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Virgilio Barco Library in Bogota, Colombia

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Virgilio Barco Library

2001 · Bogota, Bogota Capital District, Colombia

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2001 · Bogota, Bogota Capital District, Colombia

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Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2001Unrecorded
PlaceBogota, Bogota Capital District, ColombiaArnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Place contextBogota, Bogota Capital District, ColombiaRepresentative site: Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands
Climate17°C · 12.2h daylight · 7 km/h wind13°C · 14.2h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via Arnhem Centraal railway station
FocusLibrary9 works in corpus
Architects
  • Rogelio Salmona
  • Rogelio Salmona
  • Ben van Berkel
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Rogelio Salmona

Notable works

  • Arnhem Centraal railway station
  • Rijksmuseum Twenthe
  • Mercedes-Benz Museum
  • Erasmusbrug
Typologies
  • library
  • civic building
  • building
  • museum
  • infrastructure
  • housing
  • tower
  • transportation
  • train station
Materials
  • brick
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Brick

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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