Institut für Betriebs- und Dialogsysteme

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The animation starts inside an office of an architect who's working on his construction plans of the new library. He's working tirelessly putting all his ideas onto paper. In the next scene the ground-breaking ceremony takes place and the construction squad approaches. These are several different robots whose nature resembles rather a human being than a machine. These robots are starring in the following cartoon-like scenes that play during the different parts of the construction phase and where the robots demonstrate their "ability". After the work is done and all the robots have gathered in front of the new building, it is presented in its entire splendour. Then, after the flight around the building you see a spaceship floating through space. Inside, a dark figure gazes onto a big screen where several buildings are shown to him. The dark one is not satisfied. Suddenly the right thing seems to be found: it's the new library! Shortly after, a squadron of smaller ships leaves the mother ship and approaches earth. They dive into the campus and seem to scout the area. Back at the new library the big space ship floats menacingly above the building. A hatch opens and a bright beam of light strikes the library and spreads all over it. The building begins to glow. Its silhouette becomes blurred. Then it vanishes entirely and it becomes obvious: the abduction is accomplished. Where there just has been a huge building there's nothing more left than emptiness. But what's happening now? The construction plans are reappearing and we're back in the office of the architect who's just awaking. It has all been nothing but a dream. What a relief! And even the building is still there, as a model standing on a table next to the architect...