Winter Park Public Library and Events Center in Florida
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Winter Park Public Library and Events Center in Florida
Public Realm Building Development in USA – design by Adjaye Associates
Nov 15, 2017
Winter Park Public Library and Events Center
Design: Adjaye Associates
Location: Winter Park, Florida, USA
Winter Park Public Library and Events Center
Winter Park City Commission unanimously approved Adjaye Associates? concept design for the future Winter Park Public Library and Events Center. The $30 million project consolidates and replaces the existing library and civic center buildings and will be located on the northwest corner of a reinvigorated Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
Firm principal Sir David Adjaye presented the concept to the Winter Park City Commission and 300 community members on November 1st. The design consists of a micro-village of three pavilions, each of different scale and function but which share a common formal language. Structural arches, inspired both by local fauna and the region?s vernacular architecture, form vaulted rooflines and sweeping windows, establishing a porous relationship between interior and exterior and drawing natural light deep into the buildings. The pavilions respectively house the new library, event center and a new welcome pavilion and rest on a raised belvedere that provides privileged, dramatic views onto the lake, increases connectivity to the park and supports exterior community spac...
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