It includes 105,000 paper books and 250,000 electronic books
"House of Wisdom" ... a unique model for future libraries
"House of Wisdom" combines in its design the aesthetics of ancient Arab architecture and contemporary engineering.
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Throughout a long history, the Emirate of Sharjah has made a great effort in laying the foundations of culture and making reading a daily habit for all members of society, and here it is reviving the nation’s heritage and its cultural and civilizational project by creating a "House of Wisdom", the latest model for future libraries in the emirate, the edifice that blends in its design the aesthetics of architecture Ancient Arabia and contemporary engineering.
On an area of 12 thousand square meters, the visitor receives the place with its glass design, its prominent and tall metal ceiling and its surrounding gardens, which include 331 trees and water fountains, to take the place on an exceptional tour between shelves of more than 300 thousand titles in various fields and disciplines, 11 of which are in different languages and 105 thousand books Paper and about 250 thousand electronic books.
As soon as the visitor begins his tour, he finds himself in front of an inner garden that resembles a glass box containing plants and water fountains that suggest to the visitor that he is in the East Asian mountains, and in the most calm and serene places in the world. It is not strange that this garden in the middle of the place appears like a large lamp, as it has an open ceiling Sunlight is allowed to illuminate the whole place.
The place tells its story in all its details. Names appear at the entrances to corridors, halls and rooms that seem familiar at first glance, but they invite questions. As soon as the visitor reads “Ibn Duraid Hall” he invokes the history of science and knowledge across the Arab and Islamic ages. Who is Ibn Duraid, and also he reads a painting Refers to "Al-Khwarzmi Gallery."
As soon as the visitor reads the introduction to Ibn Duraid and reads that he is one of the most prominent poets and linguists who lived in the third century AH, he realizes that the "House of Wisdom" wants to tell everyone who enters it that this modern library in its future form in which robots move in the corridors is based on memory And the history of a deep and great culture that Arab civilization provided to humanity as a whole in the various fields of knowledge, literature and art, its 15 bubbles and lobbies, each bearing the name of an ancient Arab poet or scientist of medicine, mathematics, chemistry, language and others.
Here is the “Al-Jarhami Library” named after the poet Mudad Al-Jarhami, one of the most famous poets of the pre-Islamic era, and the “Al-Khwarizmi Gallery” the outstanding mathematician and geographer Abu Abdullah Al-Khwarizmi, in addition to sections devoted to children and young people.
Many of the visitors who followed the news of "The House of Wisdom" were curious about the printer it provides, and any reader can print his book and wrap it within five minutes. This is what can be known closely in the "Al-Jazari Lab", named after Badi Al-Zaman Al-Jazari, one of the most important inventors. Throughout history, this laboratory does not include this printer only, but also includes 3D printers, laser cutters and digital control machines that allow students and workers to design engineering models and robots to complete their work and test their experiments.
One of the readers may wonder, then, that it is a library and not more than that, but the visitor knows that it is more than just a library. All the bookshelves that extend from the floor to the ceiling of the place and all these scientific halls are not only the house of wisdom, but there is a café, a restaurant, retreats for readers, yards to sit and relax and lounges For art galleries, platforms for theater and art performances, a shop, and even a children's playground.
Perhaps it would be nice for the visitor to conclude his tour of the "House of Wisdom" by sitting in the "balcony of knowledge", where he can look out onto the outside courtyard of the place that includes Ghaf, fig and palm trees, and waits for the sunset as it casts its rays on the memorial of the "manuscript" that was built to celebrate the choice. Sharjah is a world book capital for the year 2019 by UNESCO, to leave the House of Wisdom with images imbued with beauty and astonishment that reflect its position as a new memory of the emirate that testifies to the emirate’s cultural achievements, inspires new generations, and motivates them to continue the approach of knowledge.
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