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Rudy Ricciotti designed the Bibliothèque Simone-de-Beauvoir in the Grammont (cultural) district of Paris, and opened on November 6, 2010. It stands at the terminus of the Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir bridge and is cradled by the four buildings of the French National Library. As the city’s archives, it contains over 20,000 references in various formats, including 3,000 DVDs.
The cultural district recently received a new park designed by Jacqueline Osty. The repetitive elements of this modernist structure follow the buildings in the context, indeed the modern French sensibility of buildings and parks. The neatly lined trees are reflected in the tilted pilasters bellow the busy forms. The raised mass invites the pedestrian level to investigate inside, with an exhibition hall and auditorium. It completes a classically arranged center for learning and record-keeping. The white stone exterior has a monumental and permanent nature. The architecture itself, as a method of record-keeping, seems distant and object to the changing culture. |
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