CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AWARDS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AWARDS 2009 MIES VAN DER ROHE
Library, Senior Citizens and block interior space
Calle Comte Borrell, 44-46, Barcelona
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The next project is part of the action plan Proiexample driven by a company of mixed economy, with public and private capital, established by the City of Barcelona, \u200b\u200b to recover spaces located within blocks of the city Barcelona have fallen in disuse.
The project is located in the Eixample district, the birthplace of modern Barcelona, \u200b\u200bdesigned by the engineer planner Ildefons Cerda. In this context, the community service center is used to return one of these block interiors Community use intended by the original plan of Ildefonso Cerda.
site was formerly a candy factory in the Sant Antoni and the program mixed use is part of a proposal to boost the neighborhood by providing different services for a variety of groups users.
consists of public library and center older organized around public space the project reinterprets of contemporary way some of the essential elements of traditional Mediterranean architecture : the patio, porch the and screen.
Basement
Ground
First floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
The library acts as a gateway on the corridor that runs from the street public space , that like a patio domestic , is an extension outdoor the library and center elderly. With its trees , areas ground floor , living areas and play , this urban courtyard houses different types of activities and provides opportunity for interaction between the game children and pensioners who frequent the center .
cross sections
Detail
lattice