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Contrapunto Bookshop / Lipthay + Cohn + Contenla

Name: Contrapunto BookstoreLocation: Shopping La Dehesa, Lo Barnechea, Santiago, ChileCompletion date: April 2007Clients: Editorial ContrapuntoArchitects: Lipthay + Cohn + ContenlaFurniture Design: Lipthay + Cohn + ContenlaCollaborators: Diego Salinas, Carolina AgliatiFloor area: 120 mts2Constructor: KIT CORP S.ABudget: USD$92.300 (CLP$41.5M)Photography: Lipthay + Cohn + ContenlaContrapunto, a Chilean book shop that specializes in architecture, design, art, photography and illustrated books, invited us to develop a new concept for their most recent store. The atmosphere, architecture and design should act as a support for the book world, and deliver a pleasant environment were the content and the aesthetics of the books were the main characters.The project should solve the coexistence of three main book subjects: illustrated books (architecture, design, art, photography, landscaping, cooking and children’s books), novels and medical books. With a neutral, sober and atemporal aesthetic, the architecture solves the problem through light, proportion and space.The main design decision was to understand the context and location of the shop: an irregular space with a 10 meter facade and a 5 meter height. These details were the basis to define a new way of approaching a commercial space.The second floor was conceived to use the front of the shop, leaving a double height access and bookshelf area. The 3.8 meter high perimeter was used to create a grand bookshelf for the illustrated books. The novels and children’s books were located in a floor level area, while the second floor was left exclusively for medical books. The entrance door is a 5 meter high, three sheet folding iron structure that inserts into a lateral marble wall.The tour through the store begins in the exterior, were the shop window was conceived as a piece of continuous furniture for book exhibition, cash desk, counter and consult desk. Once in the inside of the store, the grand bookshelf leads the route through the different areas.The materials used in this project were open pore travertine marble and crystal for the facade; black iron for the entrance door, paquio wood for the bookshelves and lapacho wood for the floors, both of which are native Bolivian woods.

Aurillac concert venue by Brisac Gonzalez

London architects Brisac Gonzalez have completed a multi-purpose hall at Aurillac in France.The space can be used for concerts, sports events, trade shows and theatrical productions.Brisac Gonzalez won the job at an architectural competition in 2004.Here’s a bit of info from the architects:–Aurillac is at the edge of France’s Massif Central mountain region. The site is situated near the city’s main train station, an area that is under regeneration to provide a stronger link with the city’s historic centre.The building is a new venue for theatre, concerts, fairs and sports events. It will contain retractable seating and demountable stage for versatility. The main space will be able to accommodate up to 4500 people during performances.Three ribbons of concrete that vary in shape and texture define the building. Their juxtaposition delineates the different zones of the building: entry, storage and back of house facilities.The upper ribbon is made of prefabricated concrete panels with a regular grid of glass bricks. It creates a nine-meter high cavity of varying width that contains the building’s services and technical access.Fluorescent lights with colour filters within, will allow the building’s temperament to continually change in the evenings.

Sophia bookshop and publishing house by Nicos Kalogirou and Evangelos Kotsioris

Source: dezeenArchitect Nicos Kalogirou and student Evangelos Kotsioris have completed the interior of a book store and publishing house in Thessaloniki, Greece.Glass panels arranged in a spiral create the shop windows and display space.Lighting is provided through an angled, translucent glass structure hanging from the ceiling and the back-lit shelving that frames the shop counters.Other materials include steel, silver-lacquered laminated wood panels, clear Plexiglass and grey flooring.The interior was completed in 2008.The following text is from Nicos Kalogirou:–Bookshop/publishing house ‘sophia’Thessaloniki, GreeceThe transformation of a former pesticide warehouse into an inviting, ‘transparent’ bookshop and a small publishing house gave the chance to experiment with multiple glass layers, triangulated surfaces, distorted geometries and non-standard construction methods in a manageable scale.Two vertically folded, spiraling, glass trapezoids form the labyrinth-like shop windows and a recessed entrance. Clear volumes of ever-increasing height towards the interior of the spirals serve as display surfaces on multiple levels. The multiplicity of the glass layers generates unexpected idols and multiple reflections that change dramatically according to natural and artificial lighting conditions.The angular, winding forms of the two service stalls result from the distortion of an initially rectangular, 15m. long, linear piece (as requested by the client). Their geometry is complimented by the sphenoid forms of a custom-made, back-lit trapezoid shelf system that stands behind them. Stalls and shelves direct visually to the inner part of the elongated plan.A triangulated back-lit ‘cloud’ surface hanging from the double-height void acts as a lighting body. The angled steel and glass staircase leads to an interior balcony with an office (overlooking directly the entrance below) and a small conference room.To maximize construction time, singular pieces were cut by CNC (computer numeric control) machines while the seemingly singular elements of the shelf system are actually the result of an irregular placing of 3 shelf units that create single and double height shelf surfaces. Additionally, all internal vertical support elements of the stalls are broken down to only 2 repeated pieces. Above: stallsThe biggest part of the low budget was used in favor of the clear and translucent safety glass while for the rest of the elements the following rough materials with minimum treatment were chosen; uncolored protected steel, rough silver lacquered laminated wooden panels, clear Plexiglas and reflective heavy-duty industrial flooring in light gray. Above: shelvesAbove: shelves elevationAbove: ground floor planDesigner detailsDesigner: Nicos Kalogirou, Evangelos KotsiorisName of photographer: Nicos KalogirouCity: ThessalonikiCountry: Greece

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