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The world leadersof library interiors.With its austere graphic design and strict geometrical lines, the new Sagrada Famlia library
contrasts dramatically with the organic architecture o Antoni Gaudis massive basilica.
Indeed, its in contrast, counterpoint and opposites that BCI Eurobib sees its big challenge
to oer libraries optimum interior urnishing regardless o period, design idiom, tradition
or cultural trends.
Today, BCI Eurobib are world leaders in library interiors, with over sixty years o experience
in the eld. We work with leading architects, designers, and cratspeople to develop
urniture and urniture systems or the libraries both o today and o tomorrow.
We are always eager to explore new infuences, new trends. The library is no longer just
a place or books and studies, but a hub or multicultural exchange, communication and
social events.
At the same time the library is a space or contemplation, aording room or individual
study and refection.Our ambition is to be on the absolute cutting edge o library technology, to meet and
respond to the needs and developments o libraries, whether in planning the interior o the
local school library or designing custom urniture or a new international research centre.
The new Sagrada Famlia library in Barcelona is just one o many projects weve been
involved in around the world in 2007. This broschure will help give you a ew ideas o the
sort o things we can and want to achieve. We hope youll be inspired.
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With its strict geometrical orm, the new library is the
very antithesis o Antoni Gaudis organic cathedral
building in the background.
The austerity o the exterior is refected in the
interior, although inside the library the design is warmly
welcoming. The BCI Steel Shelving System and MDF
panels o varying heights orm a sort o maze in which
the various departments o the library are linked by
vaults in the shelving itsel. Each room is given an
identity o its own by the colours o the panels at the
rear o the shelves.
The Cultural Centreof Sagrada Famlia,Barcelona, Spain.Architect: Manuel Ruisnchez, Ruisnchez Arquitectes
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The rst school o its kind in Connecticut, the Academy o
Inormation Technology and Engineering attracts students
interested in all aspects o technology and the undamentals o
architecture and engineering.
By using translucent components and exposed structural and
mechanical elements, the architects Fuller & DAngelo have let
the anatomy o the building visible, thus providing studentswith their rst lesson in architecture and engineering.
To urther dene this theme in the Library, the Architect
selected the BCI Opal Shelving System, which incorporates
clearly dened structural elements, glass end panels and
exposed asteners.
The Academy of InformationTechnology and Engineering,Stamford, Connecticut, USA.Architect: Fuller & DAngelo P.C.
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The new library at Heerhugowaard has our foors, each o which has
its own distinctive atmosphere and area o specialisation.
The undamental approach was to build up the library round a
number o dierent islands, each with its own theme. The Opal
Shelving System was used as the basic unit or all shelving, which was
then supplemented as necessary with a variety o tailor-made shelving
solutions.
Heerhugowaard is the rst library that can justiably style itsel a
library o 100 talents. Children were and still are involved in
designing the urnishing o the new youth department. The result
so ar has been attractive study acilities, comortable reading areas,
great music spots and places where you can just relax.
The library has put much eort into presenting its collections in
the orm o attractive theme islands, where both ction and non-
ction can be arranged by genres.
The HeerhugowaardPublic Library, Netherlands.Architect: Hans Van Heeswijk Architecten
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Today, in what used to be a shopping mall, inormation, knowledge and experiences o all sorts
are the preerred items o consumption.
Poissys new Mdiathque strives to be a living space open to everyone. The various depart-
ments overlap each other like a whisper but are still clearly identiable through their urnishings
and the ellipses in the ceiling. The overall atmosphere is created through interaction between
orm, light and unction.
The shelving system is BCIs standard steel shelving system with tailor made end panels.
The Mdiathque,Poissy, France.Architect: Pascale Seurin
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To meet the challenges o tomorrow, DR (Danish Broadcasting
Corporation) has transerred all its operations in the Copenhagen
area to a single address in northern restad.
In the new media and cultural building, all TV, radio, Internet and
other orms o communication will be produced and developed
under one roo.
The DR Archive and Research Centre plays a central role in
the complex. In the library section, BCI Steel Shelving System is
used in various congurations and at varying heights to create
dynamism and a sense o spatial orientation. A large, curved shel
section orms a central plaza with the shelves acing inwards and the
posting suraces acing outwards. Angled shel sections orm two
smaller living rooms urnished with reading chairs and carpets.
The DR Media House,
Copenhagen, Denmark.Architect: Dissing+Weitling. Interior design: Christina Freudendal, PLH Architects.
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A happy marriage between the 18th and 21st centuries.
In the library and mdiathque o Redon, a sense o
raw industrialism has been successully blended with a
sot, warm, classic design. The contrast between the cen-
turies has been highlighted by moving the 18th century
doorway and panelling into the present day.
Together, the two buildings have a combined library
foorage o 1,300 sqm and about 40,000 books stored
in combined BCI Oslo and Opal Shelving Systems with
wooden ttings o white-pigmented oak.
Redon Library andMdiathque, France.Architect: Xavier Menard. Interior design: Nolwenn Kevell-Quere.
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Close to the old Barrio Gotico and next to the market
lies the new library o Sant Antoni, designed and built to
harmonise with the Casal dAvis Senior Citizens Centre.
The joint inner courtyard is open to everyone and,
with its open design and large windows, is perectly
integrated with the library. The sense o openness is
enhanced by the spacious urnishing, in which the black
BCI Steel Shelves seem to serve as simple graphic high-
lights or the wider, open space.
The Library of Sant Antoni,Barcelona, Spain.Architect: Ramn Vilalta RCR Arquitectes
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A refection o then and now, a mirror o the outside environment and the
activities going on inside.
The buildings great glass aades and red roo together give Lules new
Cultural House an unmistakable appearance o its own.
The wooden roo is painted a classic Swedish Falun red using a copper-based
pigment dating back to the 16th century and deeply rooted in Swedish olk
tradition. The glass aades, through which the interior o the building is clearly
visible, give an impression o openness, o insight and space. In the library, a
specially manuactured version o Eurobibs Slimline Shelving System has been
selected to maintain the premises overall transparency and airiness.
The wood used or the shelves reappears in the specially designed study
tables, also supplied by Eurobib, as were the Luna music chair and the
urniture or the childrens department.
The Cultural House,Lule, Sweden.Architect: Tirsn & Aili. Interior design: Irene Aili and Karin Gedeborg.
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In the Pays de la Loire lies the little town o Saint-Joachim, whose inhabitants
number just under 4,000 people.
From a distance, the exterior o the new library suggests it has some sort o
agricultural connection, its open timber ramework making it look somewhat
like a barn. However, seen close up, the building shows that its much more
complex than that, both in its architecture and in its approach to construction.
The 600 sqm library was planned and built entirely in accordance with the
HQE (Haute Qualit Environnementale/High Environmental Quality) guidelines.
BCI Opal Shelving System with glass end panels was chosen to reinorce the
ambitions maniest in the design o the new library.
Louise Michel Library,Saint-Joachim, France.Architect: Yann Peron
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The Rauma public library is part o the Rauma House o Culture, which was completed in
2007 in a cooperative project run by the municipality and a group o private companies.
The large glass sections o the new library create a remarkable sense o openness and
space. A large orange background wall and accented orange urniture, including the
Luna music chair, communicate vitality and energy in both the interior and exterior.
BCI Opal Shelving System with rosted-glass end panels was selected to serve as a
bridge between space and energy.
Rauma Public Library,ndalsnes, Norway.Architect: Kjell Kosberg
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The Hoensbroek Public Library,Netherlands.Architect: Jo Janssen Architecten
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Having been located in temporary premises or several years, Hoensbroeks public library
has nally been given a beautiul new building o its own.
The simple lines o the BCI Steel Shelving System combined with black MDF panels all
round the units create the basic structure o the library. Extra lights have been installed
under the top shel to provide better illumination or the books. Bright colours are used as
accents and serve as highlights in the youth department.
To attract visitors, several dierent orms o presentation have been used.
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Eurobib AB, Box 150, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Phone: +46 46 31 18 00. Fax: +46 46 32 05 29.
E-mail: [email protected] www.eurobib.com
BCI A/S, Dalbkvej 1, DK-6670 Holsted, Denmark.
Phone: +45 76 78 26 11. Fax: +45 76 78 26 22.
E-mail: [email protected] www.bci.dk