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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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Bibliotheca AlexandrinaBibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Jean-Francois ZevacoJean-Francois Zevaco

1945-2003 · Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20021945-2003
PlaceAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptCasablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Place contextAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
Climate18°C · 13.1h daylight · 14 km/h wind18°C · 13.2h daylight · 2 km/h wind · via Vincent Timsit Workshop
FocusLibrary3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
  • Jean-Francois Zevaco
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Snøhetta

Notable works

  • Vincent Timsit Workshop
  • Sidi Harazem Bath Complex
  • Assunna Mosque
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural center
  • civic building
  • office
  • spa
  • leisure
  • landscape
  • civic complex
  • church
  • sacred space
  • mosque
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • concrete
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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