In the shade of pyramids

the place chosen for the library has a unique value for this high-density neighbourhood. on the one hand, it accesses the main thoroughfare connecting this district with the city centre. on the other hand, it is adjoined by public buildings (church, shops). with a new library here, this place will definitely acquire status of the public centre of the whole neighbourhood. in this respect, one of our objectives was to ensure maximum preservation of the green areas, while creating an utterly concentrated public facility. as a solution to this task, as well as a response to the subtropical climate with heavy rainfalls and active insolation, we come forward with a building which creates a deep ventilated shade over the public area, provides rain protection and occupies minimum space on the ground level. the inverted pyramid silhouette accentuates this place and distinguishes it from the surrounding commercial and residential development. this boosts the identity of the place, as an important component of the local social infrastructure.

location: south korea, daegu
function: library
size: 3 100 m2
status: competition project (2012)

drozdov&partners (anastasiia budnyk, yulia demidyuk, oleg drozdov, alexander kuznetsov, andrian sokolovsky, timofey ulanchenko, denis shatalyuk)

In the shade of pyramids by Oleg Drozdov in Korea, South won the WA Award Cycle 18. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.