Ramsey County Shoreview Library / HGA
来自建筑事务所的描述：肖维尤距离美国明尼苏达州圣保罗北部约12英里，建筑便位于这座人口约25000的郊区社区之中。这座全新的图书馆由Ramsey County图书馆负责运营管理，取代了原有的社区图书馆，前者主要服务于肖维尤社区和城市北部的地区。全新的肖维尔图书馆有着高度可视化的场所，因为该项目存在有规模的转变的任务，因此其视觉效果和功能空间同样重要。
Text description provided by the architects. Shoreview is a suburban community of 25,000 residents located 12 miles north of St. Paul, Minnesota. The new library, operated by Ramsey County Libraries, replaced a functionally obsolete community library with the Shoreview Library as a new regional library serving Shoreview and the north metro suburbs. Ramsey County Libraries sought a highly visible site for the new Shoreview Library. Since the Shoreview Library mission was transforming from a local community library into a larger regional library, a visual prominence announcing the new services offered was important.
项目所处的场地周围环绕着市政设施，这些市政设施都有着相似的材质——即通过各式各样的砖石让它们看上去具有统一性。在这样的背景下，肖维尤图书馆的设计则需要通过独特的方式来表达出建筑的功能特征，并且与城市环境建立联系。让使用者可以从不同的方向进入建筑，这对图书馆和肖维尤社区都非常重要，因为设置直观的入口，让人们能够更加便利地到达这里是项目的设计重点。
The site, while owned by the County, is encircled by civic facilities serving a variety of uses for the City of Shoreview. The City facilities have a nominal material consistency through the use of various brick blends. At an urban scale, the design parti for the Shoreview Library sought to synthesize an expression of the library’s distinct program with a legible connection to the civic campus. Access to the library from multiple directions for various modes of transportation is vital to the library and Shoreview community. Creating intuitive and seamless connections to encourage other means of access and arrival became an important planning focus.
设计概念
设计方案通过“书”的意向来表达设计构思，建筑的折叠形态模仿了书的页面，相反地，这也表达了封面的几何形态，从而呼应了建筑的立面。每个折叠形态都通过空间、光线、体量来表达其功能，因此整座建筑的形式、材料、工艺、细部都有着独特的特征。
Design Concept:
The design seeks to celebrate the craft and experience of “book” through the lens of contemporary architecture. Folded models explored the physical inhabitation of “the page” which, in turn, informed the geometry of the protective “cover” – a reference to the exterior building envelope. Each fold is informed by the space, light, and volume appropriate to the program it contains. The completed building is distinguished by the evolution of a simple program diagram into an architectonic expression of form, material, craft, and detail.
明尼苏达州作家和插画家的表达形式
明尼苏达州的知名作家，其中有Sinclair Lewis、F. Scott Fitzgerald、Garrison Keillor、Kate DiCamillo、Laura Ingalls Wilder。为了纪念明尼苏达州的文字和插画，并且能够表达其意向的设计方式也结合在图书馆的设计之中。室内环境图像展示了儿童书籍插画家的作品，半透明背光荧幕形成东侧入口的通高图像。当人们走近入口时，明尼苏达州作者的名字便会显示在这个图像之中。
Celebration of Minnesota Authors and Illustrators:
The work of renowned Minnesota authors has been shared and read around the world. Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Garrison Keillor, and Kate DiCamillo, and Laura Ingalls Wilder all called Minnesota home. To honor the Minnesota legacy of writing and illustration, several installations celebrating this tradition were integrated into the library design. Interior environmental graphics showcase the work of children’s book illustrators. A translucent backlit marquee announces the east entry with a full height graphic. As one approaches the entry, the names of Minnesota authors are overlaid onto the graphic for the full height of the marquee.
室内空间灵活性与场所的构成
建筑的大型单层楼板有着白色的折叠室内表面，虽然空间的高度灵活性对于功能而言至关重要，但是建筑师为多人交流和私人场所都进行了精心的设计。开放式的平面布局通过三个木制体量分成不同尺度的空间，这些木制体量主要用作学习室、办公室、陈列室。
Interior Flexibility and Place-Making:
The white, folding interior surface hovers over a large single story floor plate. While long-term flexibility is vital to the changing programs in a contemporary library, the design seeks to create distinct environments from large group gathering to intimate single person settings. The open floor plan is subdivided into spaces of varying scales by three wood boxes clad in a natural finish walnut containing study rooms, offices, and display alcoves.
建筑设计：HGA
地点：美国，肖维尤
主创建筑师：Mia Blanchett, AIA
设计管理：Victor Pechaty, AIA
项目管理：Jennifer McMaster, AIA
面积：38500.0 平方英尺（3576平方米）
项目时间：2017年
