Library Buildings around the World

noise and big hugs and compliments trough Architect Alessandro Longo, who has guided and inspired the project team “It ‘a result
of which we are proud,” says Paolo Facchini, president of Lombardini22”. Today we are talking about us trough the architectural
quality of our projects, not only for the integration, time and costs that are always on the basis of our approach. It’ a fine time for
this property which has just approved a positive financial year 2007 and that momentum has started 2008 with a series of
prestigious appointments”. ( Lombardini)
Andrea Maffei Architects, Milano – Italy
http://www.amarchitects.it
Libraries:
Biblioteca Maranello – Italy 2011
Client: Maranello Patrimonio s.r.l., time schedule: competition april 2007, contract june 2008, construction start: september 2009,
construction end, november 2011, project Arata Isozaki, Andrea Maffei, design team arch. Alessandra De Stefani, arch. Carlotta
Maranesi, associate Stefano Tozzi / M+T & Partners, lighting design Koichi Tanaka, M+K Design, Milano, construction general
contractor ATI – Cooperativa Muratori Reggiolo e Manutenzioni Generali Reggiane, construction manager arch. Andrea Maffei
dimensions site area 850 mq., gross built area 1.175 mq., gross floor area 1.175 mq., maximum height 5.3 m, cost € 1.718.733,00,
structure concrete and steel, facades curved glass.
Literature:
November 2011 – Elena Mattia, “Investing on cultural spaces. The New Library of Maranello”, in “l’industria delle costruzioni”
(Italy) November/December 2011, n. 422, pp. 96-99
Paola Pierotti, “The New Library of Maranello is being completed”, in “Il Sole 24 Ore – Progetti e Concorsi”
November 14, 2011, N.43, p.1, p.10
Eleanora Capelli, “The Library of Isozaki and Maffei”, in “la Repubblica – Bologna edition – CULTURA”
November 15, 2011 Eleonora Capelli interview Andrea Maffei about the new Library of Maranello being finalized
Germana Crisafulli, “Read in transparency”, in “Elle Decor” (Italy) January/February 2012, n. 1-2, p. 49
Porzia Bergamasco, “It ‘s time to read”, in “Casamica” (Italy) March 2012, n.1, p.69 Presentation of the new library at Maranello,
built according to criteria of sustainability and energy savings
Porzia Bergamasco, “Projecting Culture”, in “ATCASA.IT” March 2012 Surrounded by water, this building developed by Arata
Isozaki and Andrea Maffei is a multipurpose space to store books for a recreational and cultural entertainment
The MABIC replaces a former warehouse, which have maintained the perimeter walls and lies in adherence to some residential
buildings. The library, protected by a transparent curvilinear skin, on which is grafted the matt block containing the support
functions, engages in the old volume. The cropped area between the glass facade and the perimeter wall is occupied by a body of
water, which extends north to the road. The access, covered by a canopy with a triangular section that continues the organic shape of
the building, is located to the west, overlooking the new square.
The building on two floors, including a basement, occupies a gross area of 1062 square meters.
A first filter area, the lobby, home to centrally scale, through which you access the multifunctional room, located downstairs, well
maintained independent of the library itself. Inside the lobby, next to the entrance, are also located the bank loan and the desk of
“Maranello Terra del Mito”, and, on the other side, the newspaper library and the local culture area. The hall leads directly to the
service functions, such as wardrobes, toilets and office, and to the toy library also accessible from the consultation area, as well as the
office. Along the corridor is also located the elevator, which leads to the underground space.
A second dual access, cut inside of the glass wall, leads to the main rooms of the library divided by age. A central double-sided
shelving system scans the space separating the areas for young people from the encyclopedic area, intended for mature audiences.
The stoneware colored floor planks and the white furnishings combine to create a diaphanous and absolute space, in which books
and encyclopedic volumes, also distributed along the curved wall, become the predominant elements. The transparent wall provides
great natural light in the reading room, supplemented in internal areas with skylights. The artificial light, produced by energy saving
fluorescent lights, integrated by LED lamps on the tables, enables an increase by stages of artificial lighting in order to limit energy
consumption.
The outer tub water constitutes the element of interconnection between the perimeter squared existing walls and the MABIC’s
curved surface. On the bottom of the tank, as on the roof, there is a layer of white gravel, which reduces the “heat island effect”. The
completely vegetated outer walls, acting together with the water, provide for: the improvement of microclimatic conditions, air
purification, noise mitigation, as well as psychological and social benefits. The basement, also accessible by lift, in addition to the
multipurpose room equipped with storage, hosts a video and music library, a reading room, toilets for the public and staff, and
technical spaces. The multipurpose space is illuminated by spotlights LED rails.
The air conditioning system exploits a geothermal plant, which covers the primary energy for summer cooling by 85% and the
primary energy for winter heating by 93%, savings more than the 45% energy summer consumption and the 30% in winter,
compared to a heat generating methane gas. A solar panel system provides more than 50% of domestic hot water.
The building also features a system of disposal/collecting rainwater used for irrigation. (Maffei)
MDU Architetti, Prato – Italy
http://www.mduarchitetti.it/mdu.html
Libaries:
Biblioteca Communale, Greve – Italy 2011
This is the dawning of Greve in Chanti (FI), the New Library Town of MDU Architects, a young studio consisting of Prato Valerio
Barberis, Alessandro Corradini, Cristiano Marcello Marchesini and Cosi. The project, covering a total area of 400 square meters,
was born from the desire to create a structure capable of responding to the growing and increasingly diverse cultural demands of the
capital and surrounding areas. The purpose of the library of Greve, whose implementation will end next year, will be to establish
itself as a new central meeting place and public as well as a site responsible for the performance of specific cultural activities, a
significant element in the urban and social fabric of the country with a highly recognizable image and its representative of a public
institution. The architectural image of the library is due to only two themes: the "soundness" of the base consists of blocks of
travertine, and the weight of the overlying clay volume. The base, it is heavy, durable, solid, but inside is a big double-height
entrance hall, information desk and lending and a large two-storey high racking divide this space from the office administration and
other intended for local cultural activities and entertainment. Upstairs, inside the brick volume, is the reading room (255 square
meters), overlooking the central void to full height, ensuring the performance of different functions in separate domains but visually
communicating with each other. In the reading room of the dose of natural light, and its diffusion in a harmonic way, is through the
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