Library programs are revealed to the
community along the Route 9 elevation to the west, while communal gathering
spaces are located in the eastern wing to bridge to the planned Innovation
Campus. The iconic, perforated metal skin—meant to recall “The Big Tree” that
locals used to gather beneath—unites the various programs with a single
gesture, filters sunlight like a tree canopy, and announces the library’s civic
presence amongst a strip mall context.