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Anagrama

ARCHITECTS
Anagrama

PHOTOGRAPHS
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AREA
1025 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Monterrey, Mexico

CATEGORY
Cultural Architecture

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Monterrey, the third largest city in Mexico, is best known for its beautiful mountains and strong industrial backbone. In the heart of the city is Fundidora Park, a unique specimen of industrial archaeology (it was previously a massive steelworks and foundry established in 1900).

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The park is home to extensive gardens, museums, convention centers, auditoriums, theme parks and cultural venues such as Conarte (Council for the Culture and Arts of Nuevo León).

Conarte reached out to Anagrama with the mission to create a space that would foster a love of reading and learning for children.

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The children's library and cultural center was to be inside a warehouse-like building, an untouchable heritage site of the state.

Our design proposal needed to take into account the untouchable nature of the building and, in some way, enhance it.

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