格兰多拉的新图书馆和市政档案馆是通过一组棕榈树进入的，这些棕榈树构成了翻新后的共和国广场，现在已经清除了所有嘈杂和冲突的元素，这些元素已经从那里被移除，以寻求一个更平和的秩序。这个广场是城市的中心地带，是西南边的市政花园和东边的橘子树花园之间的中心。

The Grândola’s new Library and Municipal Archive is accessed through the set of palm trees that structure the renovated Praça da República, now purged of all the noisy and conflicting elements, which have been removed from there in search for a more pacified order. This square is the central place of the city and the epicenter between the Municipal Garden, to the southwest, and the Orange tree garden, to the east.

新建筑构成了广场的一部分，并且由于其规模和程序，构成了自己作为一个参考元素，与城市的连续性相对应。在这个意义上，我们关注的是阐明建筑在广场上的存在，使其清晰、坚实和可识别，并通过在广场的前院和建筑的内部空间之间创造一个连续性，将其纳入街道网络。

The new building forms part of the square and – due to its scale and program – constitutes itself as a reference element that counterpoints the urban continuum. In this sense, our concern has been to elucidate the building’s presence in the square, making it clear, solid, and identifiable, and to include it in the network of streets by creating a continuity between the forecourt drawn by the square and the interior spaces of the building.

人们通过一个回廊进入，它构成了建筑的主要房间，并创造了功能之前的停顿，当运动舒缓下来，噪音被喷泉的流水声所取代的时刻，这标志着人们的到来。围绕中央庭院的长廊产生的路径，促进了规模的逐步调整，唤起了保护和阴凉，并引导人们绕过砾石球场和种植在那里的槐树的方式。

One enters through a cloister, which constitutes the main room of the building and which creates the pause that precedes the function, the moment when the movement soothes down and the noise is replaced by the delicate sound of the running water in the fountain, which marks the arrival. The galleries around the central courtyard generate paths that promote a gradual adjustment of scale, evoking protection and shade, and guiding the way around the gravel court and the jacaranda tree that is planted there.

由于其性质和规模，这个在城市综合体中以几何形式建立起来的空间决定了其基础地位，并允许最多样化的活动发生，补充和扩大了参考项目的行动范围，在这里，它围绕着这个向天空开放的大围墙–下面是接待空间、展览和展示的公共区域以及儿童阅览室；上面是档案区和成人阅览室，它们通向一个阳台，俯瞰广场。

Due to its nature and scale, this space, geometrically established in the urban complex, determines the foundational place and allows for the occurrence of the most diverse events, complementing and widening the scope of action of the reference program, which here gravitates around this great enclosure open to the sky – below, the reception space, the common areas for exhibitions and presentations and the children’s reading room; on top, the archive areas and the adult reading room that opens onto a balcony, overlooking the square.

这套建筑，以其厚重的墙壁和南方的白色的抽象形状，试图保持神秘，并建立发现的路径，就像它所包含的书籍。

The set, in its abstract shape of thick walls and southern whiteness, seeks to keep the mystery and to build paths of discovery, like the books it contains.

Architects: Matos Gameiro Arquitectos, Pedro Domingos Arquitectos
Year: 2021
Photographs: Francisco Nogueira
Manufacturers: CIN, Diasen, Primus Vitória, Sanindusa, ALLCOVER alcatifa, CLIMAR, COBERMASTER transformadora metálica, FLUXOIBERIA mobiliário, GRUPNOR, Jardins e Afins, OLI Sistemas Sanitários, Roca, Sanitana, TECJOB sinalética
Lead Architects: Pedro Matos Gameiro (Matos Gameiro arquitectos) e Pedro Domingos (Pedro Domingos arquitectos
Contractor: Habitâmega
Design Team Collaborators:Paulo Dias, João Varela, João Carlos Lopes, Abílio Silva, Pedro Gonçalves, Raquel Pereira
Client:Câmara Municipal de Grândola
Structures Design:Fernando Rodrigues (Alves Rodrigues & Associados)
Electricity And Comunications:Luís Mira (Ohmsor)
Fire Protection Engineer:Luís Mira (Ohmsor)
Mechanical Installations:Guilherme Carrilho da Graça, Pedro Paredes (Natural Works)
Water And Plumbing Installations:João Guimarães
Landscape Design:Leonor Cheis (NPK arquitectos paisagistas associados)
City:Grândola
Country:Portugal