Carlos Santamaría Centre by JAAM
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Photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us these photographs of a curved concrete library in San Sebastian with a narrow courtyard driven through its centre.$ W, F) S& o U8 a
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3 ~( q! q) h4 Y' C \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." ^( S0 {8 ]7 `+ w0 k, z4 p+ f4 K& `$ I
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Timber-panelled walls surround the secluded courtyard, which separates the two-storey building into two asymmetrical halves.; @1 B7 {; U6 Y
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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.& F2 O+ k& B0 L$ \
, S# Q# Y1 w( k5 FThe 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.
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9 J. w" q" i0 `" d% PPhotographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre previously photographed the helter-skelter-like Centro Niemeyer by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, which you can see here.
# }& i9 q9 ~. u! {6 f( }$ ~) qHere’s some information from the architect:7 ~/ D0 u7 x) L; S p, q, \$ [
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)." ~* D; {5 V: U' G
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." }, R8 C+ j! Z3 R g- j- _
The 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.
3 X$ P& n {' r/ e: O; [; s, f 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.
* I5 v2 {; G, w% i) s* R/ l Architect: Ander Marquet Ryan, JAAM sociedad de arquitectura s.l.p.9 l3 q: i5 T; L
Quantity surveyor: Juncal Aldamizechevarría
1 @& I. Q; y# U$ B( a8 {8 {& [ Collaborators: June Gómez Alonso, Emmanuele Pibiri, Naia Landa Méndez, Mario Domínguez Maestre
$ B: b7 D, V" s4 ~0 XStructure: Minteguia y Bilbao
0 k+ q' p) z/ o Instalaciones: PGI (project), JG ingenieros (construction).
. |6 G, I; P% zDeveloper: Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU)% }" z; H9 W. o4 B! D( e
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Construction company: Construcciones Moyua) l7 E+ C) s8 _* r+ `, t3 A- U
Date of project: January 20084 r, Q0 N1 a3 e8 x& l8 L: H4 e$ y8 e. q

( q* o! z3 U( [. s: R8 \5 vEnd of construction: July 2011
- T! R$ Y' f9 O3 E6 ]* y9 aArea: 24.000m²# b- `# q1 Z/ ]1 o& h3 Y
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