Building a university library, the example of the university of Paris 8

The university of Paris 8 has been knowing since 1980 a very rapid growth, the premises are now very insufficient. A new building is at the moment in the process of being finished. Madeleine Jullien and Véronique Chabbert present the origin of the project, its financing, the choice of the architect Pierre Riboulet, and the principles which have guided its conception and organization. They underline the stress put on the training to information, the reception of the public, the signposting and the separation of the different media.
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