Ogden Center for Fundamental Physics at Durham University

Durham, United Kingdom Completed

Durham University commissioned Studio Libeskind to create a new university building that will accommodate their expanding student body and staff, as well as house a new research facility for the study of fundamental physics. The new Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics provides seventy-two new offices for professors, lecturers, doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, support staff and visiting academics of the Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC)  the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (CEA) and the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI). At the core of the design’s concept is an emphasis on natural light and openness.  A spiral in plan, the Ogden Centre appears to…

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Vectors, Liberation Route

Berlin, Germany Under construction

The Vectors of Memory, designed by Studio Libeskind will mark the Liberation Route Hiking Trail that follows the path that the Western Allies took during the liberation of the continent.  Stretching almost 3,000 km. from London to Berlin the vector markers are designed in different forms and sizes to be flexible enough to mark significant waypoints on the trail, and easy to install in different environments.  The Vectors will mark the numerous personal stories from different (national) perspectives.  By highlighting storylines from the final phase of WWII from these different points of view, the route focuses on the value of…

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V&A Museum Extension

London, England In design

The competition for the new extension to the Victoria and Albert Museum was won by Studio Libeskind in 1996. The design for The Spiral, in collaboration with Ove Arup’s Cecil Balmond, pushed the boundaries of engineering and architectural theory. The design is an upward spiral of intersecting planes, creating a jagged vortex inserted between three Grade I listed buildings. The building is derived from an extruded section of a fractal pattern: a geometric pattern relating to the Golden Section. The extruded line was then wrapped upon itself to create the unique shape of the non-axial spiral. The system of continuous, interlocking wall…

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