Library

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Nippan Group Tokyo Headquarter / KOKUYO

June 24, 2023 Hadir Al Koshta 0

NIPPAN Group has built the most significant wholesale book business in Japan. For the office renewal project, we planned to create a communication library. The displayed 2000 books were hand-picked by employees, and there is a note from the selector once you open the book. You can find the recommendations, memories, and reasons for choosing the book. Books selected by other employees can be an opportunity to find colleagues with similar interests and create new interactions. When you are stuck in your work, books will provide inspiration and improve the quality of the work. We designed a way of communication and new workstyles through the office library, and this was a leading challenge in Japan.

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Antipode Music, Youth and Cultural Center / Dominique Coulon & associés

June 21, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

The cultural hub Antipode is constructed in the new concerted development zone of the eco-district of La Courrouze, two kilometers away from the historic center of Rennes with very good tramways and soft mobility connections. Urban planners Secchi and Vigano organized various programs like large islets flooded by vegetation. The site is a vast territory on which were historically armament factories. To make its memory last, some walls have been preserved as well as large trees that punctuate the horizon.

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Yucun Impressions Young Library / SJTU School of Design – Du Chunyu team

June 17, 2023 Collin Chen 0

Yucun Impression Youth Library is located in Anjiyu Village, Zhejiang, the birthplace of the “two mountains” concept of “green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains”. The two preserved factory buildings bear witness to the green development path of Yucun from “industrial birds” to “ecological pastoral”. The project was officially completed in June 2022. After its opening, Yucun Impression Youth Library integrates multiple functions to become the most dynamic and creative rural place.

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LI City Study / Greater Dog Architects

June 12, 2023 Collin Chen 0

“Demolishing is a decision of easiness and short term,”said Anne Lacaton. “It is a waste of many things – a waste of energy, a waste of material, and a waste of history.” The sense of life in architecture lies in the duration of time, which is closely related to the usage scenario. However, buildings also have their own life cycle, whether it is the decline of the building’s own functions, changes in social demands, or new requirements by local policies, all of which become opportunities for old buildings to be rejuvenated.

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Architecture Classics: Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center / Rogelio Salmona

May 22, 2023 Laura Sáenz 0

The Centro Cultural García Márquez is an iconic building located in downtown Bogotá. Its sinuous forms and the dialogue it establishes between time and place are perceptible at various scales. The project was initiated by the Fondo de Cultura Económica de México in 2004 as a cultural contribution by its Colombian branch. Designed by Rogelio Salmona, unfortunately, he passed away in October 2007, a year before its completion in 2008.

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Architecture Classics: Virgilio Barco Library / Rogelio Salmona

May 17, 2023 Laura Sáenz 0

Located in the Teusaquillo neighborhood, in the northeastern sector of Bogotá, the Virgilio Barco Library forms a complex integrated by the Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park and the Virgilio Barco Library Park. The consolidation of the social, recreational, and cultural development center displays the library a particular approach between the built work and the natural capital environment. Through its tour, it progressively reveals the solution of a program designed to form a cultural and landscape ensemble omitting its position within the city.