IKMZ BTU Cottbus

The information, communication and media centre of the technical university gathers the library and its media services in a single freestanding building on the campus.

Its plan is a soft, amoeba-like outline, so the building has no front or back and reads as a solitary figure in an open park. The glass facade wraps the whole volume and is printed with layers of white letters that soften the light and blur the view from inside and out.

Inside, the reading floors open around voids, and a spiral stair in vivid pink, green and red winds through the full height of the building, setting the bright colour scheme of the interior.