Ahh…an alternative to that stodgy old library you slaved away in, studying til all hours – hopped up on speed and coffee…I digress…This concept for a modern, green library is based on a series of elegant gardens instead of the Dewey Decimal System.

The building, as designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), envisions the structure as a living component of its community – a series of hanging gardens connecting both public and private spaces.

Outdoor gardens would feature restaurants, performance spaces and reading areas.  Indoors one would find a series of vertical gardens and ledges consisting of spaces for research, reading and meetings – all culminating in a beautiful roof garden.

Submitted for consideration in a competition to design the new library in Urtecht, Netherlands.