PUBLIC LIBRARY CHILDRENS ROOM RENOVATION

USA

Play Park with Preschool Playhouse

Photo © © Doug Snower

Dragon Trees & Sensory Integration

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World Park & Games

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Dragon Tree at Entry Help Desk

Photo © © Doug Snower

Creativity Park & Maker Space

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Artful Study Room

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Storytelling Room

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Storytelling Room

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Encouraging Literacy & Socialization

Photo © © Doug Snower

Architecten: Architecture Is Fun

Locatie: USA
Jaar: 2011
Klant: Fountaindale Public Library
Team: Sharon Exley, Peter Exley, Matthew Hoffman, Architecture Is Fun, Fun Finders
Wallcoverings: Knoll Textiles
Artist in Collaboration with Architecture Is Fun: Matthew Hoffman
Custom Wallcoverings: Studio Printworks
Textiles and Wallcoverings: Architex LJH
Wallcoverings & Textiles: Maharam
Fat Boy Bean Bags: Fat Boy USA
Laminate & Custom Laminates: Wilsonart
Laminate: Abet Laminati
Glacier Glass Tile Supplier: Stone Source
Eames Furnishings: Herman Miller
Custom Millwork Fabrication: Morley Exhibits
Rug Supplier: Angela Adams
Curatorial & FF&E: Fun Finders
Flooring: InterfaceFLOR
Art Supplier: Charley Harper Studio

SERVING CHILDREN AND A GROWING COMMUNITY:
Symbolic throughout children’s literature, trees serve as the iconic elements in this children’s library, located just within the main library entry. The interactive Dragon Trees of the Fountaindale Public Library stand strong and proud, creating a forest of adventure and discovery where every visit is a story in which to take part.

Participatory Design with Librarians
Librarians referenced a delightful storybook by Jane Langton in which children save a tree. This design impetus helped bring the Dragon Trees to life. Slender metal-framed trunks reach out and invite children to a landscape of art and story. Children and families discover interaction and play under each outstretched canopy. The undersides of the canopies feature story quotes designed in collaboration with artist Matthew Hoffman.
The Dragon Trees create vistas within the children's library, while taking advantage of the views out-of-doors. Color palettes are warm, charming, and sophisticated.

This thoughtful renovation sets a literature-rich landscape with a variety of spaces to learn, play, study, and read.