What an underground library looks like: Green Square, Sydney

What an underground library looks like: Green Square, Sydney
Jennifer DukeDecember 7, 2020

A new library is coming to Green Square Town Centre and it boasts something a little different – a lot of it is underground.

The detailed designs have been submitted as part of the DA and integrate the library with the ground level plaza. It includes a sunken garden, an ampitheatre that seats up to 160 people, and a glass 15 metre entrance.

The library is a seven storey tower and will contain an acoustically-designed music room, community function room, two levels of reading rooms and a technology suite.

The design, as can be seen in the pictures above, is from Sydney-based designers Felicity Stewart and Matt Hollenstein, in associate with Stewart Architecture, who won the City of Sydney’s international design competition for both the library and the plaza.

The Green Square Town Centre, spanning 14 hectares of land next to Green Square railway station, is part of a 278 hectare urban redevelopment area. An estimated $8 billion is being funneled into apartments and facilities for an expected 53,000 new residents by 2030.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said that Green Square is the fastest growing village in the City of Sydney, and the facilities will be much used by the residents..

“This important project is quickly taking shape and I’m delighted to see how these plans have been refined and improved,” she said.

The cost of the library and plaza are estimated at $47 million, and are part of $440 million being invested by the City of Sydney into Green Square. Work will commence next year.

Jennifer Duke

Jennifer Duke was a property writer at Property Observer

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