Architect：Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia

Location：La Spezia, SP, Italy

Project Year：2016

Category：Libraries

Recovery of the former Fitram area, 1st lot on the south side to use as a Civic Library, in the city of La Spezia.

The idea of ​​this challenging but fascinating project comes from the belief that reading and culture, if identified with a dedicated place, can become an opportunity for growth, training, socialization. The project was immediately thought as a device of connection and sharing, of perception and rediscovery.

Our intention was not the one of an overlapping abuse, to go alongside by denying, but to report the pre-existence, by inserting the interior with the exterior, of the urban landscape with the territory.

The project is a recovery of an existing building, so it was a logical consequence to use the same main material of the original building: concrete and plaster.

Material Used:

1. Facade cladding: Plaster, Product and Brand unknown

2. External Doors: Infill panels made of RAL painted tubular steel profiles, with clear glass double glazing provided by Effegieffe srl (Brescia)

3. Windows: Infill panels made of RAL painted tubular steel profiles, with double glazing with laminated glass 6 6.2, polished edge bevelled glass, provided by Effegieffe srl (Brescia)

4. Interior lighting: Plastic, Metal, “Drop by Drop”, design by Alfonso Femia / AF*design for iGuzzini

Plastic, Metal, “Swan”, design by Alfonso Femia / AF*design for iGuzzini

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