Abstract
The first stage, which is the only one completed up to the present time, consists of a more extensive architectural complex conceived for housing different cultural functions besides the library: plastic arts, cinematography, scientific and informative activities, etc. The building is organized in two main floors in a rectangular shape, and in several mezzanines, reading rooms, book deposits, projection areas, music and painting departments and technical administration and maintenance offices, occupying a total of approximately 4,400 m 2 . The architectural design denotes the intention of integration in the treatment of the inside spaces, by the suppression of separate compartments, organizing the necessary distinction of functions in the reading rooms, by means of differences of floor levels and with the use of adequate decorative elements. In the same manner, the outside walls have been substituted by complete glass surfaces which allow full incorporation of the natural surroundings in the architecture.
Highlights
The first stage, which is the only one completed up to the present time, consists of a more extensive architectural complex conceived for housing different cultural functions besides the library: plástic arts, cinematography, scientific and informative activities, etc
The building is organized in two main floors in a rectangular shape, and in several mezzanines, reading rooms, book deposits, projection áreas, music and painting departmeñts and technical administration and maintenance offices, occupying a total of approximately 4,400 m'
Otro aspecto destacable en la configuración exterior del edificio es el relativo al tratamiento del entorno inmediato: los jardines se intercalan con explanadas y terrazas para formar subespacios exteriores, enriquecidos por la presencia de un lago, cuyas aguas bordean la fachada oeste y parte de las adyacentes, estando prevista en la tercera fase, aún no realizada, la construcción sobre el agua de un anexo de la biblioteca
Summary
El edificio se organiza en dos plantas principales, de forma rectangular, y en diversas entreplantas, salas de lectura, depósitos de libros, locales de proyección, departamentos de música y pintura, y oficinas técnicas de administración y mantenimiento, ocupando un total aproximado de 4.400 m^. Hacia finales de los años 60, la población de la ciudad-balneario de Huntington Beach aumentó de 10.000 a 100.000 habitantes, razón que indujo a los directores de la biblioteca local a programar un nuevo complejo para la villa, con la intención de convertirlo en un centro cultural más completo que el existente por la incorporación de nuevas funciones, tales como: cinematografía, artes plásticas, actividades diversas en el campo de la ciencia y de la información, etc.
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