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Marble Fairbanks Architects
Overview: Located at the juncture of a residential and commercial neighborhood in Queens, this new branch library is designed to welcome the neighborhood and blend with its scale while providing controlled natural light for the library’s users. In order to meet the zoning code much of the building is located below an at-grade plaza, which provides a planted open space for the neighborhood. The public areas of the library are organized on three levels, and include: circulation/information service; general adult collection/seating; young adult collection/seating; children’s area; and meeting rooms. Private spaces include a workroom, offices, staff lounge and support spaces.
Sustainable Features: Daylight, which decreases energy consumption while enhancing productivity and pleasure, enters the Library in a variety of creative ways. The submerged portions of the library receive light through glass pavers in the plaza and a large opening in the western portion of the ground floor, with spaces needing less light located toward the rear. The north face of the building has clear glazing, because of the softness and evenness of north light, while the western glazing is translucent and insulated to protect against the heat and harshness of west light. Channel glass with embedded fiberglass insulation forms the upper translucent, insulated west wall; the lower glass wall is screened by a graphic film with narrative text. Sunlight projects the word “search” in relief onto the north curtain wall, varying in scale and legibility as a result of the time of day, weather, and season. Environmentally effective materials, some of them quite new and inventive, have been investigated and selected for use. An unusual recycled acoustic ceiling will be used in the reading area for adolescents.
Located in Glen Oaks, Queens, New York. Size: 17,800 gross square feet / 15,700 net square feet on 0.22 acre site. Construction cost of $7,200,000. Building completion Fall 2008 (Design commenced 2005).
Client Agencies: Queens Borough Library; NYC Department of Design & Construction.
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Material Conservation
Results
 Construction & demolition waste – 75% required to be diverted from landfill
Recycled materials - over 10% target for materials
Local products given preference – target 20% of materials
Strategies
Construction and demolition waste to be sorted at off-site facility
Major materials targeted for recycled content, including fly-ash in concrete,
steel, gypsum board, acoustical tile ceilings, resilient flooring, ceramic tile,
carpet tile, and toilet partitions
Major local materials targeted include masonry, concrete, steel, gypsum
board, pavers, and landscape materials
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Healthy Interiors
Results
Daylight is maximized to more than 75% of rooms, including below-grade
spaces
Optimized fresh air quantities
Building systems and occupants protected from construction contamination
Reduced exposure to toxins, volatile organic compounds, urea formaldehyde
Occupant comfort enhanced
Strategies
Daylight brought into the building through a variety of devices – view
windows, monitors, and skylights. Direct sun diffused by graphic films,
channel glass, and skylight shaping
CO2 monitors control fresh air
Winter humidification included
Permanent monitoring system for temperature and humidity
Air quality management during construction; flush-out planned
Low-emitting paints, carpets, adhesives, sealants, non-urea-formaldehyde
composite woods
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