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Tenoch House / BGP Arquitectura

Daniela Cardenas — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:00:00 +0000

The project is an extension to the existing house, this element linking conceptually by a glass element, with two new volumes, the rooms and private areas.

Jaime Garcia Terres Library / arquitectura 911sc

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The project is part of the City of Books a project by the Mexican Secretary of Culture to acquire the personal book collections of the most relevant Mexican writers and intellectuals of the 20th Century and commissioning architects the design of each personal library to be housed within La Ciudadela, an 18th Century building in the central part of Mexico City. arquitectura 911sc was asked to design the Jaime Garcia Terres Library, which occupies a small room, with an area of just 170 square meters (1,830 sqft) and a height of 6.30 meters (20.7 ft) located on the northwest corner of La Ciudadela.

Antonio Castro Library / BGP Arquitectura

Nico Saieh — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The library located in two bays at the north side of the north-west patio at the Ciudadela. It was created to place the Antonio Castro Leal’s personal library, it was projected a transparent area in which the bookcases are attached on the walls to full height, these vertical elements in dark wood make the contrast with horizontal planes (floors) in light wood and translucent glass, so too the furniture in white. Despite the open space, one can distinguish four different areas: the reception, the teamwork area, personal reading area and the research area.
The modular solution for each component responds to the placement of structural metal beams on the Catalan ceiling of the original building and the hallways are suspended from these elements by a light and thin stainless steel rounds. The railings are continuous and articulated in the changes of direction and ends. Each bookcase panel has on its edge a continuous band from leeds that illuminates each book and they seem as vibrate in space. The simple and modular bookcases complemented with especial details of ironwork railings and the tables and chairs designed specifically for this space. An integral solution from industrial design to architecture took as reference the Castro Leal's personal library at his home at Coyoacan. The result is an easily visual comprehension and homely to visitors.