Mayfield Branch Cuyahoga County Public Library Mayfield, OH Opened 5/20/2013 33,000sf $8.5m LEED SILVER Site and the connection to nature are pivotal to the design of the new Mayfield Village branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Located a mile from the spectacular North Chagrin Reservation, the single-story, stone building sits back from a bustling SOM Center Road nestled within a woodland wetland, adjacent to the popular new Mayfield Greenway pedestrian and bicycle trail. “Library-as-Nature Center” was the inspiration for how the Library looks, how it is experienced and how it performs environmentally. Aesthetically, this was the inspiration for the library’s stone and wood exterior which is extended into the interior. Once indoors, the building’s façade curves in a gracious arch displaying a panoramic view of the verdant scenery of the surrounding landscape. Abundant indirect daylight illuminates the interior from continuous and high clerestory windows, as well as from large skylight monitors set within the roof, bringing natural light into the deepest interior spaces.
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
money shot – main entry
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
money shot – main entry
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
initial concept rendering
christopher diehl
money shot – main entry
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
money shot – main entry
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
money shot – main entry
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
money shot – main entry
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
initial concept rendering
christopher diehl
Interior o f the great room
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013
christopher diehl
Mayfield Branch Library / CCPL
2013