Marble Fairbanks Greenpoint Library

Rendering by marble fairbanks courtesy of friends of the greenpoint library oct.

Marble fairbanks greenpoint library.

In addition to brooklyn public library s president and project team new york city and state officials and representatives from the greenpoint community environmental fund we were also joined by students from p s. Courtesy of marble fairbanks the greenpoint library 107 norman ave closed in july 2017 for demolition and construction on the new library was estimated to finish in the winter of 2018 but the discovery and removal of asbestos in the former foundation and related delays has pushed the expected completion to this september or october. During fall 2015 2016 bpl and marble fairbanks worked to develop the new building design incorporating feedback from the community advisory committee various city agencies and members of the public. The new greenpoint library and environmental education center replaces an existing building with a 14 000sf community hub for environmental awareness activism and education.

The panel was part of democracy lab at the spacebuster an inflatable pavilion presented by brooklyn public library storefront for art architecture and others. Earlier this week the friends of greenpoint library. The panel was part of democracy lab at the spacebuster an inflatable pavilion presented by brooklyn public library storefront for art architecture and others. Marble fairbanks is an architecture research and planning office with a focus on cultural institutions integrated design processes and education.

34 green stem club. Preliminary renderings of our design for brooklyn public library s greenpoint branch have been released. Greenpoint library closed to the public in july 2017 for demolition. Marble fairbanks talked the new greenpoint library and gave vr tours of the future building at the green design lab event in grand army plaza.

The greenpoint library doubles the size of the previous building providing significantly enlarged indoor and outdoor spaces to house expanded activities related to the. Greenpoint library and environmental education center the role of the branch library today is more than a repository of information and while access to information and media of all sorts is still a critical part of what the branch libraries do they also provide many related social services. Greenpoint library and environmental education center.