Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá

Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá

Rizoma proyectos

ARCHITECTS
Rizoma proyectos

CONSULTANTS
P&N Ltda, WRM Ingeniería

COLLABORATORS
Camila Torres, Leidy Millán, Catherine Torres

MANUFACTURERS
Ferrinox, Hunter Douglas, Ilumax, Trimble

CLIENTS
Municipio De Tocancipá

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
José Vicente Vinueza

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Horacio Gómez Murcia, Carlos Alberto Bravo

DESIGN TEAM
Camilo Caicedo, Gabriel Gómez Álvarez

LANDSCAPE
Rizoma Proyectos

AREA
1836 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Tocancipa, Colombia

CATEGORY
Library

Text description provided by architect.

The library was conceived as part of a cultural corridor Master Plan in the town of Tocancipá, Colombia, located in a region previously populated by the Muisca tribe, one of the first pre-hispanic civilizations of the country and some of the earliest settlers of the American continent (their existence has been traced up to 12.500 years ago). 

Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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This design pretends to reaffirm the latent historical memory and must resist the incessant reformulation of knowledge paradigms, as rocks have done throughout history.

Two separate monolithical bars, oriented over the east-west axis and connected through the stairs, contain the Reading and reference rooms, an auditorium, a children´s room, a computer room, a cafetería and office spaces.

The ground floor is open and its purpose is to serve as a public square that merges with the access to the library, connecting the community with the building.

Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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A large, double-heighted picture window captures the light from the north and, at the same time, reveals the inside activities and the knowledge contained within its walls, sharing it with the town and focusing on the reading room which is suspended within the volume.

The material chosen for this library was ochre-colored concrete, this tone was achieved thanks to Rogelio Salmona and was made posible by adding Tocancipá-native sands to the rest of the concrete components.

Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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The playroom volume emerges in green, honoring Latin American popular architecture, known for its strong, bright colors.

The figures in the public square and the bass-reliefs in the facade remind of the compositional motifs in the ‘’manta de la cacica’’ knit, as a reivindication of the muisca woman, frequently overlooked throughout our history.

Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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Biblioteca Pública de Tocancipá
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