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./ S2 G- i/ N- q" O q; q5 y9 _5 H
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5 C0 T, u6 t. H! |. A) C1 X, D2 `4 cCompleted 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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- M5 [! v/ a! a. jTimber-panelled walls surround the secluded courtyard, which separates the two-storey building into two asymmetrical halves." v9 _3 K( P- T7 O" S
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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.
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& a8 n! c) z; D6 { wThe 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.1 V6 T, U* m7 s3 ~
& F3 u: s. E6 q1 PPhotographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre previously photographed the helter-skelter-like Centro Niemeyer by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, which you can see here.
6 n. X3 L5 T1 `# z0 x: XHere’s some information from the architect:, R* l, p/ P8 M/ H4 S
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).! u o' ~, M6 y7 ^8 ^9 C- D
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.9 d% L9 j; W5 t) G
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 d9 d2 h2 H- A( T9 q5 g 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.$ y! R1 ] V( q3 R+ i
Architect: Ander Marquet Ryan, JAAM sociedad de arquitectura s.l.p.
7 J0 @( }1 v8 Z! p& nQuantity surveyor: Juncal Aldamizechevarría
! z _5 n c' x0 X0 z Collaborators: June Gómez Alonso, Emmanuele Pibiri, Naia Landa Méndez, Mario Domínguez Maestre
6 c, Y7 p# v: M3 PStructure: Minteguia y Bilbao3 g7 p7 T/ o) t3 a# O
Instalaciones: PGI (project), JG ingenieros (construction).. s4 i9 f' d, H# x: G/ K
Developer: Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU)' f0 d* p2 W& T4 v* A% [* t& _
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Construction company: Construcciones Moyua
1 ~! ]8 _3 f) q/ Z- bDate of project: January 2008
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! K6 g! ~- i/ q4 T$ l( ^End of construction: July 20112 @! M G/ g# z( Q4 a, }
Area: 24.000m²
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