BEIC - Biblioteca Europea Informazione e Cultura
1st prize Competition, Milan, under construction
Team: ONSITE studio, Baukuh, SCE, STAIN, ATMOS, Yellow Office, Dot Dot Dot, Mistretta, Greenwhich, MontanaThe new European Library of Information and Culture (BEIC) is not a traditional library, where the treasures of an already existing culture can be sheltered and made accessible for the future, but a laboratory, where the tools necessary to produce contemporary culture.
The new BEIC combines a huge library heritage with a complex set of devices for reading and archiving digital content. This dual nature, evident already from the double figure, also characterizes its daily functioning.
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