© Eduard Hueber

C.Eduard Huebe

 © Eduard Hueber

C.Eduard Huebe

格伦橡树分馆是一座新的18，000 sf LEED黄金认证建筑，位于一个低规模的商业和机构区与居民区的交界处。这座大楼的面积是前一栋建筑的两倍，提供了三层楼的阅览室和收藏室、社区间、计算机和数字技术。一个美化广场和外部阅读花园为社区提供外面的座位。

Glen Oaks Branch Library is a new 18,000sf LEED Gold certified building located at the juncture of a low scale commercial and institutional area and a residential neighborhood. The building doubles the area of the previous building, providing reading rooms and collections on three floors, community rooms, and computers and digital technologies integrated throughout. A landscaped plaza and exterior reading garden provide seating for the community outside the building.

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公共图书馆是城市公共空间的最后堡垒之一，在平等获取信息方面发挥着关键作用。格伦橡树图书馆的项目为儿童、青少年和成人提供了丰富教育的机会。在开业后的几周内，这个分馆在皇后区的材料流通总量中从第26位上升到了第6位。这座建筑吸引了空前数量的居民-孩子们来听故事，十几岁的孩子放学后涌入图书馆学习和合作，大人们参加电脑工作坊，找个安静的地方读书。

Public libraries are some of the last bastions of public space in cities and play a critical role in equalizing access to information. The programs at the Glen Oaks library provide children, teens, and adults with many opportunities to enrich their education. Within weeks of opening, this branch library moved up from 26th to 6th place in overall circulation of materials in the Queens system. The building is engaging unprecedented numbers of residents – young children come for story time, teens flood the library after school to study and collaborate, and the adults attend computer workshops and find a quiet place to read.

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为了将建筑物与居住社区的规模联系起来，并满足分区要求，一半的室内空间被置于等级以下。丰富的自然光照亮了较低的水平，通过两层中庭与连接楼梯和条形天窗在广场上。较低层的等高线天花板定义了由天窗照明的阅读区域，提供与广场的视觉连接。天花板的轮廓在双高度空间可见，使广场上方和天花板表面之间的视觉连接，突出了地面的人造性。

To relate the building to the scale of the residential community and meet zoning requirements, half of the interior spaces are placed below grade. Abundant natural light illuminates that lower level through a two-story atrium with connecting stair and strip skylights in the plaza above. The contoured ceiling of the lower level defines reading areas lit by the skylights, providing visual connections to the plaza. The profile of the ceiling is visible at the double-height space, making a visual connection between the plaza above and ceiling surfaces below, accentuating the artificiality of the ground.

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以上等级的堆积和材料对每个海拔高度上不同的场地条件作出反应。通道玻璃立面提供了一个发光的内部，并将建筑物变成一个灯塔为邻里。一个大的画窗使人们可以在二楼儿童区内外观看，同时向社区提供公民身份。在阳光明媚的日子里，“搜索”这个词出现在北面，当太阳在天空中移动时，“搜索”这个词就会在表面移动。“搜寻”是阳光透过护栏中的薄膜投射到玻璃幕墙上。

Above grade massing and materials respond to differing site conditions on each elevation. The channel glass façade provides a luminous glow in the interiors and transforms the building into a beacon for the neighborhood. A large picture window allows for views into and out of the second floor children’s area while providing a civic identity to the community. On bright days, the word “search” appears on the north façade, moving across the surface as the sun moves across the sky. “Search” is projected by sunlight passing through the film in the parapet onto the glass curtain wall.

由于一天中的时间、日照量和季节的不同，字母的规模和可读性不同，从而创建了一个移动的、短暂的本地站点条件的寄存器。街道玻璃幕墙上的图形图案包括“搜索”一词，翻译成格伦·奥克斯语的30种语言，反映了这个社区的多样性，鼓励社区参与街道上的建筑，并为子孙后代提供这些信息的档案。

The letters vary in scale and legibility as a result of the time of day, amount of sunlight, and the season, creating a moving, ephemeral register of local site conditions. The graphic pattern on the glass curtain wall at the street level includes the word “search” translated into the 30 languages spoken in Glen Oaks, reflecting the diversity of this neighborhood, encouraging the community to engage with the building at the street, and serving as an archive of this information for future generations.

Architects Marble Fairbanks

Location 256-04 Union Turnpike, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, United States

Category Library

Area 18000.0 ft2

Project Year 2013