| Description |
xv, 145 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
La casa de todos = The house of one and all / Felipe Garrido -- Concurso =Competition -- Proceso ejecutivo = Executive design -- Proceso constructivo = Constructionprocess -- El arca y el jardín = The ark and the garden / Miquel Adrià -- Recorrido fotográfico = Photographic tour / Tomás Casademunt, Luis Gordoa -- Epica de mátrix móvil = The epic of mátrix móvil / Marco Barrera Bassols -- M&B = M&B / Pablo Soler Frost. |
| Summary |
The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" located in 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. |
| Language |
Spanish and English in parallel columns . |
| Subject |
Kalach, Alberto.
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Orozco, Gabriel, 1962-
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Biblioteca Vasconcelos -- History.
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Biblioteca Vasconcelos -- Pictorial works.
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Public libraries -- Mexico -- Mexico City.
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Library architecture -- Mexico.
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Adrià, Miquel.
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Garcés, Isabel.
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Casademunt, Tomás, 1967-
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Gordoa, Luis.
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Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico)
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| ISBN |
9685208778 (EditoriaL RM) |
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9789685208772 (EditoriaL RM) |
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9703511902 (Consejo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes) |
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9789703511907 (Consejo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes) |
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