EDMONDS LIBRARY
After a burst water main caused catastrophic flooding to this popular community library, Sno-Isle Libraries used the opportunity to perform a much-needed update to the entire facility.
The reimagined Edmonds Library will provide patrons with increased access to technology and more diverse seating and gathering spaces, improving user experience and increasing equitable access to library services for the community.
Sno-Isle Libraries tasked JA designers with a complete reimagining of the children’s area, which was overdue for improvements and updates. Applying our team’s diverse experience in both early childhood education and custom fabrication, we designed a unique sculptural element that provides opportunities for exploration and learning.
Inspired by the rocky shores of Edmonds, this installation emulates a sea-smoothed pebble, providing a child-sized shelter within the larger library. Designed for imaginative play, children get to choose how they interact with this element. They can climb into it to play peek-a-boo or climb inside and use it as a quiet reading nook on less busy days. Around the nook is a soft, sculpted landscape to climb, sit, or play on.
Additional program elements of the new Edmonds Library include a flexible community room that opens into the library to accommodate larger meetings, library stacks on wheels so they can move around if needed, and an intentionally diverse collection of seating, study tables, and other furnishings to meet the needs of patrons of varying abilities, ages, mobility, and sensory needs.
LOCATION Edmonds WA
AREA 18,000 SF
COMPLETED 2024