This cultural building is organized as a public route that meanders up from the narrow streets of the medieval city center of Arnhem. The activities of this knowledge center enroll along this public cascade: library, reading rooms, music classes, art studio’s, study areas, exposition spaces, auditorium, cafeteria and bookshop. A giant bookcase as a spine for display, storage and vertical circulation forms the center of the building. Around it, large column free floors surfaces can be arranged in a flexible way. The route to the top culminates in a panoramic roof terrace, overlooking the Rhine River.
Program: 12.000 m2
Costs: € 20.000.000
Client: City of Arnhem
Status: 1st prize competition design 2009
