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Cobram Library & Learning Centre in Victoria
Australian Public Building Development ? design by CohenLeigh Architects
17 May 2018
Library & Learning Centre
Design: CohenLeigh Architects
Location: Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Library & Learning Centre

The Cobram Library & Learning Centre is a distinctively ?local? library, embracing emerging technologies & promoting flexible learning & library spaces across all ages.

How do you create a distinctively ?local? library"

Working closely with community stakeholders, the design process involved tracing the line of the nearby Murray River, then superimposing this as the cut line on a curvilinear timber battened screen.
The result is a dynamic façade that wraps the perimeter of the library, filtering & throwing light into the internal library spaces. A central pathway & ceiling element, acting as a way-finding spine, runs through the centre of the library space. At its edges, a series of abstract punctuations on the perimeter allow for private & flexible break out spaces. The effect is a community space both highly flexible & adaptable.

Located on the site of the existing Civic Centre, it encompasses library spaces, reading spaces, community spaces & new technology areas. Conscious of its place & identity, it embodies and celebrates the idea of a ?local...