Alumnos47 Mobile Library

Alumnos47 Mobile Library

15. October 2014

Alumnos47 Mobile Library

Mexico City (Mexico)

Architects
PRODUCTORA  (Carlos Bedoya, Wonne Ickx, Víctor Jaime, Abel Perles)

Collaborators
Guillermina Ceci, Lucrecia Sodo, Uriel Piña, Iván Villegas, Charlotte Martinot

Design and construction year
2011

Truck
Freightliner M2 20K, Mercedes Benz (engine)

Client
Alumnos47

Photography
Luis Gallardo
Interior of the Library

This library strives to be more than just a library on wheels. Since traditional arrangements of bookshelves can eliminate spatial flexibility and create visual barriers, the books were placed at a high level. The space created is dynamic, transparent and in constant dialogue with the urban context; the open platform enables different activities to take place in various configurations for book launches, readings or workshops.

Mobile Library at night (open)

The books are sheltered under the opaque roof of the lorry and produce a colorful frieze, a visual element that provides character and significance to the interior space. Movable platforms give access to the bookshelves and can be arranged in different configurations, with the books serving as a stage. Inside, the metal frames are perceived as a rhythm of openings with space for up to 1,500 books. 

Mobile library at night (closed)

The 26 doors set up a dynamic link between interior and exterior, encourage the public to come in, allow flexibility and are a metaphor for the infinite possibilities the library offers. Outside it appears to be a light transparent filigree holding up a solid volume.

Sketches (open and closed truck library)

Alumnos47 Mobile Library

Mexico City (Mexico)

Architects
PRODUCTORA  (Carlos Bedoya, Wonne Ickx, Víctor Jaime, Abel Perles)

Collaborators
Guillermina Ceci, Lucrecia Sodo, Uriel Piña, Iván Villegas, Charlotte Martinot

Design and construction year
2011

Truck
Freightliner M2 20K, Mercedes Benz (engine)

Client
Alumnos47

Photography
Luis Gallardo

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