Interior Design

Interior Design Project of the Irpin City Public Library Named After Maksym Rylsky

Karina Levina
Kyiv National University of Technology and Design
Ukraine

Project idea

The idea of ​​this project is to develop an interior design project for a recently renovated library. The main goal is to attract as many visitors as possible (children and teenagers) and make the library a multifunctional space. Since after COVID-19 many children missed the socialization stage at school, this library can give them a chance to spend time with other children not only reading books but also, for example, doing group projects or attending workshops.

Project description

This project includes: an initial plan, a moodboard, a zoning plan, a dismantling plan, an installation plan, 3 furniture plans with 3D views, a flooring plan, a ceiling decoration plan, an electrical outlet plan, a lighting fixture plan, scans of each zone, and visualizations.

Technical information

Object address: Shevchenko Street, 3A, Irpin, Kyiv region.
Information about the premises: the library premises are located in a residential building, the total area covers 277.42 m². The ceiling height in the library reading room is 3500 mm, the height of communications is 3245 mm, the ceiling height in the vestibule is 2420 mm. The entrance to the premises is through the library building itself, there are 5 windows, 2000 mm high with a window sill height of 1000 mm. There are also 2 windows in the premises that open into the book depositories to increase the amount of natural lighting. There are two more windows in the premises that are used as the personnel department.
Social environment: library workers, visitors from preschool to adolescence, and their parents.
Microclimate: a room with sufficient natural light and moderate humidity.
Functional zones: administrative zone, passage zone, individual zone, movie viewing zone, zones with teenage and children's literature, computer zone, stage zone with audience zone and vestibule zone / information and exhibition zone.
Redevelopment: it is planned to move the wall of room No. 1 to create a separate impassable room there, as well as move the doorway to room No. 2. In addition, it is planned to dismantle part of the stairs to install a freight elevator and install a stage.
Subject environment: the vestibule area is not subject to furnishing, since it is an evacuation route, instead it is planned to use it as an information and exhibition area, in the administrative areas there should be two separate librarian's stands, designed for one worker. The individual area will serve as an imitation of a booth for negotiations, accordingly, it is planned to make seats and a table there. The film viewing area should have a projector with a screen, a table, mobile poufs and two coffee tables. For the children's and teenage literature areas, it will be necessary to develop furniture, in particular 2-in-1 chairs, and stationary shelves. In the computer areas there will be a chair with a desk. Mobile shelves and radiator boxes, designed to order, will also be used.
Style decision: the interior is planned to be made in a style reminiscent of a mixture of Memphis and streamline, but in fairly calm and subdued shades, it is planned to use two types of wood and rounded corners.

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