A design firm called Lot-Ek has posted images and a description of the proposed New Jalisco Library, in Gudalajara, Mexico.
Over 200 Boeing 727 and 737 fuselages are stacked in a north-south slant in relation to sun exposure for energy efficiency. Two shifts in the direction of the main axis of the fuselages generate two large open spaces within the stack.
The building utilizes the space inside the fuselages to contain and organize functions that require enclosed spaces – such as book collections, meeting rooms and administration offices, – while the 2 large open spaces house a large atrium with all the reading areas on one side and two auditoriums on the other.
The Lot-Ek site is all flash, but noticiasarquitectura.info has some images and a neat description of the project.
Super Cool
I hope it gets built. If it does I am road tripping to Gudalajara.
From http://www.noticiasarquitectura.info/especiales/bi blio-jalisco-lot-ek.htm
The fuselage is the only part of a decommissioned airplane that cannot be effectively recycled. The cost of its demolition exceeds the profit of aluminum resale. A huge amount of fuselages lays in the deserts of the western states. Boeing 727 and 737 are historically the most sold commercial planes and therefore the most common in these graveyards. They are sold at very low prices completely stripped and in great structural conditions.
Neat design and is a form of recycling. Super cool.
FIL
There is an International Book Fair in Guadalajara every year. I’ve been there and enjoyed it very much.
The design for the new library is nifty, but I have to think that a traditional building would be much cheaper and more efficient. I hate to see library dollars wasted on pretty buildings like they did in my city. The building is lovely but the collection development budget has been slashed.