Benicalap public library

Carrer del Poeta Serrano Clavero, València, Spain

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Benicalap public library

Carrer del Poeta Serrano Clavero, València, Spain

Type

Educational › Library

YEAR

2011

The
aim is to achieve
a building that takes the sun’s orientation into account, crossed
ventilation, the need for privacy, silence, meditation and one that
creates flexible spaces that can be adapted to future needs.
The
first decision consists
of respecting free space, the south facing courtyard, located between
the library and the future adjoining Social Welfare building, and a
north facing courtyard is also added, running along the façade.
This
north courtyard, which is really two courtyards separated by the
access system to the building, allows the irregularities of the plot
to be corrected, which arise due to its triangular shape, thus
obtaining a regular interior shape allowing better use to be made of
it and of the functions to be assigned.
The
courtyards help to develop the idea of privacy, in the shape of a
façade built in layers. The first one is the wall that marks the
limits and protects. Then we have the courtyard, which enhances and
includes wide glass windows to get abundant north light and crossed
ventilation, aiming for maximum efficiency and reducing energy
consumption.
An
ideal place to study, to read, to develop knowledge, culture... all
of it built with tough materials, very low maintenance, and using an
industrialised building process which will allow keeping within the
short deadlines published in the tender conditions.