Library Buildings around the World

ectangular shape of the Library. We can distinguish different areas. The mezzanine, a large gap open, rectangular and down to the
roof of the building, and where the most important element of the library: a monumental staircase to access the different rooms ,
located on floors higher. This scale is very important because they set different access to different uses of the library . The first
section, with a gradient smoother and wider, giving access to the first floor where the rooms open access funds, seating, etc. ... and a
second section, divided into two more narrow, with a stronger slope, to get to the second floor in the zone file, and thus a more
restricted area and difficult access. Here we also find the elevator, the office staff and the different service areas. The first floor, with
shelves placed in parallel along a straight line inside the building, in areas of vertical communication, and tables and seating
discharged to the large windows. And the second floor, where the highlight of the roof trusses and follows the same arrangement of
furniture and features the first floor. 1 December 2007 Daniel Gil Uncategorized [Übersetzung), in: http://www.bauenblog.info)
Equip BCPN, Barcelona – Spain
Richard Pié Ninot, Josep M. Vilanova
http://www.equipbcpn.com
Libraries:
Biblioteca Mediateca de la Fundació Blanquerna, Barcelona – Spain 2008 - 2010
The library is located on the corner of Valldonzella and Montalegre streets, in Barcelona, and occupies a surface area of 2.365 m2.
This is a facility in which technology defines the building design, as well as the multiple services it offers. Its location is the result of
the special circumstances and particularities of the place and a general analysis of the geometries of the main facilities in that area.
(http:www.ondisegno.com)
Jordi Bosch Genover Arquitectos, Barcelona - Spain
Libraries:
Amplición Convent de Sant Domènec, Girona – Spain 2007
The building has a very simple structure. It is organized from a trapezoidal configuration structure that attaches to the ground floor
of the convent, in a physical environment clearly determined by the existing buildings. The solution adopted in plant is resolved
against a decision by default, also develops in successive different levels to facilitate the organization of interior space. The building
has three levels. The inlet body parallel to the facade of Sant Domènec available at elevation 0.00, coinciding with the actual floor of
the library, and two-story reading rooms, classrooms and book storage in the intermediate levels. The body of the new lobby
entrance with general library and the desk is a low volume of a single level open to a courtyard. (http://www.ondiseno.com)
Brullet – De Luna Arquitects, Barcelona
Manuel Brullet Tenas, Alfonso de Luna
http://www.brulletdeluna.com
Libraries:
Centre Cultural al Prat del Llobregat – Spain 2010
Promoter: Ajuntament del Prat del Llobregat, Surface area of site: 4700 m2, BUilt surface: 16390 m2, Project date: 2007
Completed work date: 2010
The cultural centre of El Prat is situated in the Plaça Catalunyaof El Prat, and contains a library, the historical archives of El prat
and a meeting hall. The exterior volume of the cultural complex, covered by an elegant zinc skin, takes the form of a round body only
fragmented by the bursting in of the meeting hall and the central empty space that serves as an entrance courtyard. The interior of
the building contrasts with its exterior aggressiveness; the spatial successions, the work in section, the use of warm materials or the
serenity afforded by the overhead light, produce an interesting atmospheric experience, particularly spectacular in the triple space
that makes up the entrance to the library. (Brullet)
Escuela Elisabeth, Salou – Spain 2008
Project date: 2005-2006, Work Start Date: Agost 2006, Completed work date: 2008, Built surface area: 10.000 m², Surface area of
site: 24.371 m²
The school programme includes the whole educational cycle, from infant school, through to primary and secondary school. The
general approach of the project is based on desire to establish a close relationship between all the pedagogic groups of the school,
adapting personalised spaces for each one of them, yet facilitating exchanges. The idea of organising the whole complex comes from
the desire to structure the school as a “small city”, with its centre, streets, facilities and green zones. In the “agora”, the centre of the
school, we find the main entrance, the library, the gymnasium, the main hall, the dining rooms, the offices and the head teacher’s
office. From this square with porches, towards the left we enter the primary and infant area, and to the right we come to the
secondary area. There is a clear desire for the school to touch the ground and for all the conventional classrooms to have their
natural extension in the garden classes. Through different pavilions and exterior spaces, which are closely related, the whole school is
gradually structured. Nearly all the programme of the school is undertaken on the ground floor, except for the secondary zone which
has a pavilion with three levels. With the work in an advanced stage the constructive programme has been extended with the need to
cover an outdoor sports centre measuring 40 x 20 metres. From the point of view of the general consolidation plan, the project makes
a commitment to generosity, extending the ground floor a great deal and, in contrast, has opted for simple and economical
construction materials and techniques in order to reduce costs. (Brullet)
Rehabilitación de la Biblioteca Jujol en el Ateneo, Barcelona – Spain 2008
Property: Ateneu Barcelonès, Built surface area Ateneu: 6.000 m2, Built surface area Biblioteca: 1050 m2, Ateneu project date: 1999
Biblioteca project date: 2005, Ateneu work start date: 2001, Ateneu completed work date: 2002, Biblioteca completed work date:
2008
The Ateneu Barcelonés is in the Palau Savassona, a late 18th-century building that has housed the offices of this institution since the
19th century. On the first body built of the palace, in 1906 the architects Maria Jujol and R. Font-Gumà adapted the space on the
main floor to house the library. This early reform was superimposed over the original elements of the palace, preserving the most
notable ones. Later, at the end of the 1970s, another very important reform was undertaken that added three storeys to the building
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