Mies Memorial Library Architecture Competition
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The Mies Memorial Library is a place that remarks the importance of the architect, by evoking some of his most important architecture concepts, considered vital for the architecture nowadays. The intervention adapts the principles of Mies’ works, making the best of them to serve the function, aiming to celebrate Mies and create creating good spaces to spread the knowledge of his life work.
The intervention takes advantage of the existing green area of the site, aiming to insert itself within the vegetation. At the same time, the buildings intend to blend in by giving continuity to the original features of the campus. By using the grid, the modular concept design is explored. The base concept of both buildings is the creation of a central space, a core of knowledge, where all documents and drawings of the Complete Mies Collection are stored, around which the rest of the program is distributed.
Through the concepts of Lily Reich applied in the study area, the textile curtains are used to create flexible areas for group works, separated from the main studying place. The Storage and Research Center is isolated from the other two buildings, since this is the space with the most delicate items of the Collection of Mies works.The area surrounding the rooms and storage transmits an Engawa sensation, being a space in between looking at the green exterior through the glass facade, providing a good environment for the users.
Project developed in collaboration with Catarina Pereira
