Location:
Parma, Italia
Year:
2016
Project status:
completed
Clients:
Municipality of Parma
Project category:
pubblic space _ library
Assignment:
collaborator for final architectural design
Collaborators:
eng. Francesco Fulvi, Sandro Del Lesto, Stefano Guarnieri, Tania Comelli
The new Alice Library is a project for the citizens.
It is a library for a neighborhood, the Pablo, which gathers different ethnic groups, different ages, different people.
It is a project to include, to welcome, to share.
The outline tells the story, an industrial shape for a site where there has always been a factory.
The large windows make the dialogue between the inside and the outside direct, while walking in the park where the building is inserted, you feel part of the internal actions.
A large double-height hall with sheds that let in light, marks the entrance.
Then a large hall and more intimate spaces, in which to devote to 0-6 or neighborhood workshops.
The mobile furniture makes the rooms flexible in their use and ensures a varied use: shows, readings, cultural meetings, debates…
The carefully chosen materials are adequate for a high level of indoor comfort.
Exposed wooden structure in micro-laminate beech, interior brick walls and raw soil plaster, large windows with adjustable shading on the main front that provide natural light.
The new Alice Library is designed to be a meeting place to be.
