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From the café to the central
outdoor courtyard, the vibrant
two-storey facility hosts extensive
public activity space far beyond
the library’s collection of books.
Accessible for all, visitors are
encouraged to animate ideas
within the library’s maker-spaces.
Computer modeling and 3D
printers, a media suite, sound
recording studio, video studio and
green screen all creates hands-on
opportunities to learn, discover
curiosities and hone craft.
Multi-generational and diverse,
each space within has been
designed to foster learning
for wide-ranging user groups.
Students from primary school to
post-secondary, new Canadian
residents, teens, toddlers and
parents have all been given spaces
to learn and connect with one
another in social interaction zones
that includes flexible furniture
arrangements.
Indicative of a library’s ‘function in
–flux’, highly flexible, movable book
collection stacks offer flexibility
for librarians and visitors to use
the space in multiple ways, as the
needs of the community evolve
daily or annually.
Exposing residents to new
possibilities of discovery, public
areas are transparent and visually
interlinked. Expansive glazing at
the street level engages all passing
by to join the activity inside.
Social zones, lounge seating,
and individual study space also
surround the perimeter windows,
maximizing light and views while
creating a direct connection with
the neighbourhood beyond.
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