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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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Biblioteca VasconcelosBiblioteca Vasconcelos

2006 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Pier Luigi NerviPier Luigi Nervi

1932 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20061932
PlaceMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoRome, Lazio, Italy
Place contextMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoRepresentative site: Turin, Turin, Italy
Climate15°C · 12.7h daylight · 3 km/h wind14°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Torino Esposizioni
FocusLibrary5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Alberto Kalach
  • Pier Luigi Nervi
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Taller de Arquitectura X

Notable works

  • Torino Esposizioni
  • Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (San Francisco)
  • Norfolk Scope
  • Paul VI Audience Hall
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • education
  • campus building
  • performance venue
  • landscape
Materials
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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