Subterranean Addition Designed for University Of Chicago Library

摘要

A 55 ft (17 m) deep subterranean addition planned for the University of Chicago's Joseph Regenstein Library will be elliptical in plan and feature an automated storage and retrieval system for more than 3 million books and other printed works, all housed beneath a 36 ft (11 m) high glazed grid shell dome. Named for the University of Chicago alumnus who donated $25 million of the $80 million required for the project, the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library structure is being constructed adjacent to the existing limestone facade of the Regenstein building, which dates to 1970, and will be connected to it via an enclosed bridge structure.