The George Lawrence Abernethy Library will become a dynamic community hub and laboratory for cultivating curiosity, discovery, and creativity through spaces for making and sharing, teaching and learning, and inquiry and sense-making. The design reimagines the prestigious private liberal arts college’s library as the center of intellectual life by responding gracefully to the needs of diverse users and to evolutions in technology, scholarship, teaching, learning, and working. The transformed library will inspire experimentation, diverse thinking, exchange of ideas, and a sense of belonging by supporting human well-being and growth as researchers, creators, scholars, professionals, and informed citizens.
Client
Davidson College
Location
Davidson, NC
Project Type
Library | Educational Environment | Cultural Space
Size
92,349 SF renovation 18,685 SF addition
Role
Architect | Interior Designer
Status
In Process
“Who do you want to be when you come to the library? A scholar? Creator? Researcher? Writer? Coder? Designer? Presenter? Listener? Collaborator? Informed citizen? The future library will provide the kinds of inclusive and diverse spaces and programs needed to support these aspirations and more. . . . It will truly transform the student experience.”
—Lisa Forrest | Leland M. Park Director | Davidson College Library | from The Davidsonian
