MONUMENTA Magazine
MONUMENTA's free access e-zine was launched in March 2007. Six issues with over 200 articles have been published to date.
INDUSTRIAL REMNANTS
GLANCES IN THE WORLD
"Barcelona: An underwater library"
Dafni Papadopoulou, structural engineer A large water reservoir of the 19th century in Barcelona is converted into a university library, proving once again the wide variety of functions that can be hosted inside the industrial remnants of our cities. Lluís Clotet and Ignacio Paricio design one of the most popular libraries of Barcelona utilizing the shell of a really impressive building.
Living in a monument. The Entrepotdok in Amsterdam
Franka van der Loo, illustrator I would very much like to tell the story about the place where I live. It is unique, not only in the Netherlands, but also stirred quite a lot of attention in the rest of Europe after it’s restoration was finished. The Entrepotdok is the first mega project of re-using historical buildings for social housing in Europe.
