Public Facilities in the Context of Sustainable Development: A Multiple-Study of Academic Libraries

We live in a time when thinking about the environment today means thinking about the future of a generation. In an increasingly urbanised space, not only are we gradually losing contact with nature, but we can also see that the impact of development on it is often negative and irreversible. A sustainable approach to design, which places greater emphasis on building design, use, and good practices, seems essential. Libraries, whose existence is strongly tied to their educational mission, play a very important role. By remaining repositories of knowledge and places of activity, but also by their pro-environmental orientation, they can become a model of contemporary architecture. The aim of this paper is to present academic libraries that play a special role as the focal point of a campus plan, offering both a rich programme of cultural events and a place to study.