Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Vista frontal de la fachada principal con la entrada | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Vista frontal de la fachada principal con la entrada | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux

Carles Rahola Library

Year of construction
2014

Mario Corea Arquitectura

The main feature in the library is light in its different forms. The square volume, almost entirely glazed with white U-Glass, is punctuated by a piece of transparent glass.

 

This floods the interior with a filtered light that is particularly comfortable for reading. The transparent glass frames the views of the surrounding neighbourhood.

Mario Corea
Architect

Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Detalle del acristalado  | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux
Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Entrada con volumen acristalado U-Glass blanco | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux

An abstract geometry, a pure and resounding volume, a perfect square undoubtedly determines the character of the public and civic building, differentiating it from the residential fabric that surrounds it.

Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Plano de la fachada del edificio | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Plano de la fachada del edificio | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux
Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Fachada trasera con volúmenes y entrada de luz | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux
Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Fachada con entrada de cristal hacia la biblioteca | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux

The library’s nocturnal presence in the neighbourhood. Its glazed façades turn it into a great urban lamp, thus acquiring its symbolic character as a lamp of knowledge, a cultural container at the service of society as a whole.

Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Esbozo en carboncillo del aspecto final | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Esbozo en carboncillo del aspecto final | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux
Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Puertas de cristal hacia la zona de estudio y lectura | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Puertas de cristal hacia la zona de estudio y lectura | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux
Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Vista nocturna de la fachada principal iluminada | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux Biblioteca Carles Rahola | Vista nocturna de la fachada principal iluminada | Mario Corea Arquitectura | Alumilux