In Barcelona, the third largest library in the city opened with great novelties: it is a library with hammocks, sofas and a radio studio. We are talking about the new Gabriel García Márquez library in Sant Martí de Provençals, ten times bigger than the old building.
This new building has a Scandinavian design and was recently inaugurated. A firm of architects specializing in wood architecture were the designers of the new construction, who designed the new building.They perfectly combined wood with large windows that bring good lighting to the space, allowing natural light to enter.
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Library with hammocks, unique in Barcelona
Together with the trees outside, everything combines to create a very cozy and pleasant space. Even inside the building there are open spaces delimited only by armchairs, hammocks or carpets.
The hammocks are distributed throughout the space to enjoy a good and pleasant reading.
It also has “Radio Maconda”, a radio studio and the only one in a public library in Barcelona.
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From there it will broadcast its signal as a community radio station and will be part of the Barcelona Community Radio Network.
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The library has 40,000 volumes and specializes in Latin American literature. It houses the house of Francisco Ibáñez, author of Mortadelo y Filemón. It has 30 Internet access points and about 140 reading points.
It also has a sensory space and exclusive rooms for group activities. And ehe Antonio Herrera Associative Historical Archive is located on the premises.
A library with hammocks and the third largest library in the city
The construction had an investment of around 12 million euros and has a surface area of 3,300 square meters. Construction work began in 2019 and over the years the initial construction plan was adjusted to include new sections.
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The main façade of the library overlooks the streets of Concili de Trento and Treball. Its rear part borders the plot of the exempt National Police building.
The precinct seeks to meet the demand and offer its services to the population of the neighborhoods of Sant Martí and La Verneda i la Pau, home to approximately 55,000 inhabitants.
The library is named after Gabriel García Márquez in honor of the Colombian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. García Márquez is one of the most outstanding writers of the 20th century thanks to his work One Hundred Years of Solitude.
It also features works by classic and contemporary Latin American poets, storytellers and playwrights. Barcelona’s relationship with Latin American writers dates back to the mid-1960s and 1970s.
