READING PARK OF THE SAXON STATE, STATE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DRESDEN

The new buil­ding of the Säch­si­sche Landes‑, Staats- und Uni­ver­si­täts­bi­blio­thek Dres­den (Dres­den libra­ry) is the new cent­re of the Dres­den “Hoch­schul­ach­se” – uni­ver­si­ty axis. The libra­ry is influen­ced by the land­scape and open space cir­cum­s­tances of the city. The “green roof” of the buil­ding is desi­gned as a land­scape ter­race of the Räck­nitz slo­pe and forms the library’s rea­ding park. Its aura is shaped by grand lime trees stan­ding on the embank­ment. The­se sur­round it on three sides and ori­gi­na­te from the sports field that had pre­vious­ly been on this site.

Com­ple­men­ta­ry recrea­tio­nal are­as sub­or­di­na­te to the basic form of the land­scape ter­race are:
– the semi-cir­cu­lar ent­rance cour­ty­ard
– the green atri­um cut into the lawn roof
– the sea­ting are­as under the orna­men­tal cher­ry trees on the lawn roof