Library Buildings around the World

Nuova Biblioteca Communale e Centro Culturale, Paderno – Italia 2006 – 2008
New municipal library, Paderno Dugnano, Milan, 2006 – 2008, Commissioned by: Municipality of Paderno Dugnano, North-West
Library Consortium (Consorzio Biblioteche Nord Ovest), Consultancy for architectural and furnishing design for the new library by
Arch. Gae Aulenti. In collaboration with G. Stefanini and R. Clerici of the North-West Librarian System Consortium (Consorzio
Sistema Bibliotecario Nord Ovest) and B. Bruccoleri, F. De Ponti and S. Candido of the Culture and Library Sector of the
Municipality of Paderno Dugnano. Library gross surface area: 2,750 sqm; auditorium, exhibition spaces, offices and commercial
activities: 1,250 sqm, Cost of works: construction works, structures, and library facilities 3,806,590.00 €; green spaces, structures,
and facilities cultural centre 2,723,505.00 €; library furnishing 484,004.00 €; furnishing of auditorium, offices, and exhibition spaces
160.129,00 € (http://www.alterstudiopartners.com)
Nuova Biblioteca Universitaria – Cittá degli Studi Biella. Campus Polytechnic of Turin – Italia 2010
Romeo Ballardini, Vittorio Spigai, Venice – Italy
Libraries:
Università ca`Foscari Venzia. Biblioteca di Area Economica “G. Luzzatto”, Venice –Italy 1995-2004
The Faculty of Economics Library of Ca' Foscari University in Venice is one of the new buildings in the project area and is located
between Calle della Biscotela and Calle della Cereria. Characteristic of the library is the contraposition between inside and outside
surfaces: the building is featured by a linear volume and by a solid structure made of bricks and Istria stone or Euganea trachyte.
The inner space is designed as an independent structure made of steel works, glass and advanced technologies.
( http://www.mimoa.eu )
Mario Bellini Architect, Milan – Italy
http://www.mariobellini.com
Libraries:
Torino Cultural Centre, Torino – Italy 2006 – 2010
600.000 m², € 176.000.000
Project guidelines: The library is located along the north side of the site in order to have it facing entirely over the park and
receiving ideal indirect light. The big theatre building is designed within a double courtyard linked by the outlines of the pre-existing
industrial complex, the layout of which will be maintained as a memory of this area of the city. The gallery lobby, public, covered
and air-conditioned, crosses the site from east to west along the footprint of the original building and will serve as a strong ordering
and connecting element. The Belvedere occurs as a natural, albeit extraordinary accentuation of the layered, undulating facade
of the Library. It leans out in the form of an upward spiralling tower which finishes 40 metres above with a glazed viewing platform.
The vertical connection systems of the Foyer lead to the Open Air Theatre which is located on the roof of the main theatre.The
stepped stage is connected by a catwalk bridge to the great Belvedere Terrace above the Library. The new Public Park is integrated
in and connected to the internal accesses of the new Cultural Centre building and is closely linked to the Library building as well as
the outside urban context by means of contemplative pathways which gradually draw the visitor into the Park. (Bellini)
Emilio Caravatti Architetto, Monza, MI – Italia
http://www.emiliocaravatti.it
Libraries:
Campus delle Cultura ex ospendale Sant´Andrea (former St. Andrew´s Hospital), Vercelli – Italia 1 st prize
2008
Emilio Caravatti the winner of the international design competition for the Campus Culture in Vercelli, within the area of 'former
hospital S. Andrea. Following a detailed analysis of the large empty space created the dismantling of the hospital, and with constant
awareness of the scale of the system, the project was designed to achieve an urban and social destination area. Hence the choice of an
imposing structure, built in constant communication with the surroundings. The ratio between the volume and area the size of the
existing urban form takes the new urban square, marked by green pools of water that, in their length, enhance the morphology of
the near arcade. The new assembly hall and the classrooms will be housed in Hall 18 of the former hospital. The block will generate a
lively area around her city's public, to link Viale Garibaldi, the new square and directional flows toward the station. The relational
schema of the building keeps the section originated from the neoclassical pavilion. The huge columns of the pavilion "ex 18" leads to
the courtyard - a place of connection between the functional units (libraries, universities, parks, cities) - and it regulates access to the
public by confirming its strong urban vocation. The university library and public library will instead be located where once stood the
female ward and the hospital pharmacy. All volumes are connected by a long porch. A library tower is designed as a "fifth and
vanishing point of the square, silent mass of cement mixed with earth tones, leaning in close and complete the continuity of the
existing borders. " The area devoted to parking is divided into two parts arising from the presence of so many concrete slabs tilted in
opposite directions to each other. (http://www.archiportale.com)
Ampliamento Palazzo Municipale e Biblioteca (Extension of City Hall and Library) Oligate Molgora, LC
– Italia 2005
Biblioteca di Quartiere a Kati Kokò, Bamako – Mali 2004
Michael Carlana, Luca Mezzalira, Curzio Pentimalli, Padua – Italy
http://www.archiportale.com
Libraries:
Biblioteca Civica, Bressanone (Brixen) – Italy 2010 1. prize
The competition for the construction of the new public library in Piazza Duomo in Bressanone has a winner, it's the trio of architects
Padua Carlana Michel, Luca Mezzalira Pentimalli and Curzio, who have a premium equal to 19,000 euro . See the new cultural
function will be the building of the former Finance and portions of the court - both to consolidation efforts - along with a new
volume. Second and third prize, amounting to 14,000 euro and 9,000, respectively, are going to study German and Swiss Sturm und
Wartzeck MOCA Medine Altiok. The construction costs provided by the municipality amounted to 3 million and 800 thousand euro.
"The complexity of 'intervention in the approach between the new and existing buildings, creates a tension between the parties that
defines its character: building a "quiet" and identity at the same time, engages in the ordinary buildings of the former finance and
the court ... The goal of providing flexibility is expressed in the redefinition of urban access and interior spaces of buildings in order
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