*캐나다 워터 도서관 [ CZWG ] Canada Water Library

건축물의 아이텐티한 형상은 심미적 탐구의 결과로 디자인 되기도 하지만
캐나다 워터 도서관은 내부 기능과 외부환경을 적극적으로 반영한
결과물로 역피라미드 형태를 취하고 있다.
어른, 청소년 그리고 아이들의 열람공간을 하나로 묶는 단일 공간의
필요는 수평적 확장에 부딪치게 된다. 이와 같은 해결책으로
수직으로 적층된 공간을 연결하는 커다란 보이드를 제안한다. 그리고
상층부 보이드로 사라진 공간을 수평적으로 한번 더 확장한다.
이와같은 기능적 공간구성은 하층보다 상층부의 볼륨이 커지는 결과로 만들어져
외부에서는 역피라미드의 형태로 나타나게 된다.
이렇게 구성된 역피라미드 형태는 남측으로 부터 유입되는 직사광선을
효과적으로 차단하는 동시에 캐나다워터 뷰를 관망할 수 있는
대형창을 디자인 할 수 있도록 도와주는 결과를 낳는다.
또한 외피를 덮고 있는 아노다이징처리한 알루미늄 판넬은
독특한 형상의 건물에 캐릭터를 불어 넣는 역활을 수행한다.

시빅플라자의 끝자락에 위치하여 다양한 프로그램을 담는 주인공의
역활을 수행하는 도서관은 랜드마크이자 커뮤니티 스페이스의 반려자 이다.

reviewed by SJ


Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London.

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Situated beside a public square in the area of Canada Water, the four-storey building has

a perforated facade of anodised aluminium and a green sedum roof.

The two-storey-high library is located at the top of the building, surrounded by

an overlooking mezzanine providing study areas.

Rows of skylights let daylight illuminate the zigzagging bookshelves and

a central staircase thats spirals down to the floors below.

On the ground floor are a performance space seating 150 spectators and a cafe,

while community meeting rooms and offices occupy the first floor.

CZWG also recently completed a Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Nottingham –

see pictures of it here and here.

Canada Water Library, Southwark

In response to Southwark Councils brief, CZWG’s key challenge was to design a space which would accommodate the distinctly different requirements of the main users groups – adults, children and young persons in a building where the floor area required for the library space was far larger than the available footprint for the building on the given site.

The design of the new library needed to avoid multiple levels which would have cut off the interaction between the different user groups and also demanded a higher level of staff to service the library. CZWG’s solution to this problem was to create an inverted pyramid for the overall form of the building.

Besides allowing for the main library space to be on one floor – this design solution also positively responded to other design considerations such as minimising solar impact on the south elevation which needed big windows to enjoy the views over Canada Water basin.

The diagonal wall also reduced the external envelope area (the diagonal wall is less than the sum of a vertical wall and a horizontal soffit) and also catering for the requirement for raked seating in the community performance space.

The design keeps the uses on the ground floor to the necessary and welcoming ones, so as to minimise the footprint of the building for the benefit of the surrounding public space, the plaza and views, particularly of Canada Water Basin.

A public plaza space is proposed to the north of the library enclosed to its north and east by buildings with residential upper floors above commercial space at ground floor.

There are opportunities to provide active frontage to the plaza; create a “fifth elevation” on the roof which will be visible from surrounding developments and incorporate a green roof.

Shops and cafés spill out onto the plaza from both these buildings and the library encouraging short visits and interactions with the library other than to go to study.

The library will sit at the edge of a new civic plaza which has been designed to allow for a farmers market, large TV screenings, festivals and a host of other events and activities.

Project name: Canada Water Library, Southwark
Client: Southwark Council
Address: Canada Water, Southwark, SE16 2YS
Status: Completed
Construction Start: Summer 2009
Completion: November 2011
Construction Cost: £14.1m
Area: 2,900 m2
Contract Type: GC/Works/1 With Quantities (Traditional)

from  dezeen