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Trees Gather Close to a Library of Paper Books

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JAJA has a stark and beautiful design for a new public library in Daegu, South Korea that brings trees and books closer together.

The design articulates the sense of a library as a special repository for fostering of communal creativity and knowledge sharing.

The architects proposed that trees in the adjacent park appear to ‘overflow’ onto the site, by planting tall poplars up to the building.

The trees outside and the books within would create a cohesive experience that celebrates their shared connection.

The library couldn’t be simpler in concept.

Glass skylights between the floors elucidate the structure’s design.

An unusual cantilevered series of floors follows the line of the sun path.

The exact 45 degree angle of these cantilevered floors tell you it is a manmade construct, yet the idea conveyed is of offering shelter similar to that under a tree canopy.

This cantilevering is on all sides.

Inside, tall columns reproduce the straight and tall poplars outside.

Within the densely populated, fast-paced Korean city, the texture of paper books and trees has a nostalgic and sensuous presence.

The proposal was awarded third prize in the competition.