New City Library in Duomo Square/Neue Stadtbibliothek - Bressanone/Brixen Bolzano IT , Farre+Stevenson Architettura Farre+Stevenson Architettura Espaços comerciais Centros de congressos
New City Library in Duomo Square/Neue Stadtbibliothek - Bressanone/Brixen Bolzano IT , Farre+Stevenson Architettura Farre+Stevenson Architettura Espaços comerciais Centros de congressos

This contest, at the request of the municipal of Brassanone, called for the design of a new building to be combined with an existing structure to create a new city library. The sole requirement of the competition was for new building to complement the existing structure and surrounding context.

Our design and concept was not to create a traditional library but a neighborhood hub and icon that acts as a both a public square and library, providing beautiful space for people to meet, study, and explore. The library includes an extensive collection of hard-copy and digital literature, access to computers and the internet, a children’s area for playing and learning, a café, indoor sitting areas and outdoor garden. Two axes were identified to guide the composition of our design. The first stems from the existing courthouse (located to the north of the site) and runs north-south. The second axis lies along the exisiting municipal building governing internal revenue (adjacent the north edge of the site) and runs east-west. These two axes, as well as the context and style of the surrounding neighborhood, influenced the new building’s placement, composition, and aesthetics. The new building design was placed adjacent to the internal revenue offices but running north-south inline with the courthouse, creating an interior grid for the horizontal distribution and rhythm of the primary staircase, beams, and columns. For the façade of the building and vertical composition, inspiration was influenced from the surrounding neighborhood and culture. Sections, elevations, and façades of nearby buildings were studied to create a building that complements the style indicative of the neighborhood, but unique and with strength to allow the new library to act as an icon for the quarter.

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