The Brooklyn Public
Site: Brooklyn, NY
Situated in the heart of downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Public is a library focused on the current technological advancements in information exchange. This intervention attempts to address the needs of the growing community. Rather than a reliquary for slowly expanding collection of knowledge, like the traditional library model, this library pushes the boundaries of the functional aspects of the library typology.
The site is situated in a dense downtown retail zone, next to several local universities. A vast majority of the residents are transient and do not live in the area, and the neighborhoods surrounding this central hub all have access to public libraries. In order to maximize participation and provide what a traditional library cannot, this project is a library in which the users produce the content.
Site: Brooklyn, NY
Situated in the heart of downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Public is a library focused on the current technological advancements in information exchange. This intervention attempts to address the needs of the growing community. Rather than a reliquary for slowly expanding collection of knowledge, like the traditional library model, this library pushes the boundaries of the functional aspects of the library typology.
The site is situated in a dense downtown retail zone, next to several local universities. A vast majority of the residents are transient and do not live in the area, and the neighborhoods surrounding this central hub all have access to public libraries. In order to maximize participation and provide what a traditional library cannot, this project is a library in which the users produce the content.
The library will be a hub for local information exchange in the form of text, art, social medial, and multi-media. The act of exchange is an inherent rejection of the typical square. The intersecting sphere form ebraces a roundness that inspires and promotes a new human social consciousness of shared thought and creativity. The maker spaces are housed in the spheres that pulse grow and push on the interior of the glass facade. Organization is a physical embodiment of an intersection diagram of program relationship and proximities, designed based on overlapping functional needs, and composed as a series of intersections.
The loud main activities take place inside each sphere, while the interstitial spaces provide quieter areas for reading and reflection.