Children and youth library prototype, Egypt

Children and youth library prototype, Egypt

Design competition Main Idea
The main idea for this design is how to attract young children and youth in rural areas to a library.
First the form should be simple, but attractive:
- we have designed a huge solid wall that contains a huge displaying puzzle, that children are allowed to changed by themselves without entering the library doors (motivation to attract them)
- the library’s entrance is at the festival corridor, this corridor was designed mainly to separate the library from the outdoor activities, hence, the children will be attracted by the outdoor activities, which contained a shaded data show projector, that plays educated and entertained material through the day on the wall of the library’s entrance (motivation for the children near the entrance)
- At the end of this festival corridor are the Music stand, and a huge wall with a free drawing materials and huge papers for children to draw and play.
- The library itself is designed to read indoor or outdoor.
Second the function inside and outside should be simple but attractive
- The plan is almost rectangle shape, with a cutting void which is the festival corridor.
- The plan inside is designed around inner courtyard with two floors, the ground floor for the children, and multipurpose room, and facilities; and the upper floor for youth
- the outdoor facilities contain festival corridor, open amphitheatre, Music stand and color wall, with conventional playing zone on the far side of the library
- The materials used are traditional materials