De los Molinos Library

De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz

de los Molinos Library 

Estudio DIIR

ARCHITECTS
Estudio DIIR

PROGRAM
Ayuntamiento de los Molinos

PROMOTOR
Biblioteca publica / Cultural

CONSTRUCTION
Manile

PHOTOGRAPHS
Luis Díaz Díaz

AREA
260 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Los Molinos, Spain

CATEGORY
Library

The new library of Los Molinos is part of an ambitious project framed within a public competition won by DIIR studio in 2018.

De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz

The main desire of the project is to adapt the entire complex - a former school group - to the needs of the present.

In this way, what was formerly conceived to accommodate a specific program completely changes its use.

Thus, the playground becomes a public square, the classrooms become a cultural center, or, as is the case in this project, the former teachers' dormitories become a municipal library.

De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz

When intervening, the entire first floor is acted upon with the aim of incorporating this space into the cultural activity of the building.

A new communication nucleus is designed, whose semicircular shape is attached to the building in the center of the configuration.

Coinciding with the arrival area, a reception space is proposed that completes the semicircle and constructs its outline through a wooden bench.

De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz

From this point, the user connects with a kind of large hallway, which acts as a backbone and provides access to each of the rooms.

This entire strip is covered with wooden paneling that gives presence and seems to emphasize, to a greater extent, access to each of the programs.

The warmth of the wood on the vertical surfaces and the colorful linoleum red on certain floors contrast with the neutrality of the rest of the tones.

De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz

White covers the majority of walls and ceilings and gives prominence to the unique vaulted roof.


De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz
De los Molinos Library
© Luis Díaz Díaz


De los Molinos Library
Axo 01A
De los Molinos Library
Axo 01B
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De los Molinos Library
Ground floor plan - concept
De los Molinos Library
First floor plan - concept