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 návrhov bol naozaj ťažký -- skoro ako boj o prežitie. Ale postupne sa myšlienka rozvinula. Tá myšlienka racionálnej veže splývajúca s okolitým mestom. Akési rozširovanie verejného priestoru do niečoho, čo nazývame škandinávskou verziou španielskych schodov v Ríme. Akýsi verejný priestor zvonka, tak ako aj vnútri, kde je knižnica.