The new city library in Stuttgart, which opened on October 21, has been equipped with locking systems, access control systems and other security products by ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH. This cube-shaped building, housing a 20,000-square-meter city library, is thus state-of-the-art in terms of both architecture and security technology.
The city library is the first public building to be co...
The new city library in Stuttgart, which opened on October 21, has been equipped with locking systems, access control systems and other security products by ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH. This cube-shaped building, housing a 20,000-square-meter city library, is thus state-of-the-art in terms of both architecture and security technology.
The city library is the first public building to be completed in the new Europaviertel (Europe Quarter) currently under development in Stuttgart. The South Korean architect Eun Young Yi designed the building envelope to feature a double fa?ade with glass bricks and entrances on all four sides, creating the new city library as an inspirational center of knowledge and culture. ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH was awarded the contract for the library's security system. Specifications stated that the building entrances were to be equipped with electronic components that could be centrally managed and could integrate interior doors using mechatronic systems where required.
Measuring 44 by 44 meters, the outer fa?ade of this building is controlled by the access control system, an online-controlled system in which access authorizations are managed centrally in real time. “The city library's security officers can issue, modify or disable locking authorizations over the network at any time, leaving no security vulnerabilities,” explains Andreas Wagener, CEO at ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH. To configure and administer the system, the building's security officers have at their disposal a user-friendly client software application.