Baden Branch Library

The adjacent health clinic had been abandoned for years but offered an opportunity for the library to relocate there and double its size. But even with twice as much space, there were concerns if it would be enough to accommodate the community’s hopes and dreams for their new library.

The new interior includes a meeting room with a wide garage door for meeting flexibility, an intimate café offering group and individual seating, a comfort room, a curated book collection, and technology for the customers, including a dozen public computers. In the children’s area mini sanctuaries along the exterior windows provide seating with a view and decorative nods throughout to different kinds of plant life.

The design solutions exceed the program requirement through a series of spaces that can be used in multiple ways. The open floor plan layout, although compact, creates quality spaces for adults, teens, children, and staff areas through uses of colors, ceiling treatments, wall, and floor patterns.