english: The design process was really tough, almost like a struggle for survival, but gradually an idea evolved: this sort of idea of a rational tower that melts together with the surrounding city, sort of expanding the public space onto what we refer to as a Scandinavian version of the Spanish Steps in Rome, but sort of public on the outside, as well as on the inside, with the library.
non_english: Proces projektovanja je bio veoma naporan, skoro kao borba za opstanak. Ali postepeno, ideja je evoluirala. Neka vrsta ideje o racionalnoj kuli koja se utapa sa gradom koji je okružuje. Na neki način se javni prostor širi na ono što smo mi nazvali skandinavska verzija Španskih stepenica u Rimu. Ali javno spolja, kao i iznutra, sa bibliotekom.