The new building is easily accessible from the main city square and knits together the existing urban fabric. Additionally, a urban loggia with protected outdoor seating areas provides space for people to sit, rest and talk along with sun shading for the building.
Helen & Hard designed the building to be an extension of the city square with a glass facade and what the architects call an “urban loggia”, a partially enclosed space that opens onto a public courtyard.
The building encourages movement from the street through the space and provides open yet protected places for sitting and resting.
The choice of this library was easy, it has an extraordinary use of modern materials and techniques that shows a building does not have to be boring to house a collection of information. It is also situated right in the heart of the town, that shows how a community building can be an essential part of the community by it's location.
The major design elements are 27 prefabricated glue-laminated timber “ribs” that form the interior and exterior geometry of the building. The ribs are structure, infrastructure, and furniture all at once.
More images here.
Each rib
is created with a timber beam and column and houses mechanical ducts,
lighting, and acoustic material. Faced with CNC cut plywood boards, the
curving structures also make up seating and
shelving.The architects wanted to maximize the use of renewable wood in the project and incorporated 450 cubic meters of exposed gluelam wood in the signature ribs, inner and outer walls, elevator shaft, floor slabs, and part of the roof.
References:
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/in-norway-the-prefabricated-glue-laminated-vennesla-library/4518
http://inhabitat.com/vennesla-librarys-ribbed-prefab-design-features-energy-efficient-strategies-in-norway/vennesla-library-helen-and-hard-12/?extend=1
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