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Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies van der Rohe-designed building.
Dutch architecture office Mecanoo collaborated with New Orleans studio OTJ Architects for the project, which involved a three-year-long renovation of the library that is named after the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have renovated the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
The rectilinear black glass and steel building was the last building designed by renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe before his death and his only library.
According to Mecanoo and OTJ Architects, the renovation intended to balance preserving the original building, which opened in 1972, with creating more open, active spaces.
A 1968 painted mural was preserved in the Great Hall
"Mies designed a passive library to sit and read in, but the reborn library is designed to be active, a place for doing and meeting," said the studios.
"It now embodies the spirit of advancement, inclusivity and hope that Dr King brought to the nation. The introduction of organic surfaces and softer lines is a strong contrast to Mies' strict hard-surfaced rectilinearity, but it creates synergy, not opposition, with the original building."
The ceiling was raised in the Grand Reading Room. Photo is by Robert Benson
In the main entrance lobby, named the Great Hall, the studios added vertical wooden slats to a recessed wall that is positioned underneath a mural painted by artist Don Miller that pays homage to the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
In front of it is a set of bench steps that invite people to sit and which "highlight the library's social gathering purpose", according to the Mecanoo's principal Francine Houben.
The architects added two statement staircases to the library
From the Great Hall the library's three storeys of reading rooms on its upper floors are accessed by a pair of wood-lined sculptural staircases featuring terrazzo steps.
A cafe was also added on the ground floor that opens out onto the street.
The first floor contains a colourful children's library
Mecanoo and OTJ Architects aimed to increase the amount of light and feeling of space in the reading rooms.
In the Grand Reading Room on the building's second floor the central area of ceiling was removed to create a double-height space and visually connect the room to the floor above.
The studios also removed bookshelves that were previously placed against windows on all of the upper floors.
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Below the main reading room, on the first floor, a colourful children's library was created complete with a slide that was inserted to add a sense of fun.
Above, on the third floor, an auditorium with curved wood-lined walls that can accommodate 291 people, was added.
Wood clads the walls of the new auditorium
On the building's roof a glass-walled pavilion, which houses conference rooms, was added. It was designed not to be visible from the street and is surrounded by a rooftop garden complete with geometric planters, benches and garden tables.
"Set back from the edges, the pavilion is not visible from the street, from where the building’s profile and geometry look exactly as Mies designed it," explained Mecanoo and OTJ Architects.
A partially sheltered rooftop garden was added to to roof. Photo is by Robert Benson
Opened to library users for the first time, the lower ground floor holds areas called the Fabrication Lab and the Studio Lab, which host noisy, hands-on workshops and activities including dance and yoga respectively.
Mecanoo was founded in the Netherlands in 1984, while US-based OTJ Architects was established in 2011.
Previous public libraries designed by Mecanoo include an aluminium-clad library in Taiwan and the Macau Central Library, which features a light-filtering facade designed to open up like a book.
The photography is byTrent Bell unless otherwise stated.
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Aluminium "wizard hat" tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo
A sculptural aluminium crown tops New York's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, which has been renovated by Dutch practice Mecanoo and American firm Beyer Blinder Belle.
Formerly called the Mid-Manhattan Library, the steel and granite library dates from 1914 and was built as a department store.
Its original structure has been retained and the renovation introduces a three-storey "vertical library", business and educational facilities and a publicly accessible rooftop garden and café.
The New York library dates from 1914
The mechanical equipment of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library's (SNFL) is now concealed by a blue aluminium structure designed to echo the copper-clad mansard roofs of the neighbouring beaux-arts buildings.
"The SNFL is a powerhouse of wisdom," said Mecanoo partner Francis Houben.
"Its street presence brings drama and magic to Manhattan, visibly expressed with its wizard hat."
Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners renovated the public library
The SNFL is the first phase of the New York Public Library's Midtown Campus Renovation - for which Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle were appointed in 2015.
The project will also see the two firms renovate the Stephen A. Schwarzman (SASB) building opposite.
A new atrium features ceiling art by Hayal Pozanti
At SNFL, Mecanoo led on design while Beyer Blinder Belle led on historic preservation as well as acting as the architect of record and designing the environmental graphics.
The approach aimed to improve the connection between the SNFL and SASB.
Bookshelves sit between the building's original steel frame
Upon entering from Fifth Avenue a canopy of wooden beams leads visitors in via an internal street towards the welcome area.
While the library's various facilities are primarily split across its eight floors, a series of gestures intend to open up and visually link different spaces and levels.
The facility has a Children's Library and Teen Centre
"SNFL's vertical arrangement of programs improves the user experience and journey of learning," said Houben.
At ground floor level, a mezzanine balcony, lifts and stairs are located to the south of the plan, while to the north a cut-out in the floor gives views down to the Children's Library and Teen Centre.
Accessed via a dedicated staircase, the media and study rooms in these areas have been decorated with murals by Brooklyn-based illustrator Melinda Beck.
An internal window gives views of the SNFL book-sorting machine.
Long wooden tables are for the public to read at
At the eastern end of the building, the original steel frame has been cut to create the Long Room – a long, thin three-storey atrium providing reading areas on one side and book stacks on the other.
Views into these levels are framed by the windows for passers-by.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library has areas for browsing and for reading
The reading areas are organised around bespoke desks and benches stretching up to 66 feet (20 metres) in length, supported by the original steel frame. The ceiling features abstract artwork by Hayal Pozanti.
On the fifth and sixth floors are the Business Centre and Pasculano Learning Centre.
A new top floor has an angular aluminium roof
A new seventh floor has been added at the level of the original building's roof. It houses a 268-seat conference centre with a pitched wood-slat ceiling.
Large windows look out onto a public, L-shaped roof terrace with an indoor café, providing dramatic views over Midtown.
The roof terrace has views over Midtown Manhattan
Mecanoo recently completed both the Macau Central Library and the Tainan Public Library, both of which feature patterned facades that filter light into the interiors.
Another New York library renovation project is Brooklyn's Central Library, which has just been revamped by New York-based architect Toshiko Mori.
The photography is by John Bartelstone.
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