The new library is located in an area of 5.400 m2, occupying only 300 m2, while leaving the remaining surface to a public park: the final result is a building surrounded by the green, where to spend pleasant time.
The choice to dispose the building aligned to the main road is motivated by the desire to realize a representative and distinctive building that welcome to the town.
The chance to realize a new library has been considered an opportunity to design a public building that serves as an identifying object for the community.
Surrounded by a green public field, a path walk cross one side of the building in correspondence of the entrance of the library.
The internal organization is structured at the ground floor with the main area and a small room excavated from a concrete block at the first floor; this space is conceived as an open attic towards the whole space where is located the study lounge.
The construction faces the rural environment, characterized by farm building with pitched roofs and arcades.
The glass façade enhances the mutual correspondence between the inside and the outside, highlighting the idea of a rural barn as an archetypal shape where collect precious things, in this case books.
The new library looks at the future: a nearly-zero energy building (NZEB), characterized by a wooden structure; all the materials are enhanced, declaring their own colors and shapes, providing a welcoming and warm atmosphere.