New knowledge hotspot: Gießen library moves into the city center!

New knowledge hotspot: Gießen library moves into the city center!

The University of Gießen has taken a significant step forward by moving the library for nature and life sciences to the city center. This measure, which comes into force on May 1, 2025, follows the decision to extensively renovate the previous building on Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58. The new location in Seltersweg not only offers an excellent connection to the campus, but also an appealing space for students.

The move will enrich the city center of Gießen, since the library will be open until the evening in order to promote the lively shopping mile after business. The design focus is on resource -saving work, whereby existing furniture is to be integrated into the new design. The large glass front of the new library also ensures a light -flooded space and contributes to energy saving, such as FAZ.NET reported

modern learning rooms and creative designs

With an area of ​​almost 1400 square meters, the new library will offer around 40,000 media from various science areas. The facility also includes 50 individual places, four group work rooms and two seminar rooms that can be used for hybrid learning. In addition, a “learning lab” and a lounge area are planned, which takes into account the changed learning habits of the students. Studies show that the demand for modern learning and work rooms is increasing, while traditional bookshelves are used less and less, so Weblab.zwoinsnull.de . .

A special highlight of the new library will be a mural by the artist Paul Wander with the title "Interfaces" that adorns the entrance zone. It shows an interesting connection between elements from different sciences and was realized in cooperation with Gießener Lebenshilfe and with funding by the Ministry of Science. In the reading room, a mobile of the artist Fernand Kloster is also presented, which deals with the topic of evolution.

long -term planning

The new branch library for nature and life sciences in Seltersweg is part of a more comprehensive plan to modernize and expand the university library. The extension of the library has been planned since 2021, which was initiated by an architectural competition, the winner of which was the architectural firm Max Dudler. The planning of a room offer for a daycare center in the building is also planned, since the University of Gießen wants to continuously expand its service for students and their needs, as uni-giessen.de

Overall, the development of the University of Gießen shows that modern educational institutions want to meet the requirements of today's students. The establishment of creative, flexible learning rooms and the provision of technologies such as 3D printers in Makerspaces are future strategies that require libraries to continue to exist as relevant places of knowledge.