Source: Design Together
The shared project is a new work by David Adjaye, the Winter Park Library & Events Center in Florida. The library took seven years to complete at a cost of $41.7 million.
Winter Park Park Library
Continuing David's usual design language, the building is pink and poured concrete, creating a new landmark for Auckland.
David's early work: The Webster, a luxury boutique in Los Angeles
Sir David Adjaye is one of the most creative leaders in contemporary architecture. Each of his buildings captures both the present moment and their unique historical context. In 2017, David Adjaye was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
David Adjaye
It is already a great thing to be recognized by the Queen, not to mention that David is a black architect, which shows the depth of his influence and contribution to the architectural world.
3 roses
Concrete blocks
3 PIGMENTED
CONCRETE PAVILIONS
Located in the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Park, the Winter Park Library covers an area of 35,155 square meters. This new civic and cultural center is intended to be a space for community empowerment and education.
The library was completed in the late 1970s and expanded in the 1990s to replace old facilities and income-generating municipal events.
Historical photographs of the Winter Park Library
Based on the principle of biophilic design and in harmony with the unique tropical climate of the region, the building is poured from rose-hued concrete and stands together on a raised observation deck, showing the idyllic peace of Lake Mendsen to the people inside the building.
The design of the library was inspired by the local flora of the Winter Park, and the architecture chose arch elements to shape the form of the space.
Arched roof lines and floor-to-ceiling windows create a transparent spatial relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces, channeling natural light into the depths of the space.
The Winter Park Library consists of three individual buildings forming a "miniature village". The "village" consists of a newly built double-storey library, an event center with a roof terrace and a welcome portico.
Covering an area of 228 square meters, the portico is both a landmark, attracting guests, acting as a drainage, and connecting three seemingly separate buildings.
The exhibition hall covers an area of 1690 square meters. The building cantilever provides direct shading, especially on the south-facing glass side. The curved façade forms a flank that provides shade for the glass at the four corners of the building.
The orientation of the three building structures is based on the path of the sun, enabling the activity center to provide shade for the library for morning activities, while the library provides shade for the activity center for activities in the late afternoon.
Continuous external insulation of precast concrete reduces heat loss on the exterior walls, and high-heat mass structures are used to absorb heat and humidity, thereby reducing load peaks and making space temperature and humidity more stable.
The orientation of the two buildings also provides a shady microclimate between the library and the activity center, further connecting the campus's public spaces.
multifunction
Indoor space
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL
INTERIOR DESIGN
Spatial streamlines are also flexible and diverse, such as the floor layout of libraries and activity centers, and cross-interaction between spaces, so as to encourage people to shuttle between different functional areas and different buildings, and to maximize the adaptability of each space.
Compared with the old library, the new library area has increased to 3266 square meters, and the open graphic design not only meets the reading needs of people of different ages and different preferences, but also increases the number of books for teenagers by 30%.
Huge arched floor-to-ceiling windows provide excellent lighting inside.
New automated material handling procedures and digital checkout systems speed up returns and re-listings.
The building also includes youth and children's areas, an indoor auditorium, a maker space and technology portal, an entrepreneurship center and a continuing education space, expanding the way the building is located in the community where it interacts, learns and gathers.
Children's reading area on the second floor
These open spaces are mainly made up of four wood-lined cores and house the city's historical and archival collections, ancillary areas and private reading rooms.
The activity center features a multi-purpose auditorium space and a rooftop terrace, providing citizens with a good vantage point to see the lakeside park.
In addition to the view, the terrace can also host an open-air banquet for up to 150 people. The event center also includes a grand ballroom that can accommodate 250-320 people.
The black staircase contrasts in the high purity space and becomes one of the iconic features of the building like a sculpture.
Sustainable construction
SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE
Stormwater management is concentrated beneath the parking lot structure, which seeps through the porous parking structure to the granite base and eventually converges on the adjacent Lake Menson. As part of the irrigation system, this water is reused to provide water to the lush natural landscape surrounding the library.
The total capacity of solar panel modules is 25.1 kW, and the annual production is about 37865 kWh.
All outdoor materials for the building are from Florida, and prefabricated façade materials are built on site within 25 miles of the site.
All vegetation is indigenous and all indoor materials are also domestic.
The Winter Park Library and Activity Centre as a whole is a human center of various meanings, such as social gatherings, educational training, and strengthening the connection with the natural environment of tropical climate.
General Floor Plan ▽
▼Floor plan of the first floor
▼Second floor plan
▼View of the east façade of the library
▼North façade of the library
▼East façade of the activity center
▼East-west cross-section of the base
▼Longitudinal cross-section of the library