The New Library of the University of Aveiro

Laura Oliva Correia Lemos

doi:10.18352/lq.7596

Abstract

Highlights

The new library of the University of Aveiro1 was inaugurated in 1995.The architect selected to put the new library project into practice was Álvaro Siza, an internationally recognised Portuguese architect.2 The project was assigned in 1987.Construction began two years later
The new university library has a multidisciplinary collection of scientifictechnical subjects from interdisciplinary areas in science and engineering to humanities, arts and communication, management, economics and planning
The central areas in the reading-rooms receive light from the ceiling, by twenty four roof clerestories, that look like magic circles illuminating the library and that reflect diffused daylight to the lower floors, through large central voids (Fig. 3)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The new library of the University of Aveiro was inaugurated in 1995. The architect selected to put the new library project into practice was Álvaro Siza, an internationally recognised Portuguese architect. The project was assigned in 1987. The university agreed that the architect would elaborate the garden and parking project These works involving the green garden, the side-walk and a ramp access to the library finished last year and the parking lot construction will only begin in 2001. The new university library has a multidisciplinary collection of scientifictechnical subjects from interdisciplinary areas in science and engineering to humanities, arts and communication, management, economics and planning. At the moment, it serves a population of about 8,500 students, including 550 postgraduates of master and PhD and 650 academic staff. A ramp access, in the eastern side, leads directly to the central square at a first floor level (Fig. 2)

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