Article by Raluca Preotu


Function & Aesthetics (cont'd)

On both the inside and outside of the Sciences Library, the exposed concrete and plastic furniture talk about a style that has more to do with advertising a function, that of a utilitarian repository space, than with the quality of human life in the building.

It's worth noting how the building is received today, when we look at an interior with late sixties chairs and the oil paintings on the rough cement surfaces. The building might just have turned "hip" in time, and there seems to be a commitment to preserve this aspect (see picture aken in 2003).

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