dubai.The inspiration for the project is the source of knowledge – the book itself. The stacking of books with the top book open towards the sky could be read as the seven Emirates working together. To create a dynamic building on a dynamic site, the structure, or the stack of books, is really a mixture of programs and functions stacked on top of each other. A shopping mall, a conference centre, office spaces and an elevated outdoor recreation plaza support the library with a flux of people with different aims and different interests. In this sense the building embodies the mixture of the Dubai culture and its tradition of interaction.