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Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City, Mexico

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Biblioteca Vasconcelos

2006 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Library in Mexico City, Mexico

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Biblioteca Vasconcelos

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico · City-level coordinates only

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2006 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Lisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2006Unrecorded
PlaceMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoLisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Place contextMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoRepresentative site: Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Climate9°C · 12.7h daylight · 3 km/h wind15°C · 14.3h daylight · 15 km/h wind · via Delft railway station
FocusLibrary10 works in corpus
Architects
  • Alberto Kalach
  • Francine Houben
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Taller de Arquitectura X

Notable works

  • Delft railway station
  • TU Delft Library
  • Montevideo (Rotterdam)
  • La Llotja de Lleida / Mecanoo + labb arquitectur
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
  • office
  • landscape
  • library
  • education
  • campus building
  • housing
  • tower
  • public
Materials
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • other
  • wood
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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