Mesquite Library
Mesquite, NV
The programming efforts for Mesquite Library introduced play areas, makerspaces, and interactive learning spaces, to name a few. The driving force behind such modern spaces is that the modern library is becoming a place where interaction between people happens naturally. It is no longer a place where patrons go just to check-out books and study or read in silence. These programmatic considerations were architecturally translated into forms that took inspiration from the surrounding context: the natural, earthy tones of surrounding land and vegetation and the flat-top mesa surrounding Mesquite. With both indoor and outdoor spaces designed to accommodate a variety of activities and events like food festivals, art shows, community celebrations, concerts, ceremonies, and the like, Mesquite Library is a community library with an expanded resume. Its modernized program fulfills its community’s needs because the community members themselves had a large part in its design.
