Adjaye’s $41m Florida library campus completes

Adjaye Associates’ $41.7 million Winter Park Library and Events Centre in Florida has opened.

The project, a public-private partnership with the City of Winter Park, consists of three separate pavilions located on the Martin Luther King Jr Park.

它结合了一个两层楼高的图书馆、一个带有屋顶露台的活动中心和入口门廊，所有这三个部分都采用了玫瑰色的混凝土。

Adjaye Associates表示，该园区被设想为一个“微村”和文化中心，体现了公园的同名价值，为“社区赋权和启迪”提供了一个空间。

It replaces a former library and civic centre buildings, providing a 30% youth collection and 50% more meeting space.

The library is supported by four timber-lined cores which frame an open-plan layout, featuring an indoor auditorium, education spaces and an entrepreneurship center.

All exterior materials used in the scheme are registered in Florida, with all pre-cast facade materials sourced with 25 miles of the site.

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Adjaye said: “It’s been humbling and inspiring to work together with the City of Winter Park and the many local champions of this project to realize this 21st century prototype of a multi-purpose knowledge campus in the public realm.

“As a centerpiece of the revitalized [Martin Luther King] Jr Park, the new campus is designed as a robust space for community gathering, edification and empowerment.”

The Library opened to the public on Monday this week, while the events centre is scheduled to open on January 3.

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