关于法国卡昂图书馆的设计工作已经开始进行了,该设计是一个X型的公共图书馆。2016年图书馆建成时,将可以容纳150,000本书籍,并且建筑外观上的四角都将致力于不同的主题。艺术书籍将被存放在东北角,科学和技术类书籍将被存放在西北部,人文学科的书籍将被放置在东南部,而文学类书籍将被安放在西南部。这座图书馆是21世纪新思维的象征。OMA的负责人Clement Blanchet这样说道。“它是的形状是基于一个原始的动作,两条线交叉,产生一个中心,同时产生四个部分。”他补充说:“这是一个集会的想法,这一建筑,将加强书籍在日益加强的数字化世界中的作用。”13,000平方米的建筑将提供一个大型的公共广场,从而连接城市的滨水区和公园。图书馆建设是重振卡昂旧工业码头计划的一部分。它的对面,未来将建成巴黎法院,中间的街道也将纳入城市总体规划区域。图书馆将连接四个城市地理坐标, l'Abbaye aux Hommes, l'Abbaye aux Dames,火车站,还有一个新城区。在过去的几年里,OMA已经赢得了法国三个主要的工程:图卢兹的帕洛阿尔托研究所的博览会,巴黎外,Saclay生态中心,还有波尔多Begles Villenave的总体规划。该公司也在波尔多人行天桥的竞标中获得提名。
Work has started on the Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale (BMVR) - an X-shaped public library designed by OMA for the old port area of Caen, northern France (+ slideshow).
When completed in 2016 the library will house 150,000 books, with each of the four arms of the building dedicated to a different subject matter.
Arts books will be housed in the north-eastern arm, science and technology in the north west, humanities in the south east and literature in the south west.
“This library is a symbol of the lateral thinking of the twenty-first century," said Clement Blanchet, OMA associate-in-charge. "Its form is based on an almost primitive action: two lines crossing, generating a centrality, which groups four polarities."
He added: "It is an agora of ideas, a place that might reinforce the role of books in an increasingly digitised world.”
The 13,000-square-metre building will feature a ground floor lobby that will serve as a public plaza, connecting the city's waterfront and park.
The library is part of a wider project to revitalise Caen's old industrial waterfront. It is sited opposite the future Tribunal de Grande Instance and in the middle of the new urban masterplan zone.
The library will link four landmarks in the city: l'Abbaye aux Hommes, l'Abbaye aux Dames, the train station and a new urban development.
OMA has won three major competitions in France in the last couple of years: the Parc des Expositions in Toulouse; the école Centrale in Saclay, outside of Paris; and the Begles Villenave masterplan in Bordeaux.
The firm is also on the shortlist for a competition to design a pedestrian bridge in Bordeaux.