LIBRARY
SHANGHAI
CHINA, 2016
CULTURE
PR–520
The Shanghai Library East aims to become a major cultural hub that is inclusive and accessible to as many people as possible.
GALLERY
015
PROGRAM
The new Shanghai East Library combines its role as a public library with lecture halls, exhibition spaces, a specialized research center, innovation spaces, and storage areas. At the heart of the project, a large reading plaza establishes a direct visual connection with the surrounding environment.
DETAIL
Situation
Century Avenue, Pudong District, Shanghai
Year
2016
Status
International competition
Site area
110 000 m²
Project management
Pudong New Area Planning and Land Use Authority, Publicity Department of Pudong New Area, Shanghai Architectural Society, Time Architecture magazine, Shanghai
Project implementation
Dominique Perrault, architect, urbanist
Design offices
ARUP, Jean-Paul Lamoureux
Interior architect and designer
Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost
DESCRIPTION
Its architecture reflects this ambition by featuring, at the heart of the building, a “Reading Plaza”—a spacious, open-access hall where cultural experiences converge. In an era of technological change, the library’s design allows for flexible adaptation over time.
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Within a compact structure, its modular system—based on a grid of 10 meters by 10 meters and 5 meters high—functions like a jigsaw puzzle, offering an infinite number of configurations. Quiet reading, exhibitions, lectures… each space transforms, interlocks, and reorganizes itself to meet the needs of readers.
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