Supporting a cultural heritage. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos
20/09/2022.
[A Coruña] Spain
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The Pazo de Lóngora was built at the end of the 18th century in A Coruña, when the merchant of La Rioja origin, Marcial Francisco del Adalid, had a palace built in the parish of Santa Eulalia de Liáns to make it his second residence.
In 2001, the architect Fernando Agrasar designed the renovation of the Pazo de Lóngora stable building and its surroundings, then in ruins. The intervention maintained the volume and its gaps, protected by heritage regulations, and rebuilt its interior.
In 2001, the architect Fernando Agrasar designed the renovation of the Pazo de Lóngora stable building and its surroundings, then in ruins. The intervention maintained the volume and its gaps, protected by heritage regulations, and rebuilt its interior.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.
Site plan. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Floor plan. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
First floor. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Section. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Section. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Elevation. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Structure axonometric. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Structure axonometric. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Structure axonometric. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Structure axonometric. The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Twenty years later, the architects Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras and Marta Marcos have been in charge of designing the conditioning of the Pazo de Lóngora to house the public library of environmental contents of the Center for University Extension and Environmental Dissemination of Galicia (CEIDA).
The Forest Library is an example of a new urban rehabilitation trajectory in the region, carefully planned to protect and support a living cultural heritage. The objective of the proposal is to maintain the exterior volume, provide the requested consultation and research spaces, create a low-consumption conditioning system with a minimum environmental footprint, and offer a comfortable and welcoming environment to its users.
The intervention creates work and consultation spaces without compartmentalizing the available space, with a perimeter skin of shelves that integrate technical solutions and support the horizontal structure of the mezzanine.
The proposal is enriched by the use of the original stones of the stables that are integrated into the central supports, on which are arranged some interesting fans of metal rods that support the roof.
The Forest Library by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos. Photograph by Héctor Santos-Díez.The Forest Library is an example of a new urban rehabilitation trajectory in the region, carefully planned to protect and support a living cultural heritage. The objective of the proposal is to maintain the exterior volume, provide the requested consultation and research spaces, create a low-consumption conditioning system with a minimum environmental footprint, and offer a comfortable and welcoming environment to its users.
The intervention creates work and consultation spaces without compartmentalizing the available space, with a perimeter skin of shelves that integrate technical solutions and support the horizontal structure of the mezzanine.
The proposal is enriched by the use of the original stones of the stables that are integrated into the central supports, on which are arranged some interesting fans of metal rods that support the roof.
Description of project by Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos
On the grounds of the Pazo de Lóngora, in the Oleiros Town Hall, A Coruña, the old stables building is being converted into a public library dedicated to environmental content.
The old stables of the Pazo are in the southeast corner of its walled enclosure, between the interior gardens of the Pazo and the Bosque dos Veciños, which are publicly owned. In 2001, the architect Fernando Agrasar drew up a rehabilitation project for the stables building and its surroundings, then in ruins. In 2002, this intervention was carried out, which maintained the volume and its openings, protected by heritage regulations, rebuilding its interior, removing a wooden slab on which the hay was stored, and reusing the stone supports to arrange new elements. of stone and metal that support the new cover, then fallen.
Twenty years later and without the building being used, the refurbishment project was undertaken to house the public library of environmental contents of the Center for University Extension and Environmental Dissemination of Galicia (CEIDA). This project is developed with the following objectives and conditions: maintain the exterior volume; host the CEIDA catalogue and job posts; provide the consultation and research spaces demanded without increasing the existing volume; create a conditioning system with low consumption and a minimum environmental footprint; offer a comfortable and welcoming environment for workers and users and reuse all possible elements, without giving up the creation of a unique space.
The intervention creates work and consultation spaces without compartmentalizing the available space, with a perimeter skin of shelves that integrate technical solutions and support the horizontal structure of the mezzanine. The central supports combine pieces of stone reused from the stables, on which fans of metal rods are arranged that support the roof. The ladder is hung from the brochal of the hole with steel plates that partially close it and create the steps. The furniture is part of the intervention project, integrating itself into the architecture of the library. The lighting proposal, both inside and outside, has sought integrated solutions, such as LED lines in structural metal elements or the one that converts the volume of the windbreak into a lantern that illuminates the access when it gets dark plaza.
The work was promoted by the Oleiros City Council, with funding from the Amancio Ortega Foundation. The library is open to the public from February 2022.
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Architects
Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos.
Promoter
Concello de Oleiros.
Dates
2020 > 2022.
Location
Pazo de Lóngora. Casares Quiroga street, 29. 15179, Oleiros, Coruña, Spain.
Photography
Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos Fernando Agrasar, Luz Paz Agras, Marta Marcos
Fernando Agrasar Quiroga, Luz Paz Agras and Marta Marcos Maroño are architects from the Universidade da Coruña and have carried out various works in collaboration.
FAQ and LPA are Doctors in Architecture, and Professors in the Area of Architectural Composition at the ETSA in A Coruña. Their lines of research have coincident interests in the interaction between Art and Architecture and in interventions in Heritage. They have worked together on various projects in the Research Group on Architectural Composition and Heritage (GICAP). Both are researchers at the Interuniversity Research Center of the Atlantic Cultural Landscapes (CISPAC).
FAQ has been visiting professor at FAUSP (Brazil) and IUAV (Italy). Member of the Technical Committee of DoCoMoMo Ibérico. Author of various monographs and research articles.
LPA has carried out research stays at The Bartlett (London), at the Kiesler Foundation (Vienna), at CUJAE (Havana), etc. She is the author of the book Exploring the Limits. She has received national and international recognition for her work as an architect and as part of the Cadelasverdes Collective, of which MMM is also a member. MMM has a Master's degree in Wood Construction from Aalto University (Finland), a Master's degree in Structural Wood Engineering and Urban Rehabilitation and Renewal from USC. His professional work is oriented towards heritage rehabilitation.
FAQ and LPA are Doctors in Architecture, and Professors in the Area of Architectural Composition at the ETSA in A Coruña. Their lines of research have coincident interests in the interaction between Art and Architecture and in interventions in Heritage. They have worked together on various projects in the Research Group on Architectural Composition and Heritage (GICAP). Both are researchers at the Interuniversity Research Center of the Atlantic Cultural Landscapes (CISPAC).
FAQ has been visiting professor at FAUSP (Brazil) and IUAV (Italy). Member of the Technical Committee of DoCoMoMo Ibérico. Author of various monographs and research articles.
LPA has carried out research stays at The Bartlett (London), at the Kiesler Foundation (Vienna), at CUJAE (Havana), etc. She is the author of the book Exploring the Limits. She has received national and international recognition for her work as an architect and as part of the Cadelasverdes Collective, of which MMM is also a member. MMM has a Master's degree in Wood Construction from Aalto University (Finland), a Master's degree in Structural Wood Engineering and Urban Rehabilitation and Renewal from USC. His professional work is oriented towards heritage rehabilitation.
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