Biblioteca de palafolls enric miralles biography
The Public Library in Palafolls by architect Benedetta Tagliabue was built in Palafolls, Barcelona, Spain in.
Enric Miralles Library.
Located in Barcelona’s Maresme region, the library was drawn up in life of Enric Miralles and its construction began a decade ago; since then the project has gradually evolved until is recent completion. The proposal started out as a single large room covered with vaults – typical elements of traditional Catalonian architecture –, and little by little it became more complex by rotating the floor plan upon itself.
After winning the competition held in 1997, there came the decision of opening up the building – of enveloping and self-absorbed character – to the exterior, as if it were a loaf of bread cut up into slices. This way of ‘slicing’ the vaults helps to draw light in, and the walls become lines that are able to guide and lead visitors around the building, forming hidden courtyards and gardens in which to sit down and read.
The only real and massive wall is that which marks the boundaries between exterior and interior; this line is the library door, which performs as a true ‘mac