du Besset - Lyon / Lons-Le-Saulnier

du Besset - Lyon \ Library & Multimedia center in Lons Le Saunier

Large library facing a church, an old ballet school and siding a... prison.

Inside are two cinema theaters, a kid's corner, separate study rooms and, of course, books, CDs, DVDs galore.

The curved sides allow to make many variants and variants of variants because, simply, the light never bounces twice the same way !

Main entrance, west ; old ballet school to the right, prison afar.

Ballet school shadows mingling with the windows.

Late in the day ; east side facing the prison wall, church to the left.

Sun down, lights up.

Even later...

Strong sun, strong building, with a dancer in the middle.

Late morning, when the sun gradually lights up the front.

Earlier, the sunlight being visible indirectly...

...later, the front is almost entirely uncovered.

Late afternoon, the right shadow, the right person in the right place.

Variant, to show more of the surroundings ; the dark triangle, left, is the roof of the main cinema theater.

Inside, ground floor ; kid's corner.

Inside, first floor.

Inside, second floor...

... too.

Inside, first floor again.

Inside, north side : the main stairs linking all three floors.

Last session shot, early in the morning : the vessel cuts through.