Mary Immaculate College Library
The new Library at MIC is part of a landscaping masterplan for the campus. It will create the northern boundary to a new Library Plaza. The plaza will be an outdoor room and focal meeting point in the heart of the campus. The paved plaza to the south-west will connect the Tara building, the Quad and chapel with the new library.
Client
Mary Immaculate College
Location
Co. Limerick, Ireland
Status
Developed Design
Area
4955
Expertise
The library itself will be four storeys above basement and will be the new heart of the campus containing various types of study spaces, learning grid, compact and open shelving, basement lecture theatre and recording studios, creative maker spaces, special collections room, children’s book / training library and administration offices totalling a gross floor area of 4,955m².
The architecture is sharply modern, with a double height façade with external vertical aluminium fins which will automatically track the sun and provide protection against overheating and glare. The project has received planning approval and is awaiting funding.