Socle Library Part 2 Dissertation 2008 Sergio Baquedano University of La Serena | Chile The public library is located in the south terrace socle of the Elqui River, in La SerenaThis place appears as a relief of the old city, where you can contemplate through the river, the new city. The movement of the river come from the valley, meets the city and gets lost in the sea, those that generate new outlines that tile from the socle the old city to the new one.This way, the search for knowledge is given in a space of constant movement, finding not only book, but also moments of contemplation of the landscape. Degree Project Sergio BaquedanoLa Serena’s “colonial walls”, have never been built by human workforce, During the Spanish colonization, the conquerors found in the terrace walls, a natural defense for the recently founded city, and they still preserve the original size of the city foundational layout. Despite they have been fading by the city’s growth over the years, these formations have never disappeared at allSergio Baquedano’s Library has the virtue of restoring this original condition of “walled city”, because his work gets incorporated in the ravines and allows to explore it, deploying in floating ramps, that allow to read simultaneously the books, the river box, the new city and the forgotten wall Rafael Canihuante SotoArchitect Tutor(s) Rafael Canihuante