Master Plan

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“La Ciudadela”是一座建于十八世纪末的建筑，它被设想为来自西班牙的皇家烟草厂。它建于殖民城市墨西哥的边界，在过去有不同的功能：军事总部、监狱、兵工厂、学校，从1946年至今，它是一个图书馆；事实上，它是墨西哥的第一个图书馆。1987年，这座建筑受到了亚伯拉罕·扎布卢多夫斯基(AbrahamZabludovsky)设计的一次大规模干预，其中的四个主要露台和中央一个露台上都覆盖着雨伞。对这座历史建筑的实际干预旨在：(A)重组各种活动的方案，以便更合理、更有效地运作；(B)恢复建筑物的性质，恢复原有庭院的功能，恢复建筑物南北和周边的通道；(C)改善自然光线和通风条件，以便更好和合理地利用现有能源和资源；(D)在地形图中使用触觉引导、信号和坡道满足无障碍要求，消除公共地区的任何步骤；(E)根据现代生活互联的需要和使用，更新图书馆的设施和设备。

“La Ciudadela” is a building from the end of the XVIII century and it was conceived as the Royal Tobacco Factory form Spain. It was built at the border of the colonial city of Mexico and it has had different functions over the time: military headquarter, prison, weapons factory, school, and, from 1946 to the present, as a Library; in fact, it was the first Library, as that, in Mexico. In 1987, the building had a big intervention, designed by Abraham Zabludovsky, in which the four main patios and the central one were covered with structures as umbrellas covering them. The actual intervention in the historic building aims in: a) reorganizing the program of the different activities for a more logical and efficient operation; b) recovering the character of the building by taking back the functioning of the original patios and restoring the pathways, crossing from north to south and in the perimeter, of the building; c) improving the conditions of natural light and ventilation to get a better and rational use of the energy and resources available; d) attending the requirements of accessibility by using tactile guides and signals and ramps in a topography that eliminates any kind of step in the common areas; and e) updating the installations and equipments of the library according to the needs and uses of interconnectivity of the modern life.

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儿童图书馆

Children´s Library

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这个地区的工程保证了孩子们的安全。街道旁的区域有盲文区、多功能空间、数字教学、玩具图书馆和婴儿专用区域，所有东西都是围绕着露台组织的；第二个区域是围绕着这个区域与建筑物中央露台相连的花园，包括一般图书馆和车间区域；这种不同的区段允许在游戏和阅读区域之间的划分，以避免分心在最后一个。在其内部，书柜和控制点都有独立的圆形元素，以适应每一种允许自由流动的需要、该地区的一般视觉接触，并将一小群儿童集中在其中。

The project for this area guarantees the safety of the children. The section beside the street houses the Braille area, a multipurpose space, digital teaching, the toy library, and a specialized area for babies, everything organized around a patio; the second one, around a garden that connects this area with the central patio of the building, contains the general library and the workshop area; this differentiation of sections allows the division between playing and reading areas to avoid distractions in the last one. In its interior, bookcases and the control points are solved with independent circular elements adapted to each need that permits free flows, a general visual contact of the area, and to concentrate small groups of children inside them.

“Alejandro Rossi”书店

"Alejandro Rossi" Bookstore

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书店不仅是为了销售，而且也是作为一个展区，它位于两个对称的空间中，南北走廊相隔着“La Ciudadela的图书之城”：一个是普通书籍，另一个是儿童材料。在这两种情况下，通道都包含控制和收银员区域，而狭长的空间则被视为一个覆盖蜂窝，其深度各不相同：在墙壁中，它可以容纳书籍、屏风和座椅容器；在天花板上，它会隐藏灯光和MEP；在地板上，如果符合一个用玻璃覆盖的网格，它接收书籍、物品和其他种类的东西供展览，以确定书店的每一个街区将收到什么样的公众。

Conceived not only for selling but also as an exhibition area, the bookstore is located in two symmetrical spaces separated by the north-south corridor of “The City of the Books in La Ciudadela”: one is for general books, other for young and children material. In both cases, the access contains the control and cashiers area while a long and narrow space is treated as a covering honeycomb which varies in their deeps: in the walls, it works to contain books, screens and seating containers; in the ceiling, it hides the lights and MEP; in the floor, if conforms a mesh, covered with glass, that receives books, objects and other kind of stuff for exhibition to identify each block of the bookstore with kind of public it will receive.

 Floor Plan

Architects Taller 6A

Location Plaza de La Ciudadela, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Category Library

Architect in Charge Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta, Alejandro Sánchez

Area 25450.0 sqm

Project Year 2012

Photographs Jaime Navarro