Over the weekend, we hosted before-hours tours of Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center as part of OHNY Weekend. The tour was led by Jason Roberts, project architect, and offered a unique look into the 15,000 square foot community library and hub for environmental awareness, activism, and education.
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We are thrilled to announce that we will be working in collaboration with MASS Design Group on the renovation of New Lots Library in Brooklyn. The library was built on an African burial ground for enslaved people and the new design will seek to respond to this history by having the library become a celebration of African American heritage. One of the largest libraries in the Brooklyn Public Library System, New Lots is also one of the few libraries in the network that contains an Adult Learning Center.
Over the course of the past few months, MFA has been working in collaboration with Hester Street and MASS Design Group to hold engagement sessions with the East New York Community. Input gathered from these meetings will inform the design and programming of the new space while seeking to transform the library into a nexus for social activism, education, and liberation, through the amplification of the stories of the surrounding community and ancestors buried on site.
Interior Design recently published this year’s version of Best in Design, highlighting iconic architecture throughout the past 90 years in honor of its 90th anniversary. Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is featured on page 172 as a demonstration of sustainable and resilient design that is intended to change with environmental conditions, and time.
Our Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center is selected as a Finalist for the Architizer A+Awards in the Libraries category! The library is one of five projects in the world to be shortlisted for the Popular Choice Vote in this category. Please cast a vote for Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center to win this year’s Architizer A+ Award. Voting closes on Friday, May 27 at midnight PT.
Follow these steps to vote:
- Click the button below “Cast Your Vote”
- Log in through Architizer or create a new account
- Scroll down until you see Greenpoint Library and Environmental Center
- Click the green button “Vote”
- Click the green button “Confirm Vote”
We are proud to share that our Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center has been nominated for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize.
Awarded biennially, the MCHAP award aims to “recognize the most distinguished architectural works built in North and South America,” and “to learn from architectural excellence that enriches lives.” Projects are selected from thirty-five countries and are judged on a variety of criteria, especially regarding how they contribute to the betterment and engagement of their surrounding communities.
It is an honor to receive recognition from the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize and to be considered among the tremendous range of beautiful and impactful projects throughout the Americas.
Read the full press release.
Visit Marble Fairbanks MCHAP nomination page.
(Logo in above image courtesy of MCHAP website.)