Out & About: Média Library Charles Nègre

Two architectural guided tour of the different levels of the building lead by Ivry Serres and Laurent Beaudouin, architects of the project. Question & answer session in the auditorium (architects and the director of the média library Charles Nègre).

Média Library Charles Nègre by Beaudouin Architectes & Ivry Serres Architecture

Joint work of Emmanuelle Beaudouin, Laurent Beaudouin and Ivry Serres, the Grasse media library installs in the tortuous density of this medieval town the strength of a poetic project, visible by its presence, discreet in its volumes and its materials.
The town of Grasse is made up of narrow streets and colorful coatings. The public buildings, in white stone, are notable for elements that emerge from the urban fabric, the bell tower of Notre-Dame du Puy cathedral, the Clock Tower and the Sarrazine Tower. The Charles Nègre media library is nourished by the substance of the city and subtle echoes of the vernacular language, it is inspired by the relationships between these monuments and the urban fabric to assert itself as a place from which one can contemplate Grasse and its steep landscape. Dominated by the silhouette of a new belvedere tower, the media library observes the old town from the top of the terrace on its top level. By drawing on the sources of the urban structure, it creates tensions, brushes and proximities. As a counterpoint, it renews the visual openings onto the neighborhood and the distance. The structure is a key element of a more global urban project which reshapes pedestrian relations and public spaces in a degraded city center.

Guided tour: 15 June / 10:30 | 14:30 CET

Meeting point:
Meet at the main entrance,
Place du Caporal Jean Vercueil,
06130 Grasse
Meeting Location

◾In collaboration with Ivry Serres, Emmanuelle Beaudouin, Laurent Beaudouin (architects); Town of Grasse (client)

Language: French

Register here: 04 97 05 59 30 bibliotheque@ville-grasse.fr

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