Centralizing Broken Hill

Centralising Broken Hill is designed as a central courtyard serving as a focal node within a library that serves as a connection point for Broken Hill through its shared spaces as a reflection and celebration of the importance of ‘land’ from its context, including its indigenous and mining history. With the central courtyard as a main point of connection through a spine, the library breaks down into three main blocks. Reflecting its historical context, the construction and roof form of the library follows the existing typologies at Broken Hill, tying the three blocks together as a cohesive whole. Constructed out of rammed earth, a timber frame double skin and a corrugated iron roof, materiality grounds the library to its site, deep and connected.