*공용 도서관 프로젝트 [ BCQ Arquitectura ] Joan Maragall Library

이번 프로젝트의 주된 컨셉은 기존 공원에 대한 확실한 방향성 추구와 이에 부합하는 공용시설의 확충을 통해 도시공용 공간으로써 지역주민들의 다양한 소셜활동 지원에 의의가 있다. '빛의 공원'은 이러한 컨셉을 상징적으로 나타내는 모토로 기존 공원 위에 문화생활의 핵심역활인 도서관을 삽입 시킨다. 특히 삽입된 문화공간은 외부와의 밀착된 환경의 증대를 위해 여러개의 중정?을 가진 분절된 매스형태로 제안된다. 그러는 동안 기존공원은 도로로 부터 상승, 새로운 -인공적인- 구릉지 위에 자리하게 된다. 그리고 이 분절된 사이는 상부 -도시공원-와 하부-도서관 및 도로-을 수직으로 연결하는 동선인 동시에 도서관 사이로 자연채광을 유도하는 건축언어로 사용된다. (이를 통해 도서관의 지붕은 도시정원으로 변화된 것과 다름없다.) 도서관은 이내 자연을 모방한 거대한 구릉지로 기존 정원의 시퀀스를 되살리며 지역주민들의 다양한 문화공간과 편의를 제공하는 공용공간으로 활용된다.

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The main decision was to build the new building below the old existing garden and not take a part of this space. The motto with which we presented the project to the competition of ideas was “Garden of Light”. These two words sum up the two ideas of the project: to maintain and improve the existing garden, and at the same time get cheerful and well-lit spaces.

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Architects: BCQ Arquitectura
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Project Architects: David Baena, Toni Casamor, Maria Taltavull, Manel Peribáñez
Project Area: 2,983 sqm
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Ariel Ramirez, Courtesy of BCQ Arquitectura

Collaborators: Alexandre Liberato, Mika Iitomi, Jordi Sánchez, Vasco Mourão, Roser Marí, Jordi Rodríguez
Building Facilities: JG Ingenieros S.A. / Mercadomótika
Structures: Manuel Arguijo y Asociados S.L.
Direction: IDP Enginyeria i Arquitectura
Renderings: Vicentiu Sopterean, Jordi Rodríguez
Construction: Contratas y Obras Empresa Constructora S.A.
Cost: 7,645,084 €

The library is inserted under the garden of Florida Villa, in the shade of its trees. Inside, a landscape in itself, articulated and changing, where each use and each user find their place. It is a personalized and unique space.

The building will particularly relate to Sant Gervasi de Cassoles street. The gap between the garden and Sant Gervasi street allow a natural access to the new facility. On the other hand, the green roof will be at the same level as the old garden, so the construction of the new facility will mean the restoration of the garden from the civic center in its maximum dimension, where Florida Villa is always the building that presides the whole ensemble.

The building is formed by the “light and silence courtyards” and “books and knowledge courtyards.” The first, surrounded by glass, light and ventilate the interior while isolating the library from the street. The second, solid prisms filled with books, are part of the supporting structure of the library.

Among the courtyards and the volumes, interior spaces for reading and work are articulated. These are spaces that should be small and seeking to give a comfortable feeling of domesticity to users.

The interior is designed simply with few textures; ceiling, floor, furniture and walls in general are white, while the walls that conceal the retaining concrete walls and building structures are covered with clay tiles. This porous material, warm and sound absorbent, is a reminder that this is a semi-buried building dug into the ground.

To link the library with the upper garden, two volumes project. One of them is a space for library support with direct access from the lobby, located in a privileged area. The other is a skylight in the playground.

The existing garden extends through the roof of the new library, up to the same road Sant Gervasi de Cassoles, from which arises a new access to the gardens next to the entrance to the main lobby of the Library. The original trees of the old garden have been replanted on the roof of the new library.

from  archdaily