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Northside Library

Northside Library
© Chuck Choi

NORTHSIDE LIBRARY

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ARCHITECTS
NBBJ

AREA
25000 ft²

YEAR
2017

PHOTOGRAPHS
Chuck Choi, Sean Airhart/NBBJ

MANUFACTURERS
Viracon, Alucobond, Belden

MEP ENGINEER
Prater Engineering Associates

CONTRACTOR
Turner Construction

CIVIL ENGINEER
Korda Engineering

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Korda Engineering

ARCHITECTURE TEAM
NBBJ; AJ Montero, Tracy Perry, Mike Suriano, Alyson Erwin, Britni Stone, Stephen Maher, Scot Walls

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TEAM
NBBJ; Tony Murry, Chris Laster, Ed Mickelson

ARTIST INSTALLATION
Loris Cecchini

CLIENT
Columbus Metropolitan Library

LOCATION
Columbus, United States

CATEGORY
Library

Libraries are in transition. Once a point of knowledge dissemination and quiet introspection, they are becoming places to meet, socialize, study, hang out and plug in.

Historically, we have seen a library’s civic value shift from a place for things, now, to a place for people.

Northside Library
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Northside Library
© Chuck Choi

Its unique nature is that it maintains the tenants of a public service institution, while embracing the increasing proclivity of people to seek environments to carry out activities that blur the line between research, socialization, knowledge-seeking and play.

Northside Library
© Chuck Choi
Northside Library
© Chuck Choi

The new Northside branch aims to capitalize on its distinctive urban nature and the tide of new development behind the libraries of today.

Northside Library
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Northside Library
© Chuck Choi
Northside Library
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Currently sitting at a junction of four significant urban vectors in Columbus; the Short North growing north, the University growing south, the Peach District bordering to the west, and Weinland Park to the east.

Rather than one single contextual driver, the library is a reflection of this unique junction, and as such celebrates the scale, material and vibrancy of these neighborhoods.

Northside Library
© Chuck Choi


Northside Library
© Chuck Choi
Northside Library
© Chuck Choi
Northside Library
© Sean Airhart/NBBJ


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1st Floor Plan
Northside Library
2nd Floor Plan
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Site Plan


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