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Sou fujimoto completes a coastal library beneath a sweeping planted roof
September 16
A low public building follows the horizon and opens toward the sea.
The coastal library is defined by a broad planted roof that rises gently from the landscape before folding over reading rooms and community spaces. Slender columns keep the ground floor visually open, allowing views to pass through the building toward the water. The plan avoids long corridors in favor of connected reading zones shaped by furniture, level changes and soft acoustic surfaces. Architecture and landscape are treated as one continuous public environment.
A low public building follows the horizon and opens toward the sea.
The coastal library is defined by a broad planted roof that rises gently from the landscape before folding over reading rooms and community spaces. Slender columns keep the ground floor visually open, allowing views to pass through the building toward the water. The plan avoids long corridors in favor of connected reading zones shaped by furniture, level changes and soft acoustic surfaces. Architecture and landscape are treated as one continuous public environment.
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Sou fujimoto completes a coastal library beneath a sweeping planted roof
September 16
A low public building follows the horizon and opens toward the sea.
The coastal library is defined by a broad planted roof that rises gently from the landscape before folding over reading rooms and community spaces. Slender columns keep the ground floor visually open, allowing views to pass through the building toward the water. The plan avoids long corridors in favor of connected reading zones shaped by furniture, level changes and soft acoustic surfaces. Architecture and landscape are treated as one continuous public environment.
A low public building follows the horizon and opens toward the sea.
The coastal library is defined by a broad planted roof that rises gently from the landscape before folding over reading rooms and community spaces. Slender columns keep the ground floor visually open, allowing views to pass through the building toward the water. The plan avoids long corridors in favor of connected reading zones shaped by furniture, level changes and soft acoustic surfaces. Architecture and landscape are treated as one continuous public environment.
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