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University of Economics & Business Vienna, Austria, Zaha Hadid Architects, Image
University of Economics & Business, Vienna
Vienna Educational Building - Austrian Architecture
Zaha Hadid Architects wins competition for the Library and Learning Centre
at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna, Austria

Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected as the architects of the
Library and Learning Centre (LLC) at the University of Economics &
Business, Vienna. The new Library and Learning Centre will be the
centerpiece of the University's new campus and provide a significant
upgrade to the University's services. In addition to the new library,
the LLC will also provide a language laboratory, tutorial rooms, administration
offices, student centre, book shop, cafeteria, clubrooms and event
space.
The new Library and Learning Centre rises as a polygonal block from
the centre of the new university campus. The LLC's design takes the
form of a cube with both inclined and straight edges. The straight
lines of the building's exterior separate as they move inward, becoming
curvilinear and fluid, generating a free-formed interior canyon that
serves as the central public plaza. All the other facilities of the
LLC are housed within a single volume that also divides, becoming
two separate ribbons that wind around each other to enclose this glazed
gathering space.
"I am delighted to be working in Vienna as I have a close affiliation
with the city. As a centre of research, the Library and Learning Centre
is forum for the exchange of ideas. It is very exciting for us to
be part of the University's expansion." states Zaha Hadid.
Rector of the University of Economics & Business, Christoph Badelt
said "A library and learning center should be more than a mere
library in the classical sense: it is a research and a service facility,
a workplace and lounge, a place of communication and a traffic hub,
at one and the same time. With its breathtaking architecture, the
design by Zaha Hadid manages to combine all the key functions of study
in a most wonderful way. It is a vision that embodies this innovative
concept of a university."
University of Economics & Business Vienna Library and Learning
Centre images / information from Zaha Hadid Architects 181208
Zaha Hadid Architects
University of Economics & Business Vienna - Competiton:
Two phase competition with six competitors in the first phase and
three in the second phase.
1st: Zaha Hadid Architects
2nd: Morphosis
3rd: Prof. Hans Hollein
Other competitors:
Studio Massimiliano Fuksas
Kada Wittfeld Studio
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