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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Tec de Monterrey Library in Mexico by Sasaki Associates Inc. + glr arquitectos + rdlp arquitectosOctober 17th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Sasaki Associates Inc. + glr arquitectos + rdlp arquitectos The new library will embody Tec de Monterrey’s academic mission, common ground for all disciplines and programs contained within the Tec, the library will be the place where students, faculty, staff, and knowledge groups come together to access information, study, collaborate, and be inspired. The experience of the library will sum up the full cycle of learning and production at the Tec, from the day to day to special events. In acknowledgement of the dynamic nature of teaching and learning at the Tec, the building will be inherently flexible and adaptable, ensuring it will both serve and reflect the learning experience from now on to the future.  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws
 Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws The new library for the University creates a vibrant heart at the center of the campus. Programmatically it offers facilities for the University library’s general collections, spaces for administrative and library staff, a cafe, exhibition space, a flexible auditorium, common areas, and spaces for the several University’s academic support programs. It offers a wide range of study seats, from open reading tables, open group study spaces, to a variety of closed group study rooms that accommodate different sized groups, and individual reading carrels.  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws The building also unifies the University’s holdings of Special Collections into one facility, providing spaces to house a variety of primary source material, and that support teaching, research, and scholarship at the University. Specific program spaces include areas for quarantine, processing, cataloguing, and a reading room.  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws The new envelope is defined through a glass skin, so in order to improve thermal behavior it was specified high performance that only absorbs 23% of the received heat. Following this idea, exterior lighting sensors were included to regulate inner blinds automatically and the HVAC system. Also, according to an energy efficient design it was achieved a 32% more efficient energetic performance.  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  Image Courtesy © Arq. Jorge Taboada | The Raws  East-Elevation, Image Courtesy © Sasaki Associates Inc. + glr arquitectos + rdlp arquitectos  LEVEL 3, Image Courtesy © Sasaki Associates Inc. + glr arquitectos + rdlp arquitectos  Level 5, Image Courtesy © Sasaki Associates Inc. + glr arquitectos + rdlp arquitectos  Section, Image Courtesy © Sasaki Associates Inc. + glr arquitectos + rdlp arquitectos
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