{"id":99413,"date":"2022-09-20T21:46:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_project&#038;p=99413"},"modified":"2022-10-18T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:12:55","slug":"leers-weinzapfel-associates-roslindale-library","status":"publish","type":"metro_project","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/projects\/leers-weinzapfel-associates-roslindale-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Leers Weinzapfel Associates Renovates a Space Age Library in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/06_BPLRoslindale_ExteriorDuskFromAcrossIntersection_JaneMessinger.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of the Roslindale public library at dusk. The facade is a semicircular, curved wall and the roof features a white dome. \" class=\"wp-image-99414\" width=\"1194\" height=\"745\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">September 20, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"size-large wp-block-heading\">Leers Weinzapfel Associates Renovates a Space Age Library in Boston<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">Built in 1961, the Roslindale branch of the Boston Public Library just received a $11.7 million renovation by the Boston-based firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/james-mccown\">James McCown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>Photography: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/jane-messinger\">Jane Messinger<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fleers-weinzapfel-associates-roslindale-library%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fleers-weinzapfel-associates-roslindale-library%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fleers-weinzapfel-associates-roslindale-library%2F&#038;description=Leers+Weinzapfel+Associates+Renovates+a+Space+Age+Library+in+Boston\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fleers-weinzapfel-associates-roslindale-library%2F&#038;subject=Leers+Weinzapfel+Associates+Renovates+a+Space+Age+Library+in+Boston\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the nascent space age and ongoing jet age had architects drunk in love with producing buildings that suggested flight\u2014consider Eero Saarinen\u2019s TWA Terminal at New York\u2019s (then Idlewild) John F. Kennedy International Airport, Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s entire city of Brasilia, and even the cartoon show <em>The Jetsons<\/em>. Design of the time was all about curves and domes and swooping forms\u2014all the better to capture the excitement of the airborne moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The trend made it as far as a branch library in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston. In 1961, architects Isidor Richmond and Carney Goldberg completed a semi-circular, one-story library branch capped with a jaunty dome that is elevated off the building\u2019s roof with clerestory windows. In December, Boston architects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwa-architects.com\/\">Leers Weinzapfel Associates<\/a> (LWA) completed an $11.7 million renovation of the structure, which over the past six decades has become a much-loved fixture in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/14_BPLRoslindale_ExteriorTerrace_JaneMessinger-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An image of an outdoor seating area at Boston Public Library's Roslindale branch\" class=\"wp-image-99415\" width=\"309\" height=\"463\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08_BPLRoslindale_InteriorLookingTowardsAdultStacksFromCirculationDesk_JaneMessinger-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the interior of Boston Public LIbrary Roslindale branch from behind the librarian's desk. \" class=\"wp-image-99416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08_BPLRoslindale_InteriorLookingTowardsAdultStacksFromCirculationDesk_JaneMessinger-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08_BPLRoslindale_InteriorLookingTowardsAdultStacksFromCirculationDesk_JaneMessinger-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/08_BPLRoslindale_InteriorLookingTowardsAdultStacksFromCirculationDesk_JaneMessinger-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cIt\u2019s the only Boston library branch that\u2019s semicircular and the only one with a dome,\u201d says Tom Chung, LWA principal in charge of the project. \u201cWe were told the outside was off limits; that\u2019s how much the public really treasures the library.\u201d It also works on an urban level, Chung continues, by hugging a curved street at the neighborhood\u2019s epicenter, right across from its town green. The most substantial exterior intervention was the addition of an exterior patio, which follows the curve of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The outside may have been sacrosanct, but the inside was another story. The branch had had no major renovation in sixty years and its interior layout seemed to fight, not work with, its unique curvilinear shape. \u201cWe let the original design drive our ideas,\u201d comments Chung. For example, the architects, responsible for both exterior and interior design, arrayed the light fixtures and the shelves in a semicircular pattern and they put the information and circulation desk as an object at the very center of the space. \u201cWhen you enter,\u201d\u2019 Chung says, \u201cyou get it right away, what is where. It\u2019s easy to navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09_BPLRoslindale_InteriorAdultSeatingArea_JaneMessinger-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"interior image of a public library with large, curved windows and light pine shelves and seating area. \" class=\"wp-image-99417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09_BPLRoslindale_InteriorAdultSeatingArea_JaneMessinger-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09_BPLRoslindale_InteriorAdultSeatingArea_JaneMessinger-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/09_BPLRoslindale_InteriorAdultSeatingArea_JaneMessinger-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">In plan, an orthogonal \u201cbar\u201d accommodates the library\u2019s administrative offices. A considerable amount of the building\u2019s roughly 16,000-square-feet is given over to a generously sized community room. \u201cWe moved a lot of back house space to the lower level to open up more of the main floor to public facing spaces,\u201d says Alison Ford, major projects program manager for the Boston Public Library. \u201cThat allowed us to have a much larger community room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The building\u2019s large curtain wall was completely replaced&nbsp;several years&nbsp;before this renovation, with the single pane glass being replaced with insulated glass.&nbsp;While the original pattern could not be replicated, in keeping with the aeronautical theme certain&nbsp;panes&nbsp;are coated with a blue film. At the interior apex of the dome is something of a mystery\u2014what appears to be a plaster-cast sculpture shaped like bird\u2019s wings. \u201cNobody knows who the artist was,\u201d Chung says. \u201cBut we know it helps with the acoustics. It reduces the dome\u2019s echo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Ford concurs with Chung\u2019s assessment that the exterior was off limits to design tinkering: \u201cThe influence of the space age design of the building is loved by the community so we didn\u2019t want any changes to take away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-sandow-image-gallery\"><div class=\"splide\" data-splide=\"{&quot;fixedHeight&quot;: &quot;500px&quot;, &quot;autoWidth&quot;: true, &quot;gap&quot;: &quot;1px&quot;, &quot;pagination&quot;: false}\"><div class=\"splide__arrows\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev\">Prev<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--next\">Next<\/button><\/div><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"splide__list\"><li class=\"splide__slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" 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