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Virgilio Barco Library in Bogota, Colombia
Virgilio Barco Library

2001 · Bogota, Bogota Capital District, Colombia

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Virgilio Barco Library

Bogota, Bogota Capital District, Colombia · Exact work coordinates

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2001 · Bogota, Bogota Capital District, Colombia

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20011925-1968
PlaceBogota, Bogota Capital District, ColombiaAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextBogota, Bogota Capital District, ColombiaRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
ClimateClimate unavailableClimate unavailable · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusLibrary1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Rogelio Salmona
  • Rogelio Salmona
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Rogelio Salmona

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • library
  • civic building
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • brick
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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