Marble Fairbanks Greenpoint Library

Preliminary renderings of our design for brooklyn public library s greenpoint branch have been released.

Marble fairbanks greenpoint library.

Greenpoint library and environmental education center. Greenpoint library closed to the public in july 2017 for demolition. 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 greenpoint library doubles the size of the previous building providing significantly enlarged indoor and outdoor spaces to house expanded activities related to the.

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. 23 2019 by allie griffin the completion date of the new greenpoint library has once again been pushed back due to construction delays and is now expected to open early in the new year. Rendering by marble fairbanks courtesy of friends of the greenpoint library oct. Marble fairbanks is an architecture research and planning office with a focus on cultural institutions integrated design processes and education.

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. 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. 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. 34 green stem club.

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. Brooklyn public library hosted the official groundbreaking ceremony for greenpoint library and environmental education center on monday october 23rd. The panel was part of democracy lab at the spacebuster an inflatable pavilion presented by brooklyn public library storefront for art architecture and others.