Brief
We submitted a winning proposal to design and install the shelving and furniture for the project. The foyer is a bright, modern, welcoming space containing self-servicepoints, digital signage and comfortable seating finished in high-performance, contemporary fabrics.
Sharing the entrance area is a vibrant, new Children’s Library. As well as being a magical space which makes use of contemporary materials, a stylish graphic solution and an onpoint colour scheme, it is also a focal point to support families and improve reading, literacy skills and confidence.
The new Reference Library is similarly innovative. As part of the refurbishment, the IT Suite was relocated to another part of the Reference floor, where there is a dedicated family history zone, an IT training room and access to 3D printers.
Featuring new desks and study spaces, many equipped with power sockets and USB ports enabling customers to work on their own devices in a quiet, comfortable environment – facilities that have been very popular with students and local businesses as well as regular library users – the Reference Library also contains a multi-media table and new, custombuilt exhibition cabinets which securely house valuable exhibits. All the shelving is also new, and the whole Reference area has been given a contemporary design with an industrial twist.
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