The library\u2019s Artist-in-Residence Daniel Martelock was commissioned to create a work in collaboration with neighborhood schoolchildren, who designed paper airplanes that he recreated in powder-coated metal. His multicolored sculptures suspended from the ceiling seem airborne, playfully animating the children’s reading room while acting as a wayfinding device.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nOther improvements include a 25 percent increase in public floor area; a 78 percent increase in public seating; two bookable meeting rooms; a dedicated teen area; raising the steel beams in a staff area to create code-complaint headroom; and a non-gendered accessible washroom with a height-adjustable, adult-sized change table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Construction commenced in 2019 and was completed in July 2021. The project team comprised Dan Wojcik, architect of record; Jacob Kelly, technologist and lead contract administrator; Stewart Roenz, technologist; Nasr Chamma and Chris Howard, architects; Alejandra Leon Degante, designer; and Jason Hiebert and Jason Hiebert, intern architects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A Small Carnegie Library Finds More Space via Innovative Design Strategies - retrofit<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n