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Tomás Carrasquilla Library Park
La Quintana, also known as the Parque Biblioteca Tomás Carrasquilla (Tomás Carasquilla Library Park), is a culturally significant library park in Medellin, Colombia. The library was designed by Ricardo La Rotta Caballero and named after Colombian writer Tomás Carrasquilla.La Quintana Library Park Medellin.travel (City of the Year) The building is 14,800 square feet and includes reading rooms, ''ludotecas'' (educational play spaces for children), computers with internet, and terraced architecture with views overlooking Medellin. It is located in the Aures neighborhood in the northwestern quarter of the city. History It opened in 2007 and was one of five libraries constructed as part of cultural redevelopment efforts in the city targeted to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Park (Colombia)
A library park ( es, parque biblioteca) is a term first used in Colombia for an urban complex formed by a combination of a library building with ample surrounding green space for public use. These library parks are strategically located in the periphery of Medellín, a major Colombian city, to address the need for more cultural and education space and public services in less affluent neighborhoods. According to the Mayor of Medellín, "The library parks are cultural centers for social development that encourage citizen encounters, educational and recreational activities, building groups, the approach to the new challenges in digital culture. And they are also spaces for cultural services that allow cultural creation and strengthening of existing neighborhood organizations." The popularity of library parks in Colombia and their success in improving the conditions of outer city neighborhoods has helped spread the idea to other countries in Latin America. Notably, Rio de Janeiro's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo La Rotta Caballero
Ricardo La Rotta Caballero is an architect in Bogotá, Colombia and the principal at the La Rotta Arquitectos firm. His work includes La Quintana Library, a library park named after Tomás Carrasquilla in Medellín, Colombia. Along with Architects Juan Manuel López and Ramón Quevedo, La Rotta was selected as an architect for an ecological redevelopment project north of Bogotá. In 2006, La Rotta's work on the project with Quevedo and López on Edifício Compensar in Bogotá which was selected as one of the 10 "projects of the year" by the publication ''Semana''. La Rotta was also involved in the project of the Plaza of Zipaquirá. La Rotta won a design competition for the neArts faculty buildingat Javeriana University. Education and career La Rotta studied architecture at Javeriana University in Bogotá. He worked with Rogelio Salmona as an urban designer and at the firm of Daniel Bermúdez and Cía. In 2002 he started his own firm, La Rotta Arquitectos (La Rotta Architects). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Carrasquilla
Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 – 1940) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region. He dedicated himself to very simple jobs: tailor, secretary of a judge, storekeeper in a mine, and worker at the Ministry of Public Works. He was an avid reader, and one of the most original Colombian literary writers, greatly influencing the younger generation of his time and later generations. Carrasquilla was little known in his time, according to Federico de Onís, a scholar of Carrasquilla's works. It was only after 1936, when he was already 78 years old, when he was awarded with the National Prize of Literature, that Carrasquilla got a national recognition. Tomás Carrasquilla Library Park is named in his honor. The Colombian civil wars of the second part of the 19th century prevented young Carrasquilla from continuing his studies at the University of Antioquia. A committed intellectual, Carrasquilla organized tertulias—social gatherings to read books and dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
León De Greiff Library
León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park), is an architecturally renowned library park in Medellín, Colombia. It is named after the poet Leon de Greiff and designed by architect Giancarlo Mazzanti Giancarlo Mazzanti (born 1963) is a Colombian architect based in Bogota. Mazzanti was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1963. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Pontifical Xaverian University in Bogotá (Pontificia U .... History León de Greiff Library stands on the site where a late 19th century monastery was transformed into ''La Ladera'' prison, which at one point housed over one thousand prisoners. References Buildings and structures in Medellín Culture in Medellín Libraries in Colombia Libraries established in 2007 2007 establishments in Colombia Education in Medellín {{library-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain Library
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Belén Library
Bethlehem Library (Spanish: ''Parque Biblioteca Belén'') is one of ten library parks in Medellín, Colombia, located in Comuna 16. The library was designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Naito in collaboration with the University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by .... It is named after its location in the Belén (Bethlehem) commune of Medellín. The library park has public spaces with three different ambiances: a green plaza, a water plaza, and a plaza for the public. History Universities in Colombia began a program of sharing with the University of Tokyo in 2006. As part of this exchange, a group of architects from the University of Tokyo, under the direction of Hiroshi Naito, donated the design of Bethlehem Library. References External links Official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Javier Library
Father José Luis Arroyave Restrepo Library, most commonly known as San Javier Library (Spanish: ''Parque Biblioteca San Javier'') for its location in the San Javier commune, is one of ten library park (Colombia), library parks in Medellín, Colombia. The library was designed by architect Javier Vera. History A hillside area south of the San Javier metro station was chosen as the site of the San Javier Library Park. It is located at the beginning of the San Cristobal Metro Cable. Construction began on June 1, 2005. References External links Official Library Homepage ''(Spanish)'' Libraries in Colombia Buildings and structures in Medellín Culture in Medellín {{library-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libraries In Colombia
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include printed materials and other physical resources in many formats such as DVD, CD and cassette as well as access to information, music or other content held on bibliographic databases. A library, which may vary widely in size, may be organized for use and maintained by a public body such as a government; an institution such as a school or museum; a corporation; or a private individual. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are trained and experts at finding, selecting, circulating and organizing information and at interpreting information needs, navigating and analyzing very large amounts of information with a variety of resources. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Medellín
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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