Library Buildings around the World

adjacent medieval city gateway (the Koppelpoort). KAdE occupies the right-hand section of the 16,000 square metre
building. The exhibition space covers an area of around 1000 square metres on the lower floor, with two half-floors.
(http://www.mimoa.eu)
Woolworth Center, Mendel Music Library, University of Princeton – USA 1994 – 1997
Literature:
Raymond Menzez, in: Architectural Review 01 April 1999
Music box - architecture of music library and rehearsal facility at Princeton University's conservatory of music
by Raymond Mendez
Housing the Schiede Music Library, rehearsal rooms and faculty offices, Juan Navarro Baldeweg's new building at
Princeton University extends the existing Woolworth Conservatory of Music. The Princeton campus is an Arcadian haven of
object buildings from various eras set in a mature landscape, and Baldeweg's discreet contemporary contribution adds to
this lineage. Eased into the north flank of the existing Woolworth block, the new building's nougat-like mixture of different
sorts and sizes of spaces is expressed through an irregular (though not capriciously so) geometry that relieves the rather
stern brick orthogonality of its neighbour. Baldeweg also uses brick (a soft warm red against existing burnt umber),
partnered with cream metal cladding and bands of horizontal glazing that sit immaculately flush within the taut brick skin.
The handling of materials displays a quiet assurance; nothing is forced or flashy and detailing is consistently simple and
refined. The west flank of the new extension opens up towards Prospect House, a nineteenth-century mansion, now
recolonized as a faculty building. Given over to quieter, more contemplative activities such as the library reading room and
cellular staff offices, this wing is more permeable and transparent, protected from the glare of the afternoon sun by a row of
green brises-soleil. The new library, rehearsal space and staff offices are arranged around a central circulation court gouged
into the heart of the building. Daylight is funnelled into this luminous gorge through two large clerestory windows. The
angular V-shaped profile of the skylight roofs rises like a pair of periscopes above the brick-clad, earthbound volumes.
Gently grafting together old and new parts, the tall court forms the complex's spatial and organizational fulcrum, bounded
by processional flights of stairs and a huge glass wall (reminiscent of an oversized shop window or fishtank) that
simultaneously encloses and reveals the music library. As it extends towards the fan-shaped lobby of the main entrance, the
glass wall is transformed into a curved prow, like a sleek ocean liner. Cool white wall planes subtly reinforce the nautical
allusion. A trapezoidal rehearsal hall, sunk into the lower ground level, adjoins the main entrance. Here too, a glass wall
visually connects the rehearsal space with the circulation court. (http://www.findarticles.com)
Berta Barrio Arquitectes, Barcelona – Spain
Sergi Godia Fran, Berta Barrio Uria
http://www.bertabarrio.com
Libraries:
Parque Can Llaureador, 1° , 2° Fase de Proyecto de Bliblioteca; Parque y Masia, Teià, Maresme,
Catalunya – Spain 2007 – 2009 1° Fase, 2° Fase 2011
Des d'ahir, Teià ja té biblioteca. Al matí va obrir per primer cop les portes després que divendres fos inaugurada en un acte amb
prop de 200 persones. Amb l'obertura d'aquest nou centre, Teià resol una mancança històrica ja que era dels pocs municipis de
6.000 habitants que no tenien biblioteca. L'alcalde, Andreu Bosch (ERC), que a finals de mes deixa l'alcaldia, va mostrar la seva
confiança que l'equipament es convertirà d'aquí a poc temps en un centre de dinamització social i cultural. La biblioteca sera la
primera del municipi. Ocupa una superfície de 1.167 m², té 70 punts de lectura, sis punts de consulta d'internet i un fons bibliogràfic
de 15.000 llibres i 1.300 documents audiovisuals. Una de les principals peculiaritats és que es tracta d'un edifici semisubterrani, que
passa totalment inadvertit des del carrer que hi ha al darrere de l'equipament. En canvi, des del passeig de la Riera, cap on està
situada la façana, és totalment visible. Els arquitectes encarregats del disseny han estat Berta Barrio i Sergi Gòdia. L'execució del
projecte i l'enjardinament del perímetre han costat 3,3 milions, una bona part dels quals s'han finançat amb inversió municipal. La
Generalitat hi va aportar 400.000 euros a través del PUOSC, i la Diputació de Barcelona, que integra la biblioteca de Teià en la seva
xarxa, 300.000. El nou equipament es va inaugurar divendres a la tarda amb la presència del conseller de Cultura, Joan Manuel
Tresserras; el president de la Diputació de Barcelona, Antoni Fogué, i diverses autoritats locals. L'alcalde de Teià, Andreu Bosch
(ERC), mostrava la seva satisfacció per la inauguració del que considera un «equipament indispensable» per al municipi. «Serà un
punt de referència, de moviment social i lligat a la cultura», va afirmar. Bosch, que deixa el càrrec a finals de mes, veurà com la seva
etapa com a alcalde acaba amb l'estrena de tres dels seus projectes principals: la plaça de la Cooperativa (inaugurada al maig), la
biblioteca de Can Llaurador i la cel·la vinera, que s'inaugura el dia 20 que ve, juntament amb el centre d'acollida turística.
La finca de Can Llaurador, on està situada la biblioteca, té una superfície total de 27.000 m². En una segona fase, que començarà
l'any vinent, es condicionarà la casa antiga com a arxiu municipal. (http://www.72dpinet.blogspot.com)
Battle i Roig, Esplugues de Lobregat – Spain
Battle, Joan Roig, architects
http://www.battleiroig.com
Libraries:
Biblioteca Pública (Torres Amat), Salent – Spain 1997
Client: Servei de Patrimoni Arquitectònic, Diputació de Barcelona, Design date: 1989, Contractor: URCOTEX, Area: 1.375 m2
Awards:
1998 Bonaplata Award Category: Joint first prize for Restoration ’98, Project: Public library in the former Torres factory, Sallent
Literature:
" Batlle & Roig ". In: Architecture Barcelona [Accessed: 7 October 2007
"Public Library, Salient." In: Documents of Architecture , n. 44 (Feb. 2000), p. 41-48
"Public Library Torres Amat". In: TC Cuadernos , no 91 (2009), p. 116-123
Designed by the architecture of Enric Batlle and Joan Roig (Project, 1991-1992; work, 1994-1997), the Public Library St. Anthony
Mary Claret de Sallent is located in the old house factory Torres Amat , textile industry heritage of the past that developed over the
centuries following the upper reaches of the Llobregat. It has a total area of 1.375m2. The whole building is next to the river and up
the house-factory (now converted into a Museum) and an industrial house, rectangular. It is in this ship in its last two plants on one
side, which houses the Public Library. The original entrance is at the bottom of a steep street, near the Llobregat, and so far
removed from access to the Library. It changed the main entrance at the top of the street, on the opposite side of river. The
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