L L I B R A R I E S I B R A R I E S Contemporary libraries are no longer “houses of books” any more. With the advancement of high technology and the emergence of modern concepts such as digital library, avant-garde libraries bring you totally fresh and new reading experiences and establish new ideas of library. The book contains 39 library projects located all over the world, contributing professional references for architects and interior designers. 当书籍邂逅建筑，会碰撞出怎样的火花？本书将带你参观世界各地最新完成的 图书馆，徜徉在弥漫着书香的建筑中，体味建筑师怎样将书籍与建筑巧妙结 合，并融入当地的建筑风格。书中对建筑和室内设计领域均有涉及，在为专业 设计师提供参考的同时，也将带给你一次别样的书香之旅。 DESIGN MEDIA PUBLISHING LIMITED DESIGN MEDIA PUBLISHING LIMITED L I B R A R I E S DESIGN MEDIA PUBLISHING LIMITED Contents Civic Libraries School Libraries 4 Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre 72 Lohja Main Library 142 Rancho Mirage Public Library 198 Arabian Public Library 12 Bishan Public Library 80 Max Webber Library 148 Santa Monica Public Library 206 Chungwoon University Library 18 Champaign Public Library 86 Media Library 154 The London Library 212 EBR Library, University of Groningen 26 Chongqing Library 96 National Library of China 162 Toco Hill – Avis G. Williams Library 218 Library for Architecture, Art and Design, Leonardo Campus, Muenster 32 Douglass-Truth Branch, The Seattle Public Library 104 National Technical Library 168 Town Hall Extension and New Public Library 226 Morgan State University, Earl S. Richardson Library 36 España Library 112 Newcastle City Library 176 Turku City Library 232 Samsung Library in Sungkyunkwan University 42 Halmstad Library 116 North Vancouver City Library 186 Whistler Public Library 238 Siauliai University Library 48 Hockessin Public Library 122 Public Library Leon de Greiff 192 Winnipeg Library Addition 244 The Diller Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 54 Kirkwood Highway Public Library 128 Public Library of A. & M. Miskiniai in Utena 250 University Library City Centre 62 Library in Anzin 134 Quebec Grand Library 258 University Town Library 264 WSN Building Pavilion ~ Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre Architect: ArchOffice & Michael Ng Location: North Shore City, New Zealand Completion: 2009 GFA: The new Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre is a purpose-built new-generation 2,600 m2 Photography: ArchOffice library situated on a reserve site in Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand. The architectural concept for the library is based around a simple narrative of looking through ancient trees that existed on the site to the view – thus notions of solid and void, transparency, light quality, pattern and form were considered and modelled to inform various design demands. The intention was to have a pleasant and verdant quality of light available within the building that subtly changes during the day, leading to the building becoming transparent at night. There are a number of innovative uses of materials that were selected to both strengthen and complement the design concept. The use of brick both Northwest elevation internally and externally historically acknowledges the old Plunket buildings that previously occupied the site and provides a strong organisational element to the building’s floor plan. Laminated Purple Heart and Alaskan Yellow Cedar vertical “fins” undulate and screen the west façade. These are aesthetically sculptural while also practically acting as sun control. Timber “fins” are also used as balustrades on the mezzanine and exterior decks and create attractive detail when viewed from ground and street level. Patterned laser-cut sheets form a striking internal perforated screen to the south façade. Glazed vertical Southeast elevation slots (with glass alternating green and blue) behind the screens create further depth and dapple the incoming morning light. Precast patterned lightweight panels form the exterior south façade, installed in a manner to continue the sense of lightness and transparency. The use of lightweight concrete reduceds the level of additional insulation required. Laser-cut perforated ceiling panels also provide dappled light through roof lights above and also functionally act as smoke extracts and air extract for the smoke extract fans located within the ceiling space. The building houses the Birkenhead Library, Council Cashiers, Information Longitudinal section Services, Plunket and Citizens Advise Bureau. It combines Wi-Fi, RFID, Internet and BMS technologies within contemporary architecture, space planning and design. On-site public parking for 31 cars within the building and a drive- through book return have been provided as a New Zealand first initiative. It was designed with each tenant in mind and caters to the individual organisation with both specific and shared spaces, thereby creating a cost-effective use of specialised space. Although designed for specific tenants and purposes, the 2 building allows a great degree of flexibility, as technology is expected to change the provision of future library services and it is foreseeable that the library will 3 eventually occupy the entire building. The public library space incorporates comfortable seating, generous study space and six meeting rooms that can be booked by the public and accessed after hours independently of the library. In addition, a successful model for traditional children’s and young adult areas, fiction and non-fiction shelving has been followed. A learning centre on the ground floor and a smaller version in the children’s area provide the opportunity 1. Night view of northwest façade for single or group learning and training classes. 2. Entrance 3. View from west 1 ~ 1 4 Awards: 2 3 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award, Public Architecture, 2010 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award, Sustainable Architecture, 2010 NZIA Auckland Architecture Award, Resene Award, 2010 20 12 1 7 10 2 19 8 14 8 13 6 19 18 17 11 8 4 2 18 18 9 5 18 18 15 16 17 6 3 Ground floor plan 1. Main entrance 11. C.A.B 2. Lobby 12. C.A.B waiting 3. Library 13. Workroom 4. Customer services 14. Staffroom 5. Community meeting room 15. Resource area 6. Learning centre / young 16. Meeting room adults 17. Local history / 7. Plunket archives 1. Aerial view 8. Office 18. WC 2—3. Landscape 9. Meeting 19. Lift 4. Northeast façade 10. Kitchen 20. Book return ~ 2 1. Reception 3 2. Bookshelves on the ground and first floor 3. Translucent roof 1 10~11 2 3 1 1. Perimeter reading area 2. Top floor reading area and collection 3. Reading area 12~13 Bishan Public Library Architect: LOOK Architects Location: Singapore Completion: 2006 GFA: 6,969 m2 Photography: The metaphor of a tree house was invoked from the onset of design Patrick Bingham-Hall & Tim Nolan conceptualisation to create an environment for learning via a journey of discovery and play. The use of skylights, trellises and coloured glass transforms incoming daylight into a myriad of shades and colours, creating an intriguing dappled light quality within the library that simulates light filtered through the foliage of trees. “Pods” cantilevered off the main building façade exude a distinctive charisma on the exterior and create suspended alcoves at an intimate scale from the building interior. The library is raised above the anonymity of its mixed-use neighbourhood and sets out to stir the curiosity of 3 3 3 the community. 3 Conflicting requirements – view orientation, solar control and regulation of 3 3 3 unprotected openings mandated by the statutory fire safety code – were satisfied by a highly rationalised spatial strategy. An internal atrium was incorporated to introduce natural daylight deep into the main circulation zone, 2 as well as most of the library floors, and the back-of-house was concentrated as a solid core on the western elevation that also serves to shield the building 1 from the harsh evening sun. A gently sloping ramp leads people from the street level up to the collection zone through the atrium and also acts as an efficient discharge route for large crowds. 4 Responding to a highly constricted urban site amidst a mature satellite town, the design answers demands for an efficient construction method that Section 1. Public walkway minimises impact on its surroundings. In-situ concrete structure comprising four 2. Atrium typical floor slabs over a basement are linked by a common lift and staircase 3. Reading pods core, and internal columns are kept to a minimum through the use of post- 4. Basement library tensioned floor slabs, effectively maximising floor area and increasing flexibility of collection storage. Exploiting its potential of noise segregation, the basement was designed to house the children's section, defining a subterranean cavern- like realm where imagination can run free. Departing from the traditional concept of libraries as stoic repositories of knowledge, the architectural approach for this project emphasises on the experiential quality of spaces. This is critical in an age where human senses have been seemingly numbed by the virtual world. Bishan Public Library proves that a library as a physical place can still very much offer a unique and irreplaceable experience. 1. Side view 2. “Pods” cantilevered off the main building façade 3. Front view 1 2 3 1~1 2 3 Awards: President’s Design Award, Singapore – Design of the Year, 2007 Cityscape Architectural Review Awards, Dubai – Design for an Emerging World, 2006 6 5 2 6 1 3 Ground floor plan 2 1. Library stack 4 1 2. Back-of-house 3. Ramp 4. Café 1. Hall 5. Entrance / foyer 7 2. Hall 6. Covered walkway 3. Interior view of the pod 7. Void 1~1 2 1. Lounge in the reading room 2. Reading room 1