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Northside Branch Tour - Transformation & Community Building
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Presenters:
Michael Suriano, NBBJ
AIA / LEED AP BD+C / NCARB
Tracy Perry, NBBJ
LEED Legacy / NCARB
New libraries require new thinking about how to be flexible, transparent, efficient and relevant in a digital era. The Columbus Metropolitan Library’s new Northside Branch meets this reality in dramatic fashion, with a cantilevered “reading loft” that engages High Street, shelters a public plaza at the main entrance, grants visitors an elevated view of the city, and shifts between library-specific functions and outside events as needed.
The interior centers on a “living room” that houses the library’s main collection. Washed with indirect daylight from high above, it is outfitted with comfortable reading zones, study nooks, a coffee bar and an aquarium. Additional spaces — the meeting rooms, children’s zone, teen reading area and quiet lounge — ramp up from the living room and culminate in the reading loft.
2.0 HSW LU
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Northside Branch Library
1423 N High St,
Columbus, OH 43201
$10 | Associate AIA Members
$20 | AIA Members and Affiliate
$40 | Non-Member Guests