Re-Assembling The Library Of Bo'Ness

JULIETTE DE METZ

The new library retains three elements of the old library independents, as historic prints: the tobacco warehouse, the tavern and the staircase, part of the extension built in the 1980’s. The intervention consists of linking these parts together with an open space that contrasts with the existing. The existing is characterised by defined and closed spaces, whereas the extension is a polyvalent open space allowed by the curtains. The landscape influences the project: the extension seems to expand towards the open view, the entrance interacts with the street and creates a feeling of enclosure that welcomes people in the library.