This project is part of an initiative from the Federal Government to acquire the personal libraries of great Mexican authors and intellectuals of the twentieth Century.

The Jaime García Terrés Library is one such collection, and it is located in the 18th century building of La Ciudadela in Mexico City. The project is conceived as a series of objects, mostly in certified tropical wood, which through its scale, weight and presence, establishes a dialogue with both the books of the collection, as well as with the historic building.  The rectangular room is able to house 18,000 volumes of books with nearly 1,650 linear feet of shelves.

The main space is designed for lower bookcases, chairs and reading tables. At the western end of the room is a ‘reading cube’ with a reproduction of the table where Don Jaime García Terrés worked. To control the direct sunlight, a suspended ceiling is used in to filter the light through a series of mullions modulated according to the bookshelves. An intervention of the artist Perla Krauze entitled ” Suspended Time “, comprising of more than 300 resin stones, hangs from the ceiling.