Title: Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Description: The present edition graphically documents the design, construction and installationof the mega main public library Biblioteca de México "José Vasconcelos" locatedin Mexico City. In 2001 a transformation project of the Biblioteca de México proposal had three main actions: the restoration of the La Ciudadela building, the construction of a more modern and larger building and the establishment of an interchange network between the public libraries in México, where the new library was to be the central node of a national network. The new library that includes surrounding botanical garden was a project by architect Alberto Kalach and was constructed adjacent to the Buenavista train station in the historical downtown area. A final section follows the artistic and technical process of artist Gabriel Orozco and his work team for the construction of the project Mátrix Móvil (Mobile Matrix), a suspended installation of graphite painting on a salvaged whale skeleton done in 2006 that hangs in the central area of the library.
Subjects: Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Public libraries, Pictorial works, Library architecture, History, Biblioteca Vasconcelos (Mexico City, Mexico), Obras ilustradas, Edificios para bibliotecas, Historia, Bibliotecas públicas, Libros de láminas, Library buildings, Individual Architect, Architecture / Individual Architect, Landscape, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Individual Architects Of The 20th Century, Specific Public Buildings Architecture, Architecture, Architecture, mexico
Places: Mexico City, Mexico