"Twain Building" is the landmark building of Lianglukou Cultural Center.
It is reported that Yuzhong District spent 65.438+0.2 billion yuan to buy the original Fuan Building in Lianglukou, and invested 60 million yuan to rebuild and decorate the Twain Building with 65.438+0.6 million square meters. Newly-built Graphic Building 16 floors, including two underground floors. The first floor of the building 1 is the reception hall, and the second to eighth floors are the library, covering an area of about 8035 square meters. Floor 9 to 14 is the cultural center, covering an area of about 6,934 square meters.
The library on floors 2-8 is divided into reading area, electronic reading room, reading room for the blind, ancient books center and other functional halls, which can meet the multi-level cultural needs of citizens. The 9- 1 1 and 13 floors are cultural centers with an area of about 6,000 square meters, which are divided into several functional areas such as vocal music, dance and instrumental music. Rooms with different sizes are set according to the universality and individual needs of mass culture. In addition, the multi-function hall on the 14 floor will often stage small performances for the public.
"Per capita 0.6-/kloc-0.5 books, reading rooms for the blind, reading salons, automatic touch reading screens, etc. It can let readers know about more than 200 newspapers and periodicals in the country that day ... The newly built Twain Library fully meets the requirements of the national first-class library. " Gong Man, director of Yuzhong District Library, introduced. ?
It is understood that by the end of 2009, the interchange stations at the intersections of Line 1 and Line 3 will be completed, so these two intersections will become the "brains" of Chongqing rail transit. In addition, the approach bridge of Caiyuanba Bridge directly connects two intersections from Jianxin Slope, and several main roads and ropeways also meet here. In the future, these two intersections will be the most important traffic nodes in Yuzhong District.
When choosing Fuan Building to rebuild Twain Pavilion, Yuzhong District Government had a more ambitious idea. At present, the workers' cultural palace, Chongqing Children's Palace, Soong Ching Ling's former residence, Datianwan Stadium and other cultural and sports facilities have gathered in Lianglukou area. The completion of Twain Tower with a total area of about 20,000 square meters will further support the cultural and leisure industry in Yuzhong District together with them and become a landmark building of the cultural center of Lianglukou.
It is understood that most of these two libraries are open to the public free of charge, and citizens only need to go through relevant procedures with valid documents such as ID cards and student ID cards. Only the electronic reading room will charge a service fee, and the standard is 1 yuan/hour.