Typology # Agora

In the ancient Greece, it was the public space for social and political life; a place for ongoing debate, like the School of Athens. During the Enlightenment, it became a monumental space for collection and user.

School of Athens - Raffaello Sanzio
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French National Library - Étienne-Louis Boullée
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OBA Amsterdam - Jo Coenen
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Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart - Eun Young Yi
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Tianjin-Binhai library - MVRDV

The Library represents, maybe with the prison, the last of the uncontested moral universes: communal accommodations for 'good' (or necessary) activities… The moral goodness of the Library is intimately connected to the value of the book: the Library is its fortress, librarians are its guardians…
OMA - concept book Public Library Seattle | 1999

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Quatar National Library | OMA
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School of Athens - Raffaello Sanzio

French National Library - Étienne-Louis Boullée

OBA Amsterdam - Jo Coenen

Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart - Eun Young Yi

Tianjin-Binhai library - MVRDV

Quatar National Library | OMA

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