Konkurs na bibliotekę gminną w Słońsku

Fig.1. Main entrance to the library at the ruin of the Order of St John castle.

SLONSK LIBRARY

COMPETITION

Goal To create a regional library, which will be a center for access to knowledge and culture as well as a base for social activities, at the ruin of the Order of St John castle, located in the vicinity of the German border in the Slonsk county.

Fig.2. The library building created from 21 container modules inserted into the castle walls.

Architectural concept Through innovation of the solution, small construction costs, low costs of exploitation as well as a solution functionallity in accord with the condition as set in the architectural competition and Certificate of Library+ criteria, the design will help realize county resident's expectations as well as answering in full to their current and future needs, taking into account: 1/ new functions and the scope of services for the facilitation of collections, IT services as wel as carrying out promotional activity in media and reading education, 2/ new visual communication that is expressed in an interesting arrangement of space and equipment, taking into account formal and legal critaria, 3/ creating a new framework for education, in accord with the expectations of various social groups, 4/ the realization of resident's needs in the scope of access to culture, 5/ a huge need for a place to meet, a public space for everyone, a center for social life, 6/ cooperation with many potential partners and allies functioning in the county and outside of it, 7/ current norms to bring down architectural barriers for the

Fig.3. Plan Floor

disabled, 8/ promotion of the county through the creation and running of a Regional Information Center, 9/ creating spacial planning for an, up till now, unused castle complex of the Order of St John, which is wasting away.

Library The library building is created from 21 container modules inserted into the castle walls, while being completely independent of them. A module construction, whose main advantage is that it is a cheap solution, fast and easy to put together as well as being flexible. This allows the constructuin of further elements incase a larger space is required. It will allow for conservationist work to be carried out at the castle. If funds are found in the future for its renovation, the modules can be taken out without any problem to be further recycled, and the library moved to the renovated castle.

Fig.4. Top View

Fig.5. Cross section A-A

Fig.6. Cross section B-B

Fig.5. Castle Elevation with Library's containers inside it