British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida, to house a library and an events centre.
Located on the northwestern corner of the 23-acre (9.3 hectares) Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Florida, the Winter Park Library and Events Center comprises three pavilions and was described as a "micro-village" by Adjaye Associates.
Winter Park Library and Events Center is a culture hub in Florida that was designed by Adjaye Associates
The culture hub, which replaced an existing civic centre, was developed as part of an extensive revitalisation of the park and first announced in 2017.
It comprises a 35,155 square-foot (3,266 square-metre) library, an 18,200 square-foot (1,690 square-metre) events centre and a 2,457 square-foot (228 square-metre) Porte Coche?re, a portico-style canopy that will be used as a pick-up and drop-off point. The three structures were constructed using pigmented concrete
The pavilions were designed as square and rectangular buildings with exterior walls that are angled inwards at their base. Large vaulted arches on the sides of the buildings provide views from the interior across to the parkland.
Materials used were locally sourced, with the precast concrete used across the facade sourced from within 25 miles of the site.
Vaulted arches were fitted with large windows
The project's design also references its surroundings, with the vaulted arches informed by the park's plan...