{"id":35837363,"date":"2019-01-14T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arketipomagazine.it\/en\/?p=35837363"},"modified":"2019-01-14T17:45:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:45:43","slug":"new-central-library-in-calgary-canada-snohetta-and-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arketipomagazine.it\/en\/new-central-library-in-calgary-canada-snohetta-and-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"New Central Library in Calgary (Canada) – Sn\u00f8hetta and Dialog"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 2018, in Calgary (Canada) the new Central Library<\/strong>, designed by Sn\u00f8hetta <\/strong>and DIALOG<\/strong>, opened its doors to the public. With aims to welcome over twice as many annual visitors to its 240,000 SF of expanded facilities, the library will fill a vital role for the rapidly expanding city. As Calgary\u2019s largest public investment since the 1988 Olympics, the library signals the beginning of a new chapter in the life of the city, one centered on the creation and innovation of knowledge and culture. Calgary Public Library is one of the largest library systems in North America, where more than half of its residents are active cardholders, and accordingly, the new main branch was created for and inspired by its diverse inhabitants. The new building provides spaces for all types of people and activities\u00a0– for social interaction and exchange, for studying and learning, for quiet and introspection -championing the unique civic function that libraries provide today.
\nThe building is sited within a complex urban condition, where a fully operational Light Rail Transit Line crosses the site from above to below ground on a curved half-moon path, dividing Downtown and East Village. In response, the design lifts the main entry over the encapsulated train line. Gently terraced slopes rise up to the heart of the building, allowing for people arriving from every direction to interact with the library. Outdoor amphitheaters nestled into the terraces provide places for people to sit and for library programs to spill outside. Plantings that reference the native landscape draw Calgary\u2019s mountains and prairies into the cityscape, and line the plaza\u2019s surrounding streets with elms and aspen trees. Doubling as a portal and a bridge, the entry plaza heals the previously-split seam between the two neighborhoods and re-establishes visual and pedestrian connections across the site.<\/p>

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