National History Archive of Euskadi
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The National History Archive of Euskadi is planned to be built on the site presently occupied by the Vesga Building, at 3 Maria Diaz de Haro Street in Bilbao. Measuring 20 m. in width between dividing walls, and with the site being located on quite a long street, the decision was taken to augment the perception of the building by means of a bent glass wavy façade to accentuate its position and break up the face flatness of the rest of the street. Aside from the optimum conservation of documents and archives, one of the prime objectives of the project is to design a building that is all inviting and all inclusive of the public. This intent is distinctly manifest both in the building’s entrance and in the main façade on Maria Diaz de Haro Street. The spacious lobby without columns welcomes one to step in, or even to stop momentarily in front of the building without the feeling of being hurried on. This an especially significant point when considering just how narrow the pavement is for pedestrians walking up or down this street. The projected entrance to the building will be a continuation of the urban area, joining the street- side exterior to the public area of the building and the block courtyard garden. NATIONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE OF EUSKADI
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The National History Archive of Euskadi is planned to be built on the site presently occupied by the Vesga Building, at 3 Maria Diaz de Haro Street in Bilbao. Aside from the optimum conservation of documents and archives, one of the prime objectives of the project is to design a building that is all inviting and all inclusive of the public. This intent is distinctly manifest both in the building’s entrance and in the main façade on Maria Diaz de Haro Street.
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The National History Archive of Euskadi isplanned to be built on the site presently occupiedby the Vesga Building, at 3 Maria Diaz de HaroStreet in Bilbao.
Measuring 20 m. in width between dividing walls,and with the site being located on quite a longstreet, the decision was taken to augment theperception of the building by means of a bentglass wavy façade to accentuate its position andbreak up the face flatness of the rest of the street.
Aside from the optimum conservation ofdocuments and archives, one of the primeobjectives of the project is to design a buildingthat is all inviting and all inclusive of the public.This intent is distinctly manifest both in thebuilding’s entrance and in the main façade onMaria Diaz de Haro Street.
The spacious lobby without columns welcomesone to step in, or even to stop momentarily infront of the building without the feeling of beinghurried on. This an especially significant pointwhen considering just how narrow the pavementis for pedestrians walking up or down this street.The projected entrance to the building will be acontinuation of the urban area, joining the street-side exterior to the public area of the buildingand the block courtyard garden.
NATIONAL HISTORYARCHIVE OF EUSKADI
The block courtyard façade is projected to be acontinuous green mantle, with a series of interspersedconcave cavities, speaking a visual language more inline with the rest of the adjacent buildings. It is intendedto project a friendly image to those in the garden, andespecially so for the neighbours, whose buildings sharethe block courtyard, thereby dignifying a façade that isso often ignored and uncared for in other courtyards.
Transparency is a key element to the Maria Diaz deHaro Street façade, allowing a deeper comprehensionof its functionality and how the building is structured.The serigraphs on the glass façade will display samplesof some of the texts to be stored within the archive. Thepurpose of this decoration is to communicate themessage that the building is not a private, hermetic andclosed place, but rather inviting and open to the public.
The ground, first and second floorswill be reserved for reception,exhibition halls and training areas.
The third, fourth and fifth floors areintended to be for the classification,maintenance, dissemination andmanagement of the archivedmaterial. Finally, the top floor will beopen to the public for the consultationof documentation.
The building design isdistributed over 11 floors, fourof which will be below ground,and which will be reservedfor a variety of facilities,including building systemsand management facilities, acar park, a document archiveand an auditorium.
The interior will feature double-heightceilings, open-plan rooms free ofcolumns and flexible multi-purposerooms. A notable highlight of theprojected design is the effective andstrategic use of natural light andventilation throughout the building,including the underground floors.
