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New Central Library of Berlin State by FAR frohn&rojas
Along the Tempelhofer Damm, the building offers a view over Berlin's silhouette as it opens with a full-size city window in the central information area of the library. (Image: FAR frohn&rojas) Seen from the park, the library becomes a visual extension of the strong, 2 kilometer-long linearity of the runway, architecture becomes central perspective on an infrastructural scale. The library is organized as a sequence of stepped terraces. (Image: FAR frohn&rojas) The perception of the volume from the freeway and the S-Bahn corridor is fashioned by movement and speed: architecture in the periphery of the visual field. The building unfolds as a sequence of vertically folded facets to the driver. (Image: FAR frohn&rojas) Alternative site proposed by FAR: Library as extension of the runway. (Image: FAR frohn&rojas)

The perception of the volume from the freeway and the S-Bahn corridor is fashioned by movement and speed: architecture in the periphery of the visual field. The building unfolds as a sequence of vertically folded facets to the driver. (Image: FAR frohn&rojas)
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The perception of the volume from the freeway and the S-Bahn corridor is fashioned by movement and speed: architecture in the periphery of the visual field. The building unfolds as a sequence of vertically folded facets to the driver. (Image: FAR frohn&rojas)