The National
Library of Belarus in Minsk was design by Víctor Kramarenko and Vinogradov
Michael. It was developed in 2002 taking into account the bases of the Council
of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, which in 1998 decreed the construction
of the building in the city of Minsk and it was finished in 2006 using postmodern
architecture, neofuturism and deconstructivism stiles. The main entrance is
addressed to Moscow, on Nezavisimosti Avenue 116, in Minsk, capital of Belarus and
it´s function is a national library. Its structural shell shaped diamond base
is covered with glass panels that shine for 24 hours a day as the gem it
represents. The architects Víctor Kramarenko and Vinogradov Michael wanted to
preserve and transmit this vision also at night. The building that is an
allegory of humanistic knowledge, the use of geometry and the return to the
vitruvian principles of the interior architecture, has as its main
architectural component a volume shaped "rhombicuboctahedron", an
octahedral rhombic cube, which rises on a base formed by three circumferences
staggered in height that house the reading rooms and public spaces. With a
total constructed area of 113,669 square meters, 54,960 correspond to the
deposit. The building reaches a height of 73.67 meters, distributed in 22
floors. We think that this building will help people to become more interested
in reading. We find it super nice and original and very well thought out since
there is no mistake inside or outside. We like that it has 19 different reading
rooms, terraces, a hyper deposit of books and more than 1500 work tables for
the total comfort of the consumers. There are also parkings and a viewpoint! It
could be better?!
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