ProjectsStevenson School
What does a library look like today? For a generation of students who have never known anything but the Internet, books in a library are often little more than décor. At the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, students were using the space between stacks for storing backpacks and the books on the shelves as barriers behind which to hide. Studio O+A’s challenge was to bring the library as a physical space into alignment with the way students actually study and conduct research. The goal was to redesign the library so that it served modern needs even as it began a process of wooing young people back to books.
What does a library look like today? For a generation of students who have never known anything but the Internet, books in a library are often little more than décor. At the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, students were using the space between stacks for storing backpacks and the books on the shelves as barriers behind which to hide. Studio O+A’s challenge was to bring the library as a physical space into alignment with the way students actually study and conduct research. The goal was to redesign the library so that it served modern needs even as it began a process of wooing young people back to books.