Volido

New Central Library . Barcelona

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Located at the border of the old town of Barcelona, the proposal for the New Central Library flies toward the silence and the light that illuminates the reading areas and provides the energy for its self-sufficiency. The building, with this jump, liberates the ground floor giving a public plaza to the city. This new public land is located in the interstice of surrounding territories historically considered as residual dead ends and never solved in the different urban plans done in the area in the last 200 years. The library is energetically self-sufficient and performs as hyper-connector between the Historic Center and the seafront, un-accessible from this part of the town.

Collaborators:

AOR: Zaguirre-Formatger. STRUCTURE: Eduard 12. MECHANICAL: PGI