The Daegu Gosan Library celebrates a culturally rich and evolving demographic which places high value on intellectual growth. Such growth is a significant determinant in matters of upward social mobility and increased life opportunity. It can be a significant life-altering force for patrons of the library as well as the larger community which it serves. The Daegu Gosan Library stands as a temple to this knowledge. The library provides opportunities for both analog and digital intellectual trade and growth within the Suseong-gu community.
Location: Daegu, Korea
Architects: Adrian Yau, Jason Easter, Frisly Colop Morales, Lukasz Wawrzenczyk
Area: 3200 sqm
Year: 2012
The Library book stacks are consolidated into a single volume creating an activated tribute to printed literature as the foundation of information transmission. In honoring the printed material in this way, a more open floor plan is freed for alternative information transmission typologies. The digital data space, reading room, children’s area and other programs flow off of a large atrium space providing a more flexible environment. This allows the interior spaces to adapt to the evolutions within intellectual and social media to maintain a quality learning environment.
The Library book stacks are consolidated into a single volume creating an activated tribute to printed literature as the foundation of information transmission. In honoring the printed material in this way, a more open floor plan is freed for alternative information transmission typologies. The digital data space, reading room, children’s area and other programs flow off of a large atrium space providing a more flexible environment. This allows the interior spaces to adapt to the evolutions within intellectual and social media to maintain a quality learning environment.
