[3] The five-level library has a total space of 33,700 square meters (363,000 sq ft).

[4] It features floor-to-ceiling, terraced bookshelves able to hold 1.2 million books,[1] and a large, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium with a capacity of 110 people.

The library is nicknamed 'The Evil Eye' because the sphere, which appears like an iris, can be seen from the park outside through an eye-shaped opening.

Because of a decision to complete the library quickly and a conflict with what was officially approved, the main atrium cannot be used for book storage; the rooms providing access to the upper tiers of shelving were not built and book spines were printed onto the backs of the shelf space for the opening-day photographs.

Because of a tight construction schedule by the local government, the project went from preliminary drawings to its doors opening within three years.