Structure Classics: Biblioteca El Tintal / Bermúdez Arquitectos

El Tintal Library is the results of reusing a former disused waste switch plant and reworking the 5-hectare website right into a park alongside Avenida Ciudad de Cali with sixth Avenue. The rescued constructing from wreck was a 25-meter-wide by 72-meter-long industrial warehouse with a complete space of three,600 m², distributed over two flooring of appreciable peak. Constructed with a sturdy concrete construction and enormous spans, it was adaptable to new use, enhancing its sturdy and industrial look.

A big 75-meter-long viaduct, initially designed for waste disposal to the compactors, has been remodeled right into a mechanism to announce and supply entry to the primary and second flooring of the Library, in addition to turning into a component of exercise and interplay with the park.

On the second ground, a big studying room of seven meters in peak was created, topped by seven huge skylights that obtain most pure mild from the north with out direct daylight. The grand area is flanked by a sequence of sunshine pockets that guarantee optimum lighting ranges and likewise options two giant home windows that selectively body essentially the most exceptional options of the distant panorama: the savanna and the hills. Because the services and companies are resolved inside a hard and fast central level, the ground plan is totally clear, guaranteeing absolute flexibility in addition to exceptional visible and spatial openness.

The primary ground consists of a big hall, bordered by a sequence of home windows and round openings, which connects varied rooms and is flanked on one finish by an auditorium and on the opposite by a youngsters’s room. Preserving the voids of the unique hoppers, the constructing has a mezzanine to accommodate workplaces, a sound library, and a video library. The technical space is situated outdoors the primary block and leads on to the central column of circulation
and vertical channels, attaining most effectivity. All the grey concrete of the unique construction was preserved, and the brand new structural and architectural components had been solid in mild concrete and subsequently bush-hammered to spotlight the limestone combination that displays mild with nice depth.

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