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23-08-2005, 19:59
Cultural centre by Architects Corlvalan - Boh
http://www.summamas.com/66b.htm
COUNTERPOINT IN ASUNCIONS'S URBAN PATTERN
The Juan de Salazar Cultural Spanish Centre, Asunción, Paraguay.
Form the notes by the authors, architects Luis Boh and Javier Corvalan.
The proposals had to comply with the criteria of extension as well as creation of new programs, with the objective of developing a daily cultural calendar of specific events, both periodic and traveling. In order to achieve this objective, the preexistent architecture and the available high quality open space environment were dealt with as follows:
The constructions corresponding to houses on Luis de Herrera Street, with their auditorium programs and a small exhibition gallery were to be maintained.
The house on Tacuary Street, except the front wall and the constructions surrounding the central patio, was to be demolished.
The proposed idea was simple. The empty space, the central patio, had always been the main and highest quality area: here resided that which was identifiable and particular. We therefore sought to create an ample cultural space, defined through its perimeter by fragments of previous constructions, and towards the back, a great wall of books.
A multiple use room and offices were located near the entrance from Tacuary Street.
Emptying one of the houses on Herrera Street permitted the extension of the exhibition gallery and a bordering strip was left free for the main access from the street directly to the patio, a large semi covered central space with the library in the background. Finally we built a three folded roof and a great wall of books.
http://www.summamas.com/66b.htm
COUNTERPOINT IN ASUNCIONS'S URBAN PATTERN
The Juan de Salazar Cultural Spanish Centre, Asunción, Paraguay.
Form the notes by the authors, architects Luis Boh and Javier Corvalan.
The proposals had to comply with the criteria of extension as well as creation of new programs, with the objective of developing a daily cultural calendar of specific events, both periodic and traveling. In order to achieve this objective, the preexistent architecture and the available high quality open space environment were dealt with as follows:
The constructions corresponding to houses on Luis de Herrera Street, with their auditorium programs and a small exhibition gallery were to be maintained.
The house on Tacuary Street, except the front wall and the constructions surrounding the central patio, was to be demolished.
The proposed idea was simple. The empty space, the central patio, had always been the main and highest quality area: here resided that which was identifiable and particular. We therefore sought to create an ample cultural space, defined through its perimeter by fragments of previous constructions, and towards the back, a great wall of books.
A multiple use room and offices were located near the entrance from Tacuary Street.
Emptying one of the houses on Herrera Street permitted the extension of the exhibition gallery and a bordering strip was left free for the main access from the street directly to the patio, a large semi covered central space with the library in the background. Finally we built a three folded roof and a great wall of books.