Brown University

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Providence, RI
2000
3,500 sf

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Goals

• Create a more service and "retail" oriented experience for the library patron.
• Improve the operations for the Circulation Department.

Challenges

• Respect the existing modernist architecture with limited changes to the existing finishes in the primary lobby spaces.
• Address a variety of technically incompatible elements, from an open feeling to high security.

Design Response

• Created a strong and dynamic visual center to the Circulation Department, linked directly to the lines of trim and light in the existing lobby.
• Bent the desk and supporting elements to suggest an open book, backlit with illumination.
• Integrated the circulation desk with security elements.
• Designed accessible desks for computer terminals.

Contractor

Pariseault Builders