Comments on: Villanueva Public Library, Colombia

By: andres monzon

andres monzon — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:53:16 +0000

felicitaciones, muy buen proyecto. De pronto las columnas necesiten molduras en las basas y capiteles.

By: mahrous

mahrous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:06:12 +0000

The building makes use of local materials including timber and stones from rivers to reduce transportation costs, and local people were trained to help construct it. ( the best thing in the project )

By: pppp

pppp — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:05:21 +0000

sigh! why is everyone concerned about copyright?!!! everythign is copied if you think about it.. nothing is invented.. just used in different ways.. quit complaining and appreciate the structure for what it is and criticize if you have valid comments.

By: dag

dag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:02:53 +0000

—I really like it—architecture build by the people—

great job!

By: Alejandro Piñol

Alejandro Piñol — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:03:55 +0000

Hello

I’m part of the group responsible for the work. If any of you is interested in plans I think I saw the other day on noticiasdearquitectura.info some of that. Curiously, we published it on one page and all of a sudden you can find it in almost 10 pages or so, but what I like the most is reading the comments. May be, some allutions to H&DM are immediate, and we don’t deny it, but, we are pushed by extremely different realities, and the Library is nothing else but the odd-particular answer to the local situation (urban location, materials available, local handcraft talent, tight budget, climatic restrictions or possibilities, etc). In short, thank you all for taking the time to see it and comment on it.

By: AA

AA — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:29:26 +0000

Really funny comments. It does resemble a lot to Herzog’s project on one side, but the introduction of the atrium with the metallic columns makes it different, it also gives the project an exterior inviting space with a magnificent and impressive scale that the winery doesn’t have.
However, this also makes me think about two projects rather than one, adding to this that the exterior space does not seem to integrate with the interior at all. I would also like to see plans and sections to have a deeper understanding of the project.
Nevertheless, it is a daring proposal and congratz to the young architects.

By: erzog

erzog — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:19:21 +0000

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“It just becomes too impractical and gimmicky if you suspend stones on air as roof”. Just wondering where do you see that in the project ?
Sorry to ask but I do not have the sharp eye that Mariana has. Can you explain this.

By: leandro locsin

leandro locsin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:21:54 +0000

m,
if in my next project i use bloated titanium cladding in flat seam and you wont accuse me of being gehry… or if i use metal cladding in shards of glass pattern and you wont accuse me of being libeskind then lets leave herzog in this case.

tama ka at ang talas ng mata mo at nakita mong kahoy sya.
you have a sharp eye in noticing that it is wood lattice. i stand corrected.

By: Bonzo

Bonzo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:57:26 +0000

how about some plans?
what is this – Elle Decoration?

By: Mariana

Mariana — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:59:35 +0000

felicitaciones por el proyecto !

l,
if you look close enough you will see they did not use the gabions for any overhead element. The canopy that covers the atrium space is made out of wood not gabion. lets not bother Herzog