The Public Library is part of a public-private initiative taken to rebuild the city of Constitución after the 8.8 degrees earthquake and tsunami that devastated the town during the year 2010. It is a small settlement situated in the very core of one of the biggest clusters of wood production in Chile. This situation gives identity to the town and also creates the best conditions to find not only high quality wood materials but also extremely well gifted carpenters to carefully craft a wooden building. 

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Architects: Sebastian Irarrázaval

Location: Constitución, Chile

Collaborators: Macarena Burdiles, Carlos Pesquera, Alicia Arguelles, Sebastián Mancera
Area: 350.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Felipe Díaz Contardo

Technical Inspection: Joel Barrera

Promoters: Fundación la Fuente, Banco ITAU and Arauco

Owner: Municipality of Constitución

Structural Engineer: CARGAZ

Constructor: PROESSA

© Felipe Díaz Contardo

The Public Library is part of a public-private initiative taken to rebuild the city of Constitución after the 8.8 degrees earthquake and tsunami that devastated the town during the year 2010. It is a small settlement situated in the very core of one of the biggest clusters of wood prod...