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Oodi is quite hideous from the outside: I haven't generally felt the appeal to walk towards the area. See for yourself: https://ibb.co/jkJ4h1B https://ibb.co/jk
by yason 8y ago
Oodi is quite hideous from the outside: I haven't generally felt the appeal to walk towards the area. See for yourself: https://ibb.co/jkJ4h1B https://ibb.co/jkJ4h1B
But Oodi is also not so much of a library than an indoor public space. That is probably fine and that I think is where libraries are going in general. However, being born decades ago it's libraries I like.
I'll much rather find my "books and crannies" to spend some quality time a few blocks the other way in this old library: https://goo.gl/8sEdSS https://goo.gl/8sEdSS (more pictures on FourSquare: https://foursquare.com/v/rikhardinkadun-kirjasto/4baa99a3f964a52068783ae3 https://foursquare.com/v/rikhardinkadun-kirjasto/4baa99a3f96...). It's as cramped as homely, quiet, smells of old books, and offers a sense of a place unlike the new showroom of design.
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- m_t 8y agoI really don't find it hideous. This definitely looks like the kind of building I'd like to check out.
- omnimus 8y agoHonestly it looks like a shopping mall. Shame considering the budget and Finlands rich history of architecture/design.
- omnimus 8y agoOkay i was wrong. I looked at some other pictures and it is okay.
- nabla9 8y agoI hope there would be more shopping mall architecture like this: https://www.oodihelsinki.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Oodi_verkkosivut_hero-kuvat_1920x1080_TuomasUusheimo_07.jpg https://www.oodihelsinki.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Oodi_...
- stevekemp 8y agoIt does look much more attractive from the front though ..
- yason 8y agoIf only you could figure out where the front is. To a pedestrian, it's mostly hundreds and hundreds of meters of desolate concrete wall to walk around the building.