Revived children's library creates exciting, fantastical, accessible and inclusive spaces to nurture all reading abilities
CCD Architects for Trustees, Guille-Allès Library
Contract value: £120,000
GIA: 100m2
Cost per m2: £1,200
The brief for this revived children’s library interior was to create exciting, fantastical, accessible and inclusive spaces to nurture all reading abilities. The architect conceived, pitched, fundraised and administered it . Both rooms were stripped back to expose the features, making the most of high ceilings and windows; CNC-cut plywood staircases and raised walkways, designed at child’s scale, lead to hidden passages and ‘nooks’ within shelves. A tree of knowledge canopy in the second room was built by local prison inmates. Over £150,000 was raised through community fundraising, all design and construction was pro bono or not-for-profit.