Article source: 3C ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

The construction of the new library for the ParqueTecnológicoItaipu(ItaipuTechnological Park – PTI in portuguese) over the ruins of the former Itaipu workforce housing lodges aimed at writing the history of the largest dam in the Americas into built form. By preserving physically and metaphorically the state in which the PTI found the area when it started to be implemented, the building highlights the expressive renewal the old sheds have gone through since the Park was created.

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• Architects: 3C ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM
• Project: Paulo Freire Library
• Location: Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná State, Brazil
• Photography: Saga Photography
• Area: 2500m²
• Design Team: Lead designers – arch. Leonardo Damiani Poletti, arch. Tiago Holzmann da Silva,arch. Pedro Augusto Alves de Inda; support design team – arch. Fernanda Zucoloto, arch. Cristiano MouraLoureiro, arch. Hilton Fagundes, Camila Vitalli, arch. Alice Rauber, librarian Silvia Maria PuentesBentacourt, LetíciaFiebig, Roberta Alencastro, Sabrina Machry, Bruna Caldas; lighting, structural, electric, hydraulic and air conditioning design: Projet Engineering Services; wooden structures design: eng. Ms. EveraldoPletz
• Finish: Floor: composite granite;
• Wall: wood, concrete and original masonry from the restored areas;
• Ceiling: glass and wood (interior); water surface, green roof and pebbles (exterior)

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