{"id":306740,"date":"2025-11-25T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/306740\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:37:12","slug":"kere-architecture-unveils-plans-for-rios-future-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/306740\/","title":{"rendered":"k\u00e9r\u00e9 architecture unveils plans for rio’s future public library"},"content":{"rendered":"

k\u00e9r\u00e9 architecture shapes 40,000-square-meter public library in rio<\/p>\n

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K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture<\/a> unveils the design for the Biblioteca dos Saberes (The House of Wisdom), a 40,000-square-meter public library<\/a> and cultural center set to anchor the revitalization of Rio de Janeiro\u2019s<\/a> Cidade Nova neighborhood. Commissioned by the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, the project will be the first built work of the studio in South America and its second library after the Gando Primary School Library.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A vertical cylindrical volume described as \u2018the tree of knowledge\u2019 centers the project, referencing species native to the Tijuca Forest and the communal function of trees in Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9\u2019s hometown of Gando, Burkina Faso. This central structure organizes the three levels of the building, where reading rooms, library stacks, workshops, exhibition<\/a> spaces, an auditorium, and a caf\u00e9<\/a> are arranged in a gradient of activity. The perimeter of the building opens outward through landscaped terraces, shaded courtyards<\/a>, open-air circulation zones, and a canopied amphitheater. \u2018This library grows from the city\u2019s history and wisdom, from samba that moves the body to the poetry that moves the heart,\u2019 says Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9. \u2018It is a home for knowledge that belongs to everyone, a place where past and future meet beneath one roof, open to the city and to the sea that carries its stories to the world.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Biblioteca dos Saberes Honors the history of the country<\/p>\n

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The Berlin-based team<\/a> at K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture conceives the form of the building as a climatic and social infrastructure. A perforated facade mitigates Rio\u2019s sun exposure, while rooftop gardens and the central tower contribute to passive ventilation and cooling, while a pedestrian bridge will connect the complex to a nearby monument honoring Zumbi dos Palmares. \u2018From Little Africa to the world, Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9\u2019s project pays homage to the Atlantic, African, and portside formations that have shaped this plural Rio \u2014 a home for all Cariocas,\u2019 notes Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes. \u2018A library of samba and of the people\u2019s wisdom, it consolidates Rio\u2019s legacy as the first Portuguese-speaking city ever named UNESCO World Book Capital \u2014 an honor that now becomes both a work and a symbol of our time.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Rooted in the site of the former Pra\u00e7a Onze, home to Brazil\u2019s first samba school and steps from Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s Samb\u00f3dromo, the Biblioteca dos Saberes draws from indigenous and Afro-Brazilian heritage, oral traditions, and the social fabric of Carnival. It also responds to the global history of the city, acknowledging the Atlantic as a conduit between Brazil and Africa. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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