[2] From 1965 to 2011, the central library was located in the Wilhelmspalais, built 1834 – 1840 by Giovanni Salucci as the residence of the Württemberg king.

Eun Young Yi designed the new library as a simple cube shape with two floors underground and nine above ground.

The square prism is a structured building consisting of a precast concrete framework with glass bricks elements set within.

For Eun Young Yi, it showcases the essential values of architecture and human dignity today.

To provide a meditative space in the busy city centre, the brief required the designer to focus on "centredness".

As sources of inspiration, Yi Architects relied upon the design of the Pantheon, the 1785 Bibliothèque Nationale de France proposal, Noah's ark, and A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick.

The other central space, the gallery, located above the heart, is derived from a national library for France by Etienne Boullée.

From the fifth level, a funnel-shaped hall opens upwards and creates large central air spaces.

The eighth level houses a small bistro, a literature café, the art collection and the Graphothek.

The respective elements have a door-like opening for the exchange between inside and outside and natural air conditioning.

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