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The proposed urban configuration capitalizes on the morphologic potential of the site, which is centrally and prominently located between existing and up-and-coming cultural institutions. Positioned between the waterfront and the fjord, the compact program has been divided into a number of blocks, evenly dispersed throughout the site.

Rotating the volumes towards one another, a public commons has been defined, offering diverse exteriors and unexpected perspectives. While the built volume realizes the site's commercial value, the inbetween spaces become a scenic void that superimposes the spatial qualities of the alley, the way, the forecourt and the square by merging them together into a meandering public realm.

Despite its concentration, the proposed urban footprint introduces a finer scale to the waterfront than the existing surroundings, cultivating aspects associated with old towns, as well as domestic and human scales. Downscaling the current industrial character of the area not only encourages a lively streetscape - the structure also allows for future adjustments, such as the dimensioning of potential usage, flexible phasing and reprogramming.

To the west of the property, the five blocks that comprise the new Deichmanske Main Library become a part of the project's overall spatial logic as volumes that have grown together, as well as an iconographic sculpture on the capital's skyline.

Overtly public functions are predominantly concentrated on the ground floor to engender a vivid streetscape, whereas the public areas of the library are evenly distributed in section to benefit from the vast views and to strengthen public presence and recognition value.

The Library is to become more than a place where people can consult information and enjoy tales. It will be a venue that allows for working in a concentrated manner, for audible and silent communication. It is also an open house as able to contain data as to take on stories, where people experience a sense of gathering without the need of any other stimulation except the atmosphere that the building and its surroundings radiate.

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