Princeton University Julian Street Library by Joel Sanders
New York architect Joel Sanders has overhauled a library at Princeton University by installing interactive technology and colour-coded study areas (+ slideshow).
The Julian Street Library is in a 1960′s building on the campus and was originally a reading room with study spaces for solitary readers.
The architects removed an existing brick wall and placed a ramp between the library and entrance area, creating a new space where students can relax and socialise.
Photography is by Peter Aaron.
Here’s some more information from Joel Sanders Architect:
The
Julian Street Library, a newly renovated library in a 1960s modernist
building at Princeton University, transforms a 3,100 sq ft reading room
into a state-of-the-art multimedia learning environment. Situated
between a residential college and the main campus centre, the library
acts as a hub for undergraduate students on their way to the central
campus. Recognising that, with the advent of digital technologies,
libraries are multipurpose spaces that sponsor study and social
interaction, our design reconceives the refurbished library as a wired
environment where students can work, lounge, and socialise day and
night.
Bringing library into vestibule
Our
solution solves the dual challenge of improving circulation between the
vestibule and campus, as well as between the vestibule and library, by
allowing the vestibule and library to overlap. We removed an existing
demising brick wall, and taking inspiration from the Laurentian Library
in Florence, brought the library into the vestibule by way of a dynamic
ramp that pours into this previously underutilized space. No longer
simply a threshold, the vestibule is now a space where students study,
relax, and socialize. A series of terraced benches activate the
vestibule and provide access to a communal library table and computer
terminals located at the summit. The ramp then ushers students into the
main library which is divided into two activity zones differentiated by
color and materials.
New media: 24/7 wired space to study and socialise
As
students transition from reading a book to working on their laptop,
study postures change, requiring different levels of focus, lengths of
time, and degrees of engagement with other students. Our design provides
various options – banquettes, tables and work stations – allowing
individuals to transition easily from relaxed, passive postures (while
reading or watching material for the first time) to more alert postures
(while actively processing material and producing original work).
Teal
bookcases carved into the walls display the original Julian Street book
collection donated to Princeton University in 1962. Built within these
bookcases, birch-lined cabinets house computers and music recording
equipment so that students have access to old and new media as they
work.
An
electronic communal media table provides an interactive forum where
students of Wilson College can exchange information with other students
working in the vestibule and library, as well as remote locations on
campus. Concealed within the ceiling, a projector displays an
interactive image on the table below where students may post events on a
community billboard, search the original Julian Street book collection,
and engage in social networking.
Mobile
furniture and sliding panels allow the space to be easily reconfigured
so that it may accommodate various events – from studying to dining and
partying.
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