Public Library
Public Library
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen
ARCHITECTS
Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Landinzicht Landschapsarchitecten
MANUFACTURERS
Sto, Agc, Deltalight, James Jones & Sons Limited, Ludvig Svensson, Sapa Building Systems, Stabalux, Siniat, Steico, Tke, Vmzinc
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Util Struktuurstudies
TECHNICAL ENGINEER
Hp Engineers
ART INTEGRATION
Richard Venlet
PROJECT TEAM
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Alexander Smedts, Anne Van Hout, Leander Venlet, Shinji Terada, Benoît Perrier
LOCATION
Sint-martens-latem, Belgium
CATEGORY
Cultural Architecture, Municipal Building
Text description provided by architect.
The new library for the municipality of Sint-Martens-Latem is first of all a central gathering point.
In the tradition of the cultural centre, the library is set up as a large living space, shared by the residents of the municipality. A saddle-shaped roof is delimited by a circular perimeter.
The perimeter cuts the roof shape into a distinctive figure in the centre of the municipality, as an anchor point, as the first element of a cluster of public buildings – buildings in the village centre, along the road and the new municipal settlement.
The rounded plastered perimeter makes the main space of the library building.
The wooden library cabinets inside are built alongside and also carry the roof. The cabinet wall defines the separation line between library spaces and the municipality.
In the round perimeter, a square figure makes both the reading garden and the polyvalent hall. The reading garden is the centre of the library and is the ‘largest room in the largest house’ of the municipality.
