Astana National Library
Astana, Kazakhstan
Client
Astana Municipal Administration
Typology
Culture
Status
Idea
The linear library
The perfect circle
Public spiral
Inside + Outside + Above + Below
Mobius strip
"The envelope of The National Library transcends the traditional architectural categories such as wall and roof. Like a yurt the wall becomes the roof, which becomes floor, which becomes the wall again."Thomas Christoffersen - Partner, BIG
Partner in Charge
Bjarke Ingels
Thomas Christoffersen
Project Team
Aidar Marat
Aleksander Tokarz
Alessandro Ronfini
Alessio Zenaro
Alvaro Garcia Mendive
Amy B. Campbell
Ana Merino
Anders Hjortnæs
Anders Ulsted
André Modler
Andre Schmidt
Annette Jensen
Armen Menendian
Brandon Cappellari
Brandon Cook
Brian Yang
Buster Christensen
Caroline Krogh Andersen
Claudia Hertrich
Claus Hermansen
Daniel Sundlin
Daniya Nurumova
David Brown
Erich Gerlach
Finn Nørkjær
Fred Zhou
Gabrielle Nadeau
Hans Andersen
Jakob Henke
Jan Kudlicka
Jan Magasanik
João Albuquerque
Johan Cool
Jon Offt Ejlersen
Jonas Barre
Julian Liang
Kai-Uwe Bergmann
Ken Aoki
Martin Voelkle
Meruyert Utegenova
Minjae Kim
Mitesh Dixit
Pauline Lavie-Luong
Pavel Lysikhin
Peter Berner
Peter Kofod Bentsen
Peter Vibing
Rebecca Dallarosa
Richard Howis
Roza Matveeva
Sheela Maini Søgaard
Sofia Gaspar
Stanley Lung
Tina Tröster
Xenia Vins
Zamira Djalilova
Awards
Cityscape Dubai Award, 2009
Akimat of Astana City, 2009
Collaborators
Arup AGU