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Retrofit of the Library Building of the University of Bremen

Site The city of Bremen is located at the river Weser in the north of Germany close to the North Sea. The University is located in the northern part of Bremen on a flat site only a few meters above sea level.

Typology / Age The campus of the Bremen University was planned since 1965, the library was then constructed from 1971 until 1974. It is an open access library with lending department. US-Campus libraries served as a model. The building has a concrete skeleton structure consisting of posts, beams and slabs. The facade as well as interior partitions have no load bearing function. The library is fully air-conditioned. The building can be assigned to the megastructure university building type.