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Biblioteca Vasconcelos – Alberto Kalach

Biblioteca Vasconcelos – Alberto Kalach

2018

Designed by Alberto Kalach and completed in 2006 in Mexico City, the Biblioteca Vasconcelos is a monumental public library that merges architecture with landscape. Stretching 250 meters in length, the structure is made of steel, concrete, and glass, and is immersed in a lush botanical garden, creating a seamless integration of knowledge, nature, and public space.

Floating, open-shelf book stacks hang from the structure’s exposed frame, forming a dramatic, cathedral-like interior. Surrounded by greenery and reflecting pools, the library reimagines the traditional library as a transparent, living organism, where learning and environment are deeply interconnected.

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Tags:

  • Alberto Kalach,
  • Botanical Garden,
  • Library,
  • Mexico,
  • Mexico City,
  • and public library

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