Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.

Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.

Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.

Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.

Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.

Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.

Temporary Neighborhood Library

2nd Place National Concrete Masonry Association Competition

The Pittsburgh South Side offers a variety of entertainment venues, including coffee shops, stores, restaurants, and many bars and clubs. It is also one of the most unique residential neighborhoods in the city. A library located in this neighborhood is an opportunity to provide more than just a shelter for books. By using parallel walls in a syncopated rhythm, this library draws people into the library and towards the back, which becomes a recluse for reading, relaxing, or studying. The walls on the western facade open during the summer months to allow in air and light,and to provide outdoor seating for visitors of the library. The fireplace is located in the middle of a bench structure that creates a seating area for the cold winter months. The NCMA design competition required the primary materials used in the design to be concrete masonry and plank. The site chosen is currently a vacant lot, and the program indicated that the library be temporary shelter during the renovation of the existing library.