Public Libraries of the year shortlist
FIVE public libraries from across the world have made it onto the IFLA and Systemic Public Library of Year Award shortlist. The jury narrowed the competition down from 32 in the
hunt for new, innovative public libraries in the award’s sixth year. Projects include new builds and also reused buildings, but all have a strong environmental and community impact. From Australia, Marrickville Library, in a Sydney suburb reuses a historical hospital building closely developed with the local community. The project had a strong focus on circu- lar aspects of the building process with bricks from demolished parts of the old hospital being reused. In Norway, Deichman Bjørvika (pictured right) – Oslo Public Library – is a five-storey sculptural building on the waterfront next to the Oslo Opera house. It provides space for 450,000 books wrapped around a large, top-lit atrium in an ultra-low energy building. The Ningbo New Library in China is located on the edge of an ecological wetland and uses natural daylight in all interior spaces and natural ventilation is maximized through the central light-filled atrium.
In the Holland the projects name, Forum Groninge (below)
is a reference to the Forum Romanum of ancient Rome. Housing both a cinema, a museum, cafes, a restaurant as well as several meeting rooms and a media/smartlab. The library runs through the entire building connecting itself with the building’s other functions. Belgium’s Het Predikheren is another project that has reinvigorated an older building – an ancient baroque monastery ruin – brought back to life with sustainability at the forefront while features of the original construction rigorously respected.
The winner will be announced during IFLA’s annual congress, held online this year from 17-19 August and the award is pre- sented by IFLA President, Christine Mackenzie. For more information:
https://bit.ly/36SJZop.
Forum Groninge, Netherlands. Photo © Peter Wiersema
Deichman Bjorvika, Norway. Photo © Einar Aslaksen
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