© Tim Griffith

蒂姆·格里菲斯

架构师提供的文本描述。堪萨斯州劳伦斯市中心上世纪70年代布鲁塔式图书馆的扩建，使其在建筑上发生了变化，将其改造为21世纪的公民场所。现有的图书馆是由劳伦斯建筑公司Robertson、Peters Ericson、Williams P.A.于1972年建造的，由于它的热性能差、找路困难以及缺乏采光和开放性，所以不太吸引人。图书馆出勤率下降，尤其是年轻一代。通过广泛的社区对话，劳伦斯的公民表达了他们的想法，并确定了该项目的主要设计考虑因素，包括加强儿童地区、增加获得技术的机会和强调环境的可持续性。市民们认识到图书馆在社区中的重要性以及它为在市区内建立一个新的“场所”提供的机会。作为回应，古尔德·埃文斯提出了一个解决图书馆角色变化的设计：从图书存储库到多媒体社区中心。

Text description provided by the architects. The expansion of a 1970s Brutalist-style library in downtown Lawrence, Kansas has transformed it architecturally, reinventing it as a 21st century civic place. The existing library, designed by Lawrence architecture firm Robertson, Peters Ericson, Williams P.A. and constructed in 1972, was uninviting due to poor thermal performance, difficult wayfinding and a lack of daylighting and openness. Library attendance was down, particularly with younger generations. Through extensive community dialogue, the citizens of Lawrence voiced their thoughts and established key design considerations for the project, including an enhanced children’s area, greater access to technology and an emphasis on environmental sustainability. The citizens recognized the significance of the library’s location in the community and the opportunity it provided to establish a new “place” within the downtown area. Gould Evans responded with a design that addresses the changing role of the library: from book repository to multimedia community hub.

 © Tim Griffith

蒂姆·格里菲斯

加法的设计是基于一个简单的扩展图。一个连续的阅览室包住了所有方面的现有图书馆，把它变成了一个前瞻性的、以社区为中心的地方。每一个新的立面都向不同的公共选区开放：西边的社区，北边的邮局，东边的市中心，南部的一个新广场。在藏书需要保护的地区，新的兵马俑外墙是坚固的，采用长而窄的水平光圈将日光带入阅读区域。每个角落都有从地板到天花板的幕墙，展示了独特的公共设施，包括儿童小房间、青少年游戏区、小会议室和主大厅的咖啡吧。

The design for the addition is based on a simple expansion diagram. A continuous reading room wraps the existing library on all sides, transforming it into a forward-looking, community-centered place. Each new elevation opens up to a different public constituency:  neighborhoods to the west, the post office to the north, downtown to the east and a new plaza to the south. The new terra cotta façade is solid in areas where book collections need to be protected, employing long, narrow horizontal apertures to bring daylight into reading areas. Each corner is designed with floor-to-ceiling curtain walls that reveal glimpses of unique public amenities, including children’s cubby areas, teen gaming zones, small meeting spaces, and a coffee bar in the main lobby.

 © Mike Sinclair

(C)Mike Sinclai

 © Mike Sinclair

(C)Mike Sinclai

选择了三种主要建筑材料，相互配合，向顾客传达持续经验的概念。高性能的赤土雨幕是主要的外部材料。这是作为一个手势，历史红砖的市中心劳伦斯，同时展示了一个非常现代的应用：它的高性能组装有助于控制热传递从外部到内部。透明涂覆的舌头和凹槽灰板安装在原来的外墙上，形成了一个连续的内部表面，提供了与原漆混凝土墙形成对比的温暖。大量使用玻璃打开了图书馆的每一个角落，通过新的天窗和神职人员，把光带进原来的图书馆的核心。

Three primary building materials were selected to work in concert with each other and convey the concept of a continuous experience for patrons. A high performance terra cotta rain screen is the primary exterior material. This was selected as a gesture to the historic red brick of downtown Lawrence while demonstrating a very modern application: its high-performance assembly helps control thermal transfer from exterior to interior. Clear-coated tongue-and groove ash paneling installed over the previous exterior walls of the original library form a continuous interior surface, providing warmth in contrast to the original painted concrete walls. An abundant use of glass opens the library up at each of its corners and via new skylights and clerestories, brings light into the core of the original library.

 © Mike Sinclair

(C)Mike Sinclai

为了帮助实现一个温暖，开放，充满阳光和欢迎的地方，一个新的中庭从原来的图书馆中心被切断，连接地下室层到所有的方式一直到新的牧师的窗户在屋顶的水平。一位当地艺术家创作的玻璃雕塑，使中庭充满了广泛的色彩。除了书刊堆外，增加和翻新还为不同年龄组提供专门的空间，并强调社区聚会场所而不是安静的空间。新的青年地区由两个主要区域组成：一个是幼儿区，另一个是青少年区，每个地区都有适当规模的技术。幼儿区有独立的学习区、游乐区和计算机区。青少年区在印刷和电子媒体之间也有类似的组织。沿着主要步行街的街景可以看到电子媒体空间，这传达了图书馆作为21世纪设施的身份。

To aid in the goal of achieving a warm, open, light-filled and welcoming place, a new atrium was cut out of the center of the original library, connecting the basement level to all the way up to the new clerestory windows at roof level. A glass sculpture created by a local artist fills the atrium with a wide spectrum of color. In addition to stacks for books and periodicals, the addition and renovation provides dedicated areas for different age groups and places emphasis on community gathering places over silent spaces. New youth areas are organized around two main zones: a younger children’s zone and a teen zone, each with appropriately scaled technologies. The younger children’s zone has independent study areas, play areas and computer zones. The teen zone is similarly organized between print and electronic media. The electronic media spaces are visible to the streetscape along a main pedestrian artery, conveying the library’s identity as a 21st century facility. 

 © Mike Sinclair

(C)Mike Sinclai

会议空间和制造者空间分布在整个图书馆，毗邻和支持其他图书馆空间。一个特别受欢迎的关键空间是音像室：一个社区访问录音工作室，配有一套鼓和乐器。劳伦斯有一个活跃的音乐文化和声音视觉室是当地音乐家用来制作录音，如演示磁带。在图书馆重新开放后的几个月内，用户访问量比前一年增加了55%，参加青年项目的人数增加了160%。

Meeting and maker spaces are distributed throughout the library, adjacent to and in support of the other library spaces. One key space that has become particularly popular is the Sound + Vision Room: a community access recording studio complete with a drum set and instruments. Lawrence has an active music culture and the Sound + Vision Room is used by local musicians to make recordings, such as demo tapes. Within a few months of the library’s reopening, user visits increased 55% over the previous year, with youth program attendance up 160%.

 © Tim Griffith

蒂姆·格里菲斯

毗邻图书馆入口的一个新的广场公园是该项目的一部分。这个公园有图书馆和社区活动，有一个非正式的阶梯圆形剧场、一个活动广场和在假日期间支持溜冰场。除了计划中的活动外，公园还提供非正式空间，作为户外阅读区，以及社区游泳池和更大的市区的连接点。

A new plaza park adjacent to the library entry was part of the project. This park accommodates both library and community functions with an informal stepped amphitheater, an events plaza and support for an ice-skating rink over the holiday season. In addition to the planned events, the park provides informal space as an outdoor reading area and as a connector to the community swimming pool and the larger downtown area. 

 © Tim Griffith

蒂姆·格里菲斯

可持续设计战略的附加重点是提高能源效率通过日光收集整个室内，改善热性能通过赤塔雨幕系统，以及战略遮阳以消除眩光。虽然没有直接与节能挂钩，但现有的建筑和机械系统被重复使用，而不是完全被取代，从而减少了建造新结构所涉及的一些嵌入式能源。这些策略的最终结果是图书馆能够将其规模增加50%，同时实际上降低了建筑的能耗。

The sustainable design strategy for the addition focused on increasing energy efficiency via daylight harvesting throughout the interior, improving thermal performance via the terra cotta rain screen system, and strategic sun-shading to eliminate glare. While not tied directly to energy savings, the existing building and mechanical systems were re-used rather than completely replaced which reduced some of the embedded energy involved in building a new structure. The net result of these strategies was the library was able to increase its size by 50% while actually reducing the building’s energy consumption. 

该大楼正处于LEED认证过程中。最近，这座建筑获得了图书馆杂志颁发的“地标图书馆奖”，以及堪萨斯州友邦协会颁发的“建筑卓越奖”。

The building is in the LEED certification process. The building has recently been recognized with a Landmark Libraries Award by Library Journal, as well as the Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture by the AIA Kansas.

 © Tim Griffith

蒂姆·格里菲斯

Architects Gould Evans

Location 707 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS 66044, United States

Category Library

Interior Design Gould Evans

Project Year 2014

Photographs Tim Griffith, Mike Sinclair