“A Library is infinity under a roof, nonetheless, vitality under a park”
Preservation and revitalization
Potter’s Field Park is regenerated into a public realm, the London Park Library. The design responds to the park’s existing use patterns, either by conserving or enhancing the positive characteristics, or by remedying the shortcomings.
The new masterplan further improves the connections to create a more vibrant, interactive public space and more accessible streets. Conceptually, the library, which is embedded into underground, evokes the intangible of knowledge. Publicly accessible areas, such as grand hall, magazine room and café, will be arranged above ground level; while, the main shelves area and private study rooms will be arranged on basement levels according to each particular area’s privacy level. People meet and encounter at the park; study and research at the underground library levels. Green terraces and underground courtyards are to generate a more porous space and emphasize the user’s study experience.
Along the park’s footpath, it traces over the history and culture of existing Potters Field Park and interlaces with the new library programmes to encourage more public activities. London park library becomes not a mere continuity, it is the central node of entire masterplan.
site plan
programs axon explode diagram
library park render
courtyard render
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