The Media Library in Thionville, France is designed to be a "third place," somewhere between home and work, where community members can actively engage with resources. The 4590 sqm building contains areas for exhibits, creation like music studios, and a cafe. It aims to provide nine "universes" catering to different audiences through rounded pods that host specific program elements. These pods provide acoustic improvements and customizable spaces. The white ribbon facade serves as a backdrop that dips and rises to embrace the urban context.

1. Media Library [Third-Place]
Thionville,France
‘Third place’ – a place where members of the public become
actors in their own condition, a place for creation as well as
reception. In association with the basic programme, the
building includes areas for displays, creation, music studios, and
a café-restaurant.

2. • Location : 1 Avenue André Malraux, 57180
Terville, France
• Architect : Dominique Coulon, Steve Letho Duclos
• Client : Ville de Thionville
• Area : 4590.0 m2
• Project Year : 2016

4. CLIMATE: Thioville ,France.
I. The climate here is mild ,and generally warm and temperate.
II. There is significant rainfall throughout the year in thionville.
III. The temperature here is average 9.9 degree celsius.
IV. Precipitation here is average 753mm .
CLIMATOGRAPH TEMPRATURE GRAPH

5. 1. Universe 1 – forum
2. Universe 2 – multimedia
3. Universe 3 – literature
4. Universe 4 – teenagers
5. Universe 5 – Small children
6. Universe 6 –
Documentation area
7. Group studio /
multifunction
8. Group studio / video
games
9. Group studio / storytelling
area
10. Permanent display
11. Temporary display
12. Cellar
13. Large exhibition hall
14. Multipurpose hall
15. Creation and broadcasting
studio
16. Plastic arts workshop
17. Administrative area
18. Patio / sloping garden
leading to terrace roof

6. Circulation
ENTRY

7. 2.Universe 2 multimedia
Universe 3: literature
4.universe4 teenagers

8. 7. Group studio/multifunction6.universe 6- documentation area
5.unverse 5 small children

9. 9.story telling area/group studio 14.Multipurpose Hall
12.Cellar

10. 18.Sloping garden leading to terrace roof

11. 1. The facade serves as an
unfurling ribbon that serves as a
backdrop to the different
universes contained in the
programme.
2. At its closest to the street, the
ribbon dips, the better to
contain it, rising again where it
stands further back.
3. In the hollows, the border
between the interior space and
the urban space is less clear and
makes it possible to come
closer, to embrace the building
visually.

12. 4.color scheme:
i. Particular white band is used all over the exterior.
ii. Different color schemes are used in each universe as per
users requirements.
5. Rather than using walls, the architects have inserted a
series of nine rounded pods to host the more specific
elements of the programme.
6. Bulbous shapes provided to cover the walls of the black
music room to improve the accoustics, while green carpeting
and benches are used in the social reading areas like the
outdoor spaces .
7. The bubbles are the last refuge,the most important of the
building. According to the architect, The bubbles are defined
as cocoons where people are cut off from the other
universes, escaping from the collective area

13. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• https://www.archdaily.com/804682/media-
library-third-place-in-thionville-dominique-
coulon-and-associes
• https://vimeo.com/187316418
• https://vimeo.com/33143798