Project Details
- Project Name
- HAMILTON GRANGE LIBRARY TEEN CENTER
- Architect
- RICE+LIPKA ARCHITECTS
- Client/Owner
- New York Public Library
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 4,400 sq. feet
- Awards
- 2013 AIA - National Awards
- Shared by
- Hayley Harrington
- Team
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Benjamin Cadena, Project Architect
Karl Larson, Project Manager
Andrew Dadds, Designer
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
New York's Public Library's first full-floor dedicated teen space is situated within Harlem's landmark Hamilton Grange Branch. The 4,400sf R+L designed space challenges the norms of library design to provide a contemporary, more open, social, technology-rich environment that fully engages neighborhood youth. The Center's cylindrical glazed media room exposes the physicality of NYPL interactive gaming programs and organizes the spaces around it, including X-Bar computer zone, Highback Reading Lounge, Exam Study Niche, and a day-glo Snack & Chat Niche (a 1st time experimental break from the normal prohibitions), rolling L-bracket Lounge, and tiered book stacks. A bamboo bleacher provides access to street views and acts as both a sunny hang-out zone and large group seating area for live performance and screenings.
