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Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

ELEMENTAL

Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2002Unrecorded
PlaceAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptIquique, Tarapacá, Chile
Place contextAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Iquique, Tarapaca Region, Chile
Climate19°C · 13.1h daylight · 16 km/h wind22°C · 11.5h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Quinta Monroy
FocusLibrary3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
  • Alejandro Aravena
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Snøhetta

Notable works

  • Quinta Monroy
  • Quinta Monroy / ELEMENTAL
  • Monterrey Housing
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural center
  • civic building
  • housing
  • social housing
  • residential
  • pritzker prize
  • top100
  • dabas
  • 3d modeling
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • concrete
  • concrete
  • masonry
Carbon signals

Concrete, Glass, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
AccessibilityPublicly accessibleAccess not recorded across linked works
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