The proposal for the new building is inspired by the typical architecture of the 'Alto Adige, will absorb the "genius of place" that permeates the local architecture in the form volumetric groundwater fully tilted, the references to the materials used in architectural and decorative quotes and at the same time, elaborates the concept of a library as a "house of books." Combining this inspiration with the intention to propose a simple intervention, measured, which has low impact on the city and is the subject not unrealistic and a waste of public money but rather an example of practicality, feasibility and viability, was reached the result of an 'architecture of the elementary shapes that blend with their surroundings and reinterpret shows in which conceptual operations are easily understood by working with low-tech energy solutions and responding to climate pulses traditional manner. The volume used for the provision of books is concentrated in a single volume-height which becomes the "heart" of the library. This book is built around the building which reproduces the form and you simply wrap closure and protection. The transparent shell undergoes two formal operations: in the first place is surrounded by an opaque shell that protects the collection of books from solar radiation and moderate the internal luminosity, then it is moved up to approach the Court and the palaces of the former barracks. The shell is suspended from the floor mat on the side of the courtyard facing the former barracks on Via Bruno to leave in view of the transparency of the interior of the library from one of the main entrances. On it are river pebbles embedded mixed-porthole skylights on the outer shell in order to give a reference to the technology typical of Bressanone and walls still visible on the outside wall of the courtyard on the face of Via Bruno...........more
