Biblioteca Municipal | Rui Lacerda Arquitetos

A man and a book, that´s how you start a library. Architecture is the harmony of spaces adapted to a determine activity of men. Coincidence - Archetypes - Matematical Pragmatism. books and people don´t relate themselves in a static way. To stop the idea of books to one side and reading to the other. The reading room is impersonal. It´s the meeting in silence between men and books. A spatial order that involves several possible relationships between: Spaces - Books - People - Services. We let ourselves be carried away by atmospheres and images of our memory. Terrain and the strong influence in the place, and program. The look to the site would never be the same: neither innocent nor free. To elaborate a draft, coincidences are important premises when put in order. A site of 65x40 - first match. One block that equals the existing urban design in several spots in Espinho`s city. An empty space, a street that wants to be built. First opportunity, think the block as contemporary mesh - city heritage. West and east light. Give continuity and meaning to the space as an all. An image of childhood, the accuracy of sea wall puzzle. In the materialization of the building - the color of the sand of my hometown. Structural and function metric - 3,60m - 60x40m. Open space without corridors. The street that connects 24th Avenue to the park, find a label - the patio. Entrances with different feelings and perceptions. Structure this inputs and put them on the table. The opportunity created by the coincidence and rigidity of the physical part of the architectural object and its spatial, visuals and use complicities, were the way to consider it possible with the intention of achieving fulfillment. This is the foreword of the story about a building who hadf no soul. Eager to serve a community of readers. Not " a " Library, but " the " Library.