The House of the Book

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As the new library of the University of Luxembourg, the Maison du Livre is the heart of the campus in Belval.

Since 2001, Luxembourg's once largest ironworks has been gradually converted into a university campus. The industrial site was completely gutted except for the supporting structure made of steel and the two blast furnaces and prepared completely for the new use. This remaining structure has been incorporated into the new building concept to create a link between the past and future of the Belval district.

Campus Belval houses the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature, Social Sciences, Arts and Education of the University of Luxembourg. In the future, about 7,000 students and 3,000 people will study and work in this new research and teaching center. The Maison du Livre stands out with its special, conical facade form from its environment. It houses the library of the university location. Inside, the building offers a transparent and invitingly designed architecture that has created numerous retreats for concentrated learning.

The Lindner Luxembourg s.à.r.l. has contributed to the expansion of the Maison du Livre with Lindner interior fitting products. The performances were divided into partition and floor systems as well as doors. Various glass and full-partition systems of the types Lindner Life 125, 620 and 622 as well as Lindner Logic 100 and Lindner Free 900 have been used to achieve spatial separation within the areas, thus creating concentration-promoting zones. Due to the high glass content in the mural, the transparency of the surfaces is not restricted. Furthermore, glass and metal door leaves have been integrated into the partition walls or installed on a stand-alone basis and upgraded with various equipment variants, including the integration of screens, for example. For the glazing, Lindner supplied and assembled various special solutions, including studio glazing, a walk-in glass roof, an EI90 glass partition wall, a 6-corner in excess height made of Lindner Life 620 glass partitions with partially mirrored glass and a few conical facade connections. With regard to the floor systems, NORTEC opted for raised carpeted floors. This makes a functional contribution to the acoustics in the rooms. At the same time, the floor offers a high degree of serviceability, because individual panels can be removed at any point and thus access to the technical installations in the floor cavity can be obtained.