Biblioteca Vasconcelos Library

Description:

The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was a project by architect Alberto Kalach and was constructed adjacent to the Buenavista train station in the historical downtown area. A final section follows the artistic and technical process of artist Gabriel Orozco and his work team for the construction of the project Mátrix Móvil (Mobile Matrix), a suspended installation of graphite painting on a salvaged whale skeleton done in 2006 that hangs in the central area of the library.

subjects: Biblioteca Vasconcelos,  Public libraries,  Pictorial works,  Library architecture,  History,  Biblioteca Vasconcelos (Mexico City, Mexico),  Obras ilustradas,  Edificios para bibliotecas,  Historia,  Bibliotecas públicas,  Libros de láminas,  Library buildings,  Individual Architect,  Architecture / Individual Architect,  Landscape,  Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,  Individual Architects Of The 20th Century,  Specific Public Buildings Architecture,  Architecture,  Architecture, mexico

Places: Mexico City,  Mexico