Born Library (Barcelona)

Location: Barcelona, Spain
Arch. Coauthor: Alonso y Balaguer
Arch. Coll.: Efrem López y despacho A&B
Year: 1998

The project, undertaken in collaboration with A&B aims to build a centerpiece, the archives based on compacts suspended in the middle of the warehouse of the old market, leaves the halls of research, laboratories and restaurants, on the lower floor, and various reading rooms and consultation over the archives area. The air conditioning is done via hot water extracted from surface layers below as an ingenious system. The proposal was among the four finalists.