The architects covered the extension in wooden railway sleepers as if the tracks that once ran near the station were dismantled and stacked to create a new piece of architecture. Another reason behind the choice of cladding is the fact that, after the railway disappeared, the remaining building felt oddly out of place. By creating a visual connection to its past, the architect managed to root the location into its context and relate the library with the Train’s Boulevard.
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Irregular, sculptural volume of the structure houses the extension of the library, vertical communication, access, service premises and terracesoverlooking the boulevard. “The project is generated from the inside to the outside taking advantage of the flexibility that the during design process allows the irregular geometries,” said the architects.
+ Estudio Beldarrain
Via Archdaily
Photos by Jon Cazenave
