Pico Branch Library / Koning Eizenberg Architecture

Conceived as a community living room, this branch library engages its park setting to encourage the use of an educational resource in a minority neighborhood. The project was developed with the community in a series of public design workshops which resulted in an inclusive design approach and interactive service strategies that attract families normally reticent to use institutional resources.

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Architects: Koning Eizenberg Architecture

Location: Santa Monica, CA, United States

Lead Architects: Julie Eizenberg, FAIA

Project Designer: Nathan Bishop, LEED AP

Area: 8700.0 ft2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Eric Staudenmaier

Landscape Architect: Spurlock Poirier
Lighting Designer: Lighting Design Alliance

Environmental Graphics: Newsom Design

General Contractor: RC Construction Services, Inc

Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

Civil Engineer: KPFF

M/E/P Engineer: Glumac

Acoustical Consultant: Veneklasen Associates

Geotechnical: GeoDesign

Surveyor: JMC-2, 411

Leed: Brightworks

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