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  • Location : Malanje, Angola
  • Surface : 2613,00 sqm
  • Coordination : Marco da Silva Lopes
  • Project Chief : Inês Xisto
  • Team : Bruno Ramos Ferraz, Ricardo Nery, Susana Janeiro, Marta Leandro, Cristina Lopes, Sandra Ferreira, Marco Assembleia
Malanje’s Mediatheque is located in the city of Malanje, municipality of Malanje. The main goal of the project was the transformation of the urban plot into a “green buffer” filled with gardens that coexist with library’s Building giving to city’s block other type of public life with shops and terraces. The main entrance of the building occurs at the cutted corner of the volume giving the access to the library and its exterior private spaces, as well the auditorium lobby. This lobby with the vertical circulation with the lower floor, is responsible for the flux and access of users, librarians and general employees, forming two over layered arms that accommodate the public areas over a more private administrative spaces. The lower floor organises also a public square that will be limited by some shops and a cafeteria and the use of the auditorium as a cinema or theatre that will promote the street life.