Intention:  to edit out the traditionally numbing characteristics of the library

Process: removal of confining and monotonous stacks, addition of a light infusion, recreation of the carrel, readoption of literature as a public art

Spaces: simply, the collective and the individual. 

Collective spaces encourage public and poetry readings, story-telling, gathering in the style of an agora.  Workshop spaces for the re-education or relearning of creativity.

Individual spaces are tight and introverted.  There is a reinvigoration and reinterpretation of the carrel.  Furniture is an overwhelming aspect of the space.  The collection is interspersed throughout these spaces so as to stimulate some perusal and exploration of the spaces.

Necessities: reception area, circulation area, staff spaces, janitorial spaces.