ARCHITECTUURGIDS.NL / ARCHITECTUREGUIDE.NL

LIBRARY APELDOORN

H.J.M. RUIJSSENAARS (LRR), 1980-1984, Vosselmanstraat 299, Apeldoorn

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Hans Ruijssenaars
LRR

BUILDING TYPE:
Libraries


RELATED BUILDINGS:
CODA (Cultuur Onder Dak Apeldoorn)

The basic theme of this library is daylight penetration. On entering, the visitor is drawn to a well-lit interior zone, from which he follows a corridor lit from above to the books, housed in a somewhat darker, intermediary area. Book in hand he then makes for the much brighter zone of tables along the facade. The loadbearing structure consists of a system of brickwork piers and arched concrete beams laid breadthways.
Since 2004 the library is part of the Apeldoorn cultural centre CODA (Cultuur onder dak Apeldoorn).