Media library, Delft

The Hoogoven Building in Delft, an outdated office block from the seventies, has been transformed into a Media Library. The quality of the old building, in the form of a transparent and therefore flexible structural frame, has been brought into play in order to shape the organization for its new functions. Shops, restaurants and cafés, apartments and bicycle storage are also included in this project. The most important architectural and spatial intervention of the building is the continuous roof light, with
a striking glass roof stretching across the entire width of the building. An atrium connects the various floors and functions. The warm, soft
materials of the interior bridge the gap between the hard industrial structural frame and the building’s current use.

In 2009, the Media Centre was declared the best library of the Netherlands.


Architect: Liesbeth van der Pol / Aat Vos (AEQUO architects)
Team: P. Cannon, J.A. van Gemert, M. Hardonk, R. Bos, P. Lievense
Number: 0227
Status: Built
Year: 2002 - 2007
Client: Gemeente Delft

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Media library, Delft  –  grandstand

In 2009, the Media Centre was declared the best library of the Netherlands.

Media library, Delft  –  glass roof
Patrick Cannon Patrick Cannon
Partner
Media library, Delft  –  interior

Transparent, spacial structure, each function its own atmosphere.

Media library, Delft  –  open and accessible
Public
Media library, Delft  –  bookcase
Sustainable
Media library, Delft  –  red room
Light
Media library, Delft  –  transformation
Brick
Media library, Delft  –  existing frame
Living
Media library, Delft  –  Entrance
Glass
Media library, Delft  –  colourful
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Media library, Delft  –  in the evening

Integrated design where all components are perfectly adjusted to each other.

Media library, Delft  –  Reading kids in own colourfull space
Liesbeth van der Pol Liesbeth van der Pol
Architect / Partner
Media library, Delft  –  glass facade
Colour
Media library, Delft  –  Cultuurplein
Concrete
Media library, Delft  –  Part of the facade
Renewal
Media library, Delft  –  detail
To meet
Media library, Delft  –  feel at home
Media library, Delft  –  Dok Delft
Media library, Delft  –  transparent