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Harbour Reading Room
A competition entry for a small public library on the harbour wall, built from shelving.
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Place
Split, HR
Type
Cultural
Status
Year
2024
Gross area
Site area
Client
City of Split (competition)
Team
Tomás Oliveira, Marta Kovač, Rui Costa
Photography
Demo photos via Unsplash
Units
Fig. 1 Drawing / Photo
A line drawing traced from the project photo, laid over the photo itself. Drag, click or use the arrow keys.
Brief
The city asked for a reading room on the old harbour wall: a library for twenty thousand books, a study room and a place to sit out of the sun.
Approach
We proposed a building made of its own shelving. A timber and steel frame carries the books, the stair and the reading tables, and the walls between are glass.
Materials
Bamboo-faced shelving on a galvanised steel frame, a terrazzo floor and pale stone from the harbour quarry for the plinth. The entry was shortlisted.
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