Norwegian studio Snohetta designed a Learning Center for the 21st century students of Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. It is a “library without books” for the digital natives of the Net Generation, but also a city icon placed on a corner of the busy commercial Yonge Street, where they created an outside stepped meeting place, protected under a glimmering blue ceiling which is an invitation to the interior entrance hall. Up from this hybrid hall which embraces the first three levels of the university spaces (ground floor and underground are destined to retail spaces connected to the street) and above the bridge connecting directly to the old RU Library (where students can still get physical books) the RU Learning Center works autonomously floor by floor. Baptised by the authors with different names, they correspond to varying layouts of enclosed study rooms and common study areas, characterized by different colours and materials, with special emphasis on “The Beach” where the new spirit of this generation of urban digital tribes is clearly revealed by the comfortable look of the groups random aggregation.
Um iceberg norvegese lungo Yonge Street. Il Ryerson University Student Learning Center di Snohetta.
da Silva Ferreira de Carvalho, Antonio;Lenzini, Francesco
2018-01-01
Abstract
Norwegian studio Snohetta designed a Learning Center for the 21st century students of Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. It is a “library without books” for the digital natives of the Net Generation, but also a city icon placed on a corner of the busy commercial Yonge Street, where they created an outside stepped meeting place, protected under a glimmering blue ceiling which is an invitation to the interior entrance hall. Up from this hybrid hall which embraces the first three levels of the university spaces (ground floor and underground are destined to retail spaces connected to the street) and above the bridge connecting directly to the old RU Library (where students can still get physical books) the RU Learning Center works autonomously floor by floor. Baptised by the authors with different names, they correspond to varying layouts of enclosed study rooms and common study areas, characterized by different colours and materials, with special emphasis on “The Beach” where the new spirit of this generation of urban digital tribes is clearly revealed by the comfortable look of the groups random aggregation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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