Carlos Santamaría Centre by JAAM7 ~2 T* R8 F$ q" l9 n9 r
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3 M) \0 W$ o0 I3 fPhotographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us these photographs of a curved concrete library in San Sebastian with a narrow courtyard driven through its centre.( X8 c- }% {6 C# H
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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.& X- ]$ o7 } L2 u5 d$ Q; L
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Timber-panelled walls surround the secluded courtyard, which separates the two-storey building into two asymmetrical halves.4 Y; `; L8 M% P7 w0 h& V
- x0 c- m$ \# M/ _7 i1 EThe 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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The 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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4 {/ w6 [9 S0 a% ~2 X, Z$ NPhotographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre previously photographed the helter-skelter-like Centro Niemeyer by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, which you can see here.- e. I. G8 U$ L
Here’s some information from the architect:
9 @# ~# ]1 D7 K3 c8 UThe 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).
3 P6 M, F% ?/ Y8 b6 x 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.
( c1 J2 m. Q( V3 n. V A: I% k. p% MThe 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.5 t/ x( j1 G+ y3 [' G1 r
 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.
- M& d- `' U$ E% L/ b; [# R Architect: Ander Marquet Ryan, JAAM sociedad de arquitectura s.l.p.
' o3 b" f- S$ NQuantity surveyor: Juncal Aldamizechevarría: h) @0 a3 a% B7 }
 Collaborators: June Gómez Alonso, Emmanuele Pibiri, Naia Landa Méndez, Mario Domínguez Maestre# s* @( D0 s& k' Z# _
Structure: Minteguia y Bilbao: m! I+ a8 M6 I) q, c9 c
 Instalaciones: PGI (project), JG ingenieros (construction).; x: ?. M- j O6 h; N+ f
Developer: Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU)
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/ o; H; M( [. r3 a( DConstruction company: Construcciones Moyua
: t7 H& f B' R7 H2 \8 {1 UDate of project: January 2008, v8 W4 y4 ~4 f/ @8 k$ J
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End of construction: July 2011
3 H5 T ?3 A- {3 P" z1 w: vArea: 24.000m²3 A" J3 {- `; z
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