MPL3: Lorne Park Branch Library, Mississauga, Ontario. Completed 2011. The Lorne Park Branch Library is the third of the three facilities which comprise the greater Mississauga Library Project. This branch is located adjacent to a park and a high school within an established, densley planted, residential area. The canopy system collonade engages with the main access street to the east, a park setting to the north and west and a parking area to the south. The largest of the three branch libraries, the plan utilizes an âinternal streetâ to help organize library program. This interior street draws users into the library by way of views. At first one might focus on the a view straight through the library to park space beyond. Once within the street, the public is able to clearly observe progam areas to the right and left as well as browse the most current titles, displayed on retail style podia. Once again, a material vocabulary of transparency is utilized for increased sight lines and views within and to the surrounding park setting. Lorne Park utilizes a rich colour pallette of dark walnut book stacks and dark grey corian service point counters, coupled with vibrant blue accent walls throughout. The designs for these three buildings apsire to revitalize and transform the existing, delapidated facilties by breaking down the dividing lines between indoor and outdoor environments; flooding interior reading areas with natural light; and in general, cultivating a new sense of the library as beautiful, sustainable and contemporary pieces of architecture. Awards and Publications : 2012 Governor General's Medal in Architecture. 2012 Canadian Architect magazine. Governor General's Medals - Feature project. May 2012 Edition.
