Loburn School Library
Commercial Interior Category Finalist
Project Description:
Cymon Allfrey Architects was tasked with creating a library
space for Christchurch's Loburn Primary School that was light,
vibrant and invigorating and would enhance the learning and
teaching experience of its students.
The majority of the library's interior was finished in neutral
tones, with a very subtle tonal change - seen through the geometry
of many of the internal surfaces - used to create interest within
the space, with natural and artificial lighting used to enhance
this tonal effect.
A vibrant palette of colours were used to highlight key areas
within the library, with the inspiration for these hues coming from
the school site and school colours. Citric orange walls indicate
the entrance and librarian spaces, with an electric blue bulkhead
and carpet detail (which divides the space into two) creating an
enclosure for the reading zone, as well as enhancing the openness
to the adjacent learning area.
A large circular up-lit disk on the ceiling and an opposing red
disk formed in a heavy pile carpet in the centre of the library,
have been used to help define a small 'lounging' space and to
soften the modernist lines of the room.
The library is further divided by vertical display columns and
walls which have been lined with muted coloured pin boards. These
areas provide a space for students to display their work, allowing
them to 'stamp' their mark on the library and provide their own
colour to the space.
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