Two different troubles regard­ the outplacement of the library and the archives into the spaces identified in Tobia Pallavicino’s building.

The first is the need to insert the typical and specialised func­tions, as reading facilities, into the con­text of an historical building with high artistical quality constructing elements. The second is the difficulty of link in­ternally the new part with the old one and the entrance from Via Garibaldi.

Hence, our two main interventions.

 • insertion of a vertical connecting body in the center of the covered courtyard;

 • demolition and reconstruction of the courtyard floor at a slightly lower level, allowing the construction of a floating raised floor with a technical gravity space center.