Campusbibliotheek Arenberg: interior view of large reading room toward the southern mezzanine by Penn State Libraries Pictures Collection
Title: Campusbibliotheek Arenberg
Other title: Campus Library Arenberg; Celestine Priory
Creator: Moneo, Jose Rafael; Keldermans, Rombout, d. 1531
Creator role: Architect
Date: 1521-1526 (Monastery built) 2002 (Restoration complete)
Current location: Heverlee, Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
Description of work: In January of 1997 the Katholieke Universiteit (Catholic University) located in Leuven (Flemish)/Louvain (French) held a competition for the renovation of the vacant Celestine priory, in nearby Heverlee, and its conversion into a library for four departments: Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Sciences, Engineering and Bio-engineering. Since its closure in 1783 the monastery had been utilized in a variety of ways. In the 19th and early 20th centuries the building was a stable for the nearby Castle Arenberg and from 1925 to 1984 it was a test station for plant breeding. Spanish architect Rafael Moneo embraced Rombout Keldermans II's original monastery architecture by incorporating new construction that enhanced (and found new use for) the old (Langouche, Guido ed. The Celestine Priory at Leuven: From Monastery to Library. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2005). The addition connects opposite sides of the former monastery's courtyard which creates new outdoor spaces. The concave exterior walls on the top floor are mirrored by convex walls on the addition's opposite side (which faces the cloister garth) and by interior convex detailing that houses some of the entry hall's lighting.
Description of view: Series of study tables in a large two story high room with two rows of hanging grey light fixtures, a mezzanine and brick detailing
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Medieval: Gothic: Late Gothic; Contemporary: Postmodern
Culture: Netherlandish; Belgian
Materials/Techniques: Masonry
Brick
Wood
Source: Pisciotta, Henry (copyright Henry Pisciotta)
Date photographed: 2009
Resource type: Image
File format: JPEG
Image size: 2304H X 3072W pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: <a href="http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm" rel="nofollow">alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm</a>
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2013-0012 Arenberg Library.jpg
Record ID: WB2013-0012
Sub collection: libraries
convents and monasteries
schools
Copyright holder: Copyright Henry Pisciotta
Arenberg Castle, Leuven (Nederlands: Kasteel van Arenberg) is a tourist attraction, one of the Castiellos in Leuven, Bélxica. It is located: 2.8 km from Heverle, 9.9 km from Vieux-Héverlé, 840 km from París. Read further
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