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Biblioteca José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos Library |
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LOCATION |
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North America |
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 Mexico |
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 Mexico City [Ciudad de México] |
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Martinez de la Torre Eje 1 Norte/Aldama
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Libraries and media libraries
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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2004
project winner of competition
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Realisation |
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2005 - 2007 |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Raymund Ryan, "Alberto Kalach in Mexico City", The Plan 25, aprile/april 2008, "Letter from America" pp. 33-50 |
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Mercedes Daguerre (ed.), "Alberto Kalach. Biblioteca José Vasconcelos", Casabella 761-762, dicembre 2007-gennaio 2008/december 2007-january 2008 [Biblioteche oggi], pp. 48-63
Miquel Adrià, "L'arca primordiale come giardino della conoscenza", Casabella 761-762, dicembre 2007-gennaio 2008/december 2007-january 2008 [Biblioteche oggi], pp. 48-53 (48-63), 170-171 |
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CLIENT |
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| Conaculta (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) |
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DIMENSIONAL
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site mq. 38.091
building mq. 37.000
auditorium mq. 1.000
offices mq. 2.000
storage mq. 977
greenhouse mq. 2.000
external area mq. 2.652
botanical garden mq. 26.000
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500.000 books (current)
2.000.000 books (max)
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STRUCTURES |
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EMRSA
Enrique Arriaga, Martínez Romero |
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STAFF |
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| Associate designers |
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| Design team |
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| Gustavo Lipkau, Juan Palomar, Tonatiuh Martínez |
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| Emmanuel Ramírez, Ignacio del Río, Tami Tamashiro, José Luis Reyes, Héctor Módica, Bolivar Garrido, Ivan Ramírez, Gabriel Ortíz, Roland Oberhofer, Paola Acevedo, Alejandro Castañeda |
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| Landscape design |
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| José Maria Buendía, Carlos Murillo, Teobaldo Eguiluz, Jardin Botánico UNAM |
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