CONCEPTUAL SKETCH OF FRONT/NORTH SIDE OF LIBRARY
The Conceptual Design for the City of Sierra Madre Library was designed for the City’s Request for Proposals. The Design Team generated these images for the interview with the City of Sierra Madre Library, Planning and Public Works staff.
DESIGN TEAM:
TAIT & ASSOCIATES – Donnie DeWees – Project Design Director
NUVIS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
The design of the library was inspired, in part, by the following quotes:
“The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the Library.” ALBERT EINSTEIN
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our daily lives.” SIDNEY SHELDON
The design concept behind the Proposed Library was to create an initial space in the library that would be, “A Window into, and a Window out from the Neighborhood Library. This large volumed space was designed to be as flexible space as possible to meet the current needs of the library while anticipating the many potential future needs. The exterior materials of the library, consisting of Stacked-Bond Brick, Glu-Laminated Wood Beams, Structural Steel Frames and a large wall of High-Efficiency Glass…relate to the exterior materials of the much beloved, mid-century Library built in 1955. A new landscaped entry garden was designed to retain the two primary Oak Trees that have stood in front of the Library for decades.
“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.” T.S. ELIOT
FRONT OF LIBRARY FACING DUE NORTH TOWARDS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE
