Carlos Santamaría Centre by JAAM: C% N5 n4 {3 {+ D6 H# G( u
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, b5 N8 a, x! W% _8 BPhotographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us these photographs of a curved concrete library in San Sebastian with a narrow courtyard driven through its centre.
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Completed in 2008 by Ander Marquet Ryan of Spanish architects [url=http://www.jaam.es/]JAMM, the Carlos Santamaría Centre is located on the campus of the University of the Basque Country.
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. s. a8 V! Z2 i- i( q) K; W6 {Timber-panelled walls surround the secluded courtyard, which separates the two-storey building into two asymmetrical halves.+ A P+ n' z# J9 J1 y( L3 A
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The library’s book collection is housed on two storeys of the larger half, while the smaller part contains separate study rooms and a lecture theatre.! Q8 ~, }, E1 M8 i8 T
" O9 X, ? W4 g+ N& T6 hThe round concrete exterior walls converge into a point at the front entrance to give the building a teardrop-shaped plan. Students walk through this pointed entrance into a double-height colonnade, where L-shaped timber columns surround a glass wall and roof., h8 a q+ Q1 {
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Photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre previously photographed the helter-skelter-like Centro Niemeyer by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, which you can see here.
0 ^# c% Y. m, j- sHere’s some information from the architect:2 r# u1 o/ I' P
The Carlos Santamaría Centre, located in San Sebastian is an advanced data centre and library, linked to the Ibaeta University Campus and the result of a competition developed by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
. z: x# t* F! V% | The building is conceived as a huge container, shaped from a spontaneous outline following the natural curve of the lot. The line is the wall containing the two blocks arranged in a north-south direction, and its vertex is at the place we consider the most important: the building’s main access, which opens up like a large mouth, pointing the vertex towards the sky.
, R: z% f0 F+ ` WThe division of the construction into two blocks also makes the creation of a private, inner garden possible, like an extension of the spaces that overlook it. It is a quiet, green area, accessible for strolling, reading and group meetings, always lighted from the south and north, an outdoor counterpoint to urban noise, inside the building.
1 ]4 v9 L7 @0 a5 d0 q) D( L( ] With regard to its construction, the principal façade of the building is a curved wall of 25cm made out of white self-compacting concrete. On the other hand, in the garden which divides the building the solution of the facades consists of IPE wood planks.
* E7 i. L5 n9 l! O/ h. A/ @ Architect: Ander Marquet Ryan, JAAM sociedad de arquitectura s.l.p.
( Y# i/ L8 D9 a0 B, B0 l; e4 GQuantity surveyor: Juncal Aldamizechevarría
+ |' Y0 G+ ]- A) Y Collaborators: June Gómez Alonso, Emmanuele Pibiri, Naia Landa Méndez, Mario Domínguez Maestre
1 N# a' E& Q$ _7 Y6 x% l' ]9 qStructure: Minteguia y Bilbao
2 r T$ J8 U3 p" V) L) M Instalaciones: PGI (project), JG ingenieros (construction).
5 w% O! @# W; ^4 h5 Y# `1 ~, LDeveloper: Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU)
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Construction company: Construcciones Moyua
. Z4 N& D$ }; q. kDate of project: January 2008
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6 i: a5 w' t: i# L( V- I; vEnd of construction: July 2011
$ w5 y) W5 ]+ U/ x% RArea: 24.000m²( \$ h8 L w p) [$ z: d
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