Library Buildings around the World

Die neue Bibliothek wird von zwei Seiten zugänglich sein: vom Ortszentrum über die Goldgasse und vom Parkplatz Trutsch.
(http://bibliothek-Kaltern.blogspot.de) 18.12.2012
Archea Associati, Firenze – Italy
http://www.archea.it
Libraries:
Municipio e centro culturale, Figline Valdarno (FI) – Italy in costruzione
Committente Comune di Figline Valdarno, Prezzo € 4.000.000, Superficie Costruita 3.010 mq
Collocato nel settore sud della città murata, l’intervento interessa la trasformazione di un ex-edificio scolastico costruito nei primi
anni del Novecento. Il progetto riguarda la realizzazione di un centro polifunzionale: biblioteca, archivio, museo dell’Antica
Spezieria Serristori, gli uffici comunali e la sede del Municipio. Il nuovo corpo di fabbrica mantiene l’originaria configurazione a
“C” accentuata dal prolungamento delle due stecche preesistenti ma conquista un diverso ruolo urbano attraverso l’inserimento di
un’ampia copertura a sbalzo – sugli ingressi dalla strada e dal parco retrostante – e una torre che definisce un nuovo landmark per
la città. L’articolazione funzionale evidenzia la suddivisione in due parti che distinguono gli spazi lavorativi per gli uffici
dell’Amministrazione – al primo piano e nella torre – da quelli pubblici, concepiti – questi ultimi – come estensione del piano terra
alle piazze coperte sottostanti i nuovi sbalzi, utilizzabili per manifestazioni temporanee o espositive. L’intero complesso è reso
omogeneo da un rivestimento in pietra naturale che declina in chiave contemporanea i caratteri costruttivi e materici del contesto.
(Archea)
Biblioteca Communale di Nembro (BG) – Italy 2007
Location Nembro – Bergamo, Project Biblioteca e centro culturale, Client Comune di Nembro, Structures Favero&Milan
Ingegneria, Temparature Control Systems Studio Tecnico Zambonin, Electrical Systems Eros Grava, Plan 2002, Realization 2005-
2007, Cost € 1.888.250,00; Buuilt Area 1.875 sqm, Volume 11.200 cum
Contractor Zeral srl Costruzioni edili.
A building erected in 1897, intended as a primary school, that has been used for many purposes over the years, first becoming town
hall, then kindergarten and finally consulting room. The request of the municipality was to solve the contingent state of abandon,
turning the building into a library, to provide the town with a facility dedicated to education and information of the residents.
The strategic position in relation to the urban tissue, the architectural character of the original structure, closed on three sides, and
the need for new spaces oriented the project towards the addition of a new wing in the form of a new construction that closes the only
open side, that once faced a courtyard. The new building, connected via the basement, is separated from the existing structure on all
sides, thus underscoring a difference that, in spite of the communicating plan, bears witness to a constructive and formal choice that
establishes a dialectic contrast with the historical character of the original building; completely transparent, it is characterized by its
surface, made of terracotta elements measuring 40x40 centimeters, glazed in carmine red, supported by a structure made from
coupled steel profiles. This building technique has made it possible to screen and filter the sunlight. The choice of earthenware has
been suggested precisely by the typical characteristics of the material, its performance as a screen protecting from light and its link
to traditional building methods, but also by the contemporary image created thanks to the assembly technique and its durability.
A large room with computers available for consulting is located in the basement, which also provides access to the new building and
its reading room that contains, in the manner of a casket, the precious books available for consulting; the triple height is exploited by
two projecting mezzanines housing numerous reading desks, while the main study rooms are located on the ground and first floor of
the old building. (Archea)
Biblioteca e Auditorium di Curno (BG) – Italy 2009
Location Curno – Bergamo, Project Biblioteca e auditorium, Client Comune di Curno, Structures Studio Myallonnier, Systems
Studio Armondi, Plan 1996, Realisation 1999-2009, Cost € 2.000.000,00, Built Area 1.960 m², Volume 8.200 m², Contractor Viola
Costruzioni.
The site for the building of a new public library and a small auditorium with 250 seats has been found inside an existing school
campus. The location has suggested the idea of a project centred on the continuity of the surrounding public area. The building,
conceived as a kind of open book, is therefore characterized by a sloping roof which is terraced to form stands, and which may be
used for open-air events, to extend the public square in front to the roof of the building. The plan distinguishes the activities which
pivot on the rectangular hall of the auditorium from the areas of the library, whose perimeter consists of a longitudinal outline
characterized by the jagged geometry of the external facade. The line of demarcation and communication between the two areas
takes the form of a new urban itinerary, a triple-height void paced horizontally by a system of split levels which in their turn serve as
communication paths, and vertically by a succession of uprights which structure the entire wall as container case of books. The
materials, which have been reduced to the essentiality of an untreated concrete mixed with colour, have made it possible to mould
the vertical surfaces as the pages of a conceptual book, engraved here and there with letters. (Archea)
Area Progetti, Torino – Italy
http://www.area-progetti.it
Libraries:
Biblioteca Civica a Chicasso nel Movicentro – Italy 2007-2011 in corso
localizzazione: scalo merci ferroviario di Chivasso, committente: Comune di Chivasso, importo opere: € 2.534.443, superficie utile:
1.800 m²
Biblioteca Civica a Cologno Monzese –Italy 2010
Biblioteca Communale a Fiorano Modense – Italy 2006-2011
Committente: Comune di Fiorano Modenense, importo opere: € 3.025.130, superfice utile: 1.408 m², collaborazioni: Studio Buonomo
Veglia
Il 1° ottobre 2011 è stato inaugurato il un nuovo centro culturale polifunzionale di Fiorano Modenese, che unisce in un’unica sede la
biblioteca, la ludoteca e l’archivio comunale.
Realizzato con una spesa di poco più di 3 milioni di euro finanziati interamente da Fiorano Gestioni Patrimoniali, società con
partecipazione unica pubblica, il Bla mette a disposizione della città 1.700 nuovi metri quadri all’interno di una struttura costituita
dall’intersezione di due corpi parallelepipedi a uno e due piani fuori terra.
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