A ground-level auditorium under the main section provides public meeting and events space.
The digital and the book are merged through the bookshelves and adjacent digital workstations that flow upward in open circulation.
HUNTER PUBLIC LIBRARY HUNTER NEW YORK WINDOWS
Natural light enters through the large windows from all sides, animating the space. Inside, warm bamboo creates an inviting social space, open to the community and offering engaging spaces for all ages. The program’s separation into children’s area, teen area and adult area can be read in the sculpted cuts of the east face of the building, one facade opening for each area yet the programmatic divisions are fluid. Sculpted cuts are carved out of the facade, showing the movement of people within and framing expansive views of the Manhattan skyline. The building’s aluminum-painted concrete shell is not just a facade but a load-bearing structure, which omits curtain walls and columns. The vertical structure reimagines the traditional library model, providing diversity of spaces from intimate reading areas to active gathering spaces. Resisting recent trends of incorporating public libraries and much-needed social space within high-end residential towers, the Hunters Point Library stands independently, rising with a minimal footprint on its 32,000 square foot site to offer maximum surrounding green space to the local community and becoming an integrated part of the vibrant public park that lines the river’s edge. Located on a prominent site along the East River, against the backdrop of rapidly built skyscraper condominiums, the 22,000 square foot Queens Public Library at Hunters Point stands as a public building and public park, bringing community-devoted space to the Long Island City waterfront.
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