Corbie Médiathèque by Béal & Blanckaert
Delivered last year by the Lille-based practice Béal & Blanckaert, the médiathèque in Corbie sits within the grounds of the abbey, the clos de l’abbaye. The village lies some fifteen kilometres east of Amiens.
The building is wrapped in a skin of Corten steel, which seems to freeze it in time within a site that includes a Gothic abbey church listed as a historic monument.
The médiathèque takes advantage of the natural fall of the land to the south to offer readers a panorama of the town. To the north, by contrast, it turns in on itself, screening itself from the sports pitches. A small courtyard is slipped in between two facets, lit by the flickering play of daylight.
The interior is meant to be restrained: white, with a few touches of colour provided by the furniture. Large windows flood the médiathèque with light. Through this treatment, the architects wanted to bring the landscape to the fore.
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