Mural Nomads
2021
Library
Design a small community library with additional public programming. Consider providing new urban resources geared towards under served communities & residents living in confined quarters.
Academic // ARCH 193
Supervised by Cameron Parkin
Toronto, Canada
Mural Nomads is a library + textile studio located in Toronto’s The Island neighbourhood. Adjacent to many community spaces and the historical Foundry buildings, this library seeks to act as both a gateway between these public areas, and a centre for artistic production.
Recipient of Honourable Mention for Outstanding Design Work in 193 Design Studio
The library explores the ephemerality and craft of fibre arts as an architectural driver, investigating their atmospheric potentials. The building encourages it’s users to interact and build connections with materiality to facilitate a multisensorial learning environment and a sense of agency over one’s space.
The library engages the site from all directions, with an axial circulation structure. It uses a simple grid organization to create an open and flexible interior. This organizational structure is defined by a heavy timber post and beam structural system, constructing a scaffold to host textile experimentations.
