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    THE THIRD PLACE

    Dec 05, 2018 5 minutes
    Words Camille Khouri
    Photography
    Adam Mørk

    PROJECT: Tuūranga

    CLIENT: Christchurch City Council

    LOCATION: Christchurch

    DESIGN: Architectus with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

    PROJECT TYPE: Civic

    FLOOR AREA: 9,500m2

    IF YOU HAVE set foot in a library in the last 20 years, you may have noticed a change. Gone are the shushing librarians, the rows of dusty shelves and the stagnant atmosphere; conversation is now welcome, technology is everywhere and, perhaps strangely to some, books, while still very important, are no longer the sole focus.

    The library has become the ‘third place’: a place anyone can go to for whatever reason, be it to study, to research or to seek haven and rest as a parent, traveller or homeless person.

    Tūranga, designed locally by Architectus in association with Danish library specialists Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is the new central library in Christchurch, replacing the previous central library, which was rendered beyond

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