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Architectural model
This is a spectacular model of an ugly, poorly designed and impractical building. It is the State and University Library of Lower Saxony in Göttingen.
The architect who designed it and the director of the library and/or the committee that approved the designed apparently didn't give much thought to what the requirements of a library are. It's very open and airy and "full of light", which is all very well, except that it makes it hard to work in a place where noise carries. They also didn't account for people working with computers, which was quite difficult when they put them right in front of big windows where the light that was filling it up was coming in. They did eventually install jalousies. There may have been some controversy because this didn't fit in with the "architectural concept". Not to mention that books can be damaged by exposure to light.
The funniest design flaw, however, is the gutter that doesn't reach the ground, but rather empties onto the heads of people just before the entrance. Except that it's not funny when you walk under it when there's water coming out. I know this from personal experience.
This isn't for a project, because there is no way I would ever make a model of this monstrosity.
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