Library at St. Martí Sarroca

Competitions
St. Martí Sarroca, 2016
Client:  Barcelona Provincial Council
Area:  650 m2
Phase:  open competition / 1st prize graphical proposal ex-aequo
Images:  vimworks

The new library is placed in an urban park located north of the village. The new building is proposed as a structure that overlaps the existing layout and the park, as an umbrella, and thus avoid 'destroying' the idea of ​​urban park. The new porches are sewn with the existing slope, the green carpet and the path, which already forms the backbone of the park, where the access to the new equipment is opened.

The library space is formalized as a protected and air-conditioned part of the park, which seeks to provide continuity of air and visuals between inside and outside. The structural skeleton is covered with a vegetal plane that recovers the waterproofed surface result of the new construction and that becomes a pergola with deciduous vegetation, as a sun protection in summer.

Biblioteca de St. Martí Sarroca
Biblioteca xarxa Diputació de Barcelona
Biblioteca de St. Martí Sarroca
Biblioteca xarxa Diputació de Barcelona