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Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City, Mexico
Biblioteca Vasconcelos

2006 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Biblioteca Vasconcelos image

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

Walter GropiusWalter Gropius

1919 · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20061919
PlaceMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoBerlin, Berlin, Germany
Place contextMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoRepresentative site: Alfeld (Leine), Alfeld (Leine), Germany
Climate18°C · 12.7h daylight · 10 km/h wind9°C · 14.3h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Fagus Factory
FocusLibrary9 works in corpus
Architects
  • Alberto Kalach
  • Walter Gropius
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Taller de Arquitectura X

Notable works

  • Fagus Factory
  • Sommerfeld House
  • 66 Old Church Street, Chelsea
  • Gropius House
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
  • building
  • education
  • house
  • church
  • sacred space
  • museum
  • infrastructure
  • tower
Materials
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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