PILARÍN BAYÉS LIBRARY

ARCHITECTS

BCQ arquitectura barcelona + Toni Casamor

LOCATION

Vic, Barcelona

YEAR

2022

CLIENT

Vic City Council | Barcelona Provincial Council

AREA

Building 5.168 m² | Public space 542 m²

STATUS

Built

COLLABORATOR

BAC Engineering (structures), AIA Instal·lacions Arquitectòniques (MEP engineering), FAHE Consulting Arquitectura (QS), Adrià Goula (photography)

CONTRACTOR

ARCADI PLA SA

BUDGET

6.458.013 €

A friendly building is proposed, which unfolds around a new garden open to the city where the articulation of the volumes responds to the desire to create differentiated spaces in the new library: rooms of domestic dimension that ensure comfort and tranquility for users, a magnificent double-height children’s room, areas for training and citizen information services, music and image areas with a recording studio, bar/restaurant services and even a gaming area. It is more than a library, a new meeting point in the city that leads to a new model of socio-cultural spaces.

Reading rooms in the knowledge area are oriented towards the garden. Citizens will see, from the Passeig de la Generalitat, a new garden and an open library, the interior activity will be perfectly visible from the street.
Ten large trees have been planted in the garden, one for each of the victims of the terrorist attack that took place in 1991 on this same site where the old Civil Guard barracks were located. Thus, the garden is, above all, the memorial space that pays tribute to the victims of terrorism, but it is also a space that can be used by library users as a space for relaxation and rest, to read in the shade of trees. Its slight slope towards the interior, makes the basement floor obtain excellent lighting conditions, in addition to being able to have independent access from the main entrance on the ground floor.

WINNER 2024 VETECO-ASEFAVE AWARDS LIGHT FAÇADE CATEGORY
DOUBLE WINNER 2023 ARCHELLO LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARDS: JURY AND PUBLIC VOTE
LONGLIST 2023 IFLA SYSTEMATIC PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARDS
NOMINATION 2014 GERMAN DESIGN AWARDS
FIRST PLACE IN RESTRICTED PROJECTS COMPETITION

RELATED PROJECTS

BANYOLES COUNTY LIBRARY

SANTA OLIVA LIBRARY

GABRIEL FERRATER LIBRARY

SANT GERVASI – JOAN MARAGALL LIBRARY

ARCHITECTS

BCQ arquitectura barcelona + Toni Casamor

LOCATION

Vic, Barcelona

YEAR

2022

CLIENT

Vic City Council | Barcelona Provincial Council

AREA

Building 5.168 m² | Public space 542 m²

STATUS

Built

COLLABORATOR

BAC Engineering (structures), AIA Instal·lacions Arquitectòniques (MEP engineering), FAHE Consulting Arquitectura (QS), Adrià Goula (photography)

CONTRACTOR

ARCADI PLA SA

BUDGET

6.458.013 €

A friendly building is proposed, which unfolds around a new garden open to the city where the articulation of the volumes responds to the desire to create differentiated spaces in the new library: rooms of domestic dimension that ensure comfort and tranquility for users, a magnificent double-height children’s room, areas for training and citizen information services, music and image areas with a recording studio, bar/restaurant services and even a gaming area. It is more than a library, a new meeting point in the city that leads to a new model of socio-cultural spaces.

Reading rooms in the knowledge area are oriented towards the garden. Citizens will see, from the Passeig de la Generalitat, a new garden and an open library, the interior activity will be perfectly visible from the street.
Ten large trees have been planted in the garden, one for each of the victims of the terrorist attack that took place in 1991 on this same site where the old Civil Guard barracks were located. Thus, the garden is, above all, the memorial space that pays tribute to the victims of terrorism, but it is also a space that can be used by library users as a space for relaxation and rest, to read in the shade of trees. Its slight slope towards the interior, makes the basement floor obtain excellent lighting conditions, in addition to being able to have independent access from the main entrance on the ground floor.

WINNER 2024 VETECO-ASEFAVE AWARDS LIGHT FAÇADE CATEGORY
DOUBLE WINNER 2023 ARCHELLO LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARDS: JURY AND PUBLIC VOTE
LONGLIST 2023 IFLA SYSTEMATIC PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARDS
NOMINATION 2014 GERMAN DESIGN AWARDS
FIRST PLACE IN RESTRICTED PROJECTS COMPETITION

RELATED PROJECTS

BANYOLES COUNTY LIBRARY

SANTA OLIVA LIBRARY

GABRIEL FERRATER LIBRARY

PILARÍN BAYÉS LIBRARY

CULTURAL/EDUCATIONAL

PILARÍN BAYÉS LIBRARY

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Exterior view

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Interior view

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Interior view

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Building scheme

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Ground floor

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First floor

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West elevation

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South elevation

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Longitudinal section

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Cross section

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