cultural foundations. With the goal to assist man in this time of change by creating transforming experiences, reshaping modes of perception. Leading the world to pathways beyond sustainability. The library project is about the awareness of the uncertainty that is an integral part of life, as well as the chaos inherent in the human condition. The library project is not only about questioning the industrial civilization we life in, but also the dominant culture on which it is based. Grasping the vicious spiral that ties the dirtying of the environment to the sullying of the spirit. We see a global repression of the nature of our own bodies and minds by a culture of exploitation, existing for millennia in an almost unchanged form. The human is a mental-spiritual being. Guiding stories, images, and insights of love and resistance will continue to accumulate in his cells until he recognizes and realizes them. The library project doesn ' t regard its mission to collect and preserve cultural works as selfevident. The project is as much about criticizing than honouring our cultural heritage. The library was created as a statement to help starting up the global reaction of change in the coming century. Fully supporting the possibility of radical upheaval the Biblioteca del Sol was realized, not as a memorial, but a source of life. Opposing all cunning and deceit.
DIGITAL AGE
The impact that digital technologies have on cultural forms can no longer be denied. New technologies as well as the overall and instant availability of information, not only transform our daily life and routine, but also redefine society towards the concept of fluidity. All in all this represents a clear instability of the role of old traditions, and manifests a distinct desire for new content and tasks within the changing information society. It would be disastrous not to open up towards these technologic developments. Opening up meaning not only becoming aware of its dangers, but also to apply its many great opportunities in the fulfilment of set goals. The library aspired the task to emphasize the shift in the preservation of library materials in a confronting way. Even more so since the borders of written information and digitalization are totally dissolving.
Man became believing so unconditionally in the titanic ship of progress, that the library builders saw it as their mission to realize a cultural lifeboat as a hardcore back-up for the future, confronting contemporary taboos surrounding our civilization ' s predicament. In contrast to a world of ongoing digitalization, the library project only preserves printed matter. Digitized information, especially on the Internet, has such rapid turnover these days that loss is the norm. Mankind is developing severe amnesia as a result; indeed we may have become too conditioned to notice it. The trust in digital technologies are drastically reshaping our cultural world on all levels. This reflects also how books are preserved by libraries. Many of their materials are moving to " off site repositories " to make space in central buildings for more meeting and online work spaces. These repositories are filling quickly and prompt the de-accessioning of books. Traditional libraries already started thinning their collections and throwing out books based on what had been digitized on the internet. While we understand the need to digitalize cultural holdings, we believe this should be done thoughtfully and aware of its long-term implications.
With the global explosion of digitalization, we might find ourselves living one day in a digital dark age. A possible future where it will be difficult or impossible to read historical electronic documents, because they have been stored in an obsolete medium, or even totally gone. A monumental risk that needs to be mitigated. Remember the faith of previous