Submitted by Markham Public Library April 29, 2012 OLA BUILDING AWARD 2012 LIBRARY ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN TRANSFORMATION AWARD PROJECT: THORNHILL C0MMUNITY CENTRE LIBRARY Submitted by Markham Public Library April 29, 2012

Table of Contents 4 Section: Plans & Drawings 15 SLIDE 4 Section: Plans & Drawings 15 Interior View Circulation Desk Before 5 Site Plan 16 Interior View Circulation Desk After 6 Ground Floor Plan 17 Interior View Information Desk Before 7 Second Floor Plan 18 Interior View Information Desk After 8 Elevation – Section 1 19 Typical User Area Before 9 Elevation – Sections 2 and 3 20 Typical User Area After 10 Furniture Plan – Ground Floor 21 Lighting Public Space #1 11 Furniture Plan – Second Floor 22 Lighting Public Space #2 12 Section: Photographs 23 Lighting Interior Night View 13 Interior View from Entrance Before 24 Interior View Workroom Before 14 Interior View from Entrance After 25 Interior View Workroom After

Table of Contents (cont.) SLIDE 26 The Children’s Forest 33 New Program Rooms Before & After 27 Families Gather in the Forest 34 More Space for Civic Events 28 Entrance to Forest Before & After 35 Exterior View from Northwest 29 Learning is fun in the Forest 36 Exterior View from Southwest 30 Picture Books Before & After 37 Exterior Entrance 31 New Study Space 38 FAQs 32 More Accessible Collections

Plans and Drawings Thornhill Community Centre Library

Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Elevation – Section 1

Elevations – Sections 2 and 3

Furniture Plan – Ground Floor

Furniture Plan – Second Floor

Photographs Thornhill Community Centre Library

Interior view of library from entrance area - BEFORE

Interior view of library from entrance area - AFTER

Interior view showing a major public services position: Circulation Desk BEFORE

Interior view showing a major public services position: Circulation Desk AFTER

Interior view showing a major public services position: Information Desk BEFORE

Interior view showing a major public services position: Information / Welcome Desk AFTER

Interior view showing a typical user area - BEFORE

Interior view showing a typical user area - AFTER

Lighting - public space #1 – Public Computers

Lighting - public space #2 – Teen Area

Lighting - interior view at night

Interior view: a major staff function in a nonpublic area - Workroom BEFORE

Interior view: a major staff function in a nonpublic area - Workroom AFTER

The Children’s Forest The revitalized Children’s Area features an enchanting mural created by local artist Pat Wheeler, and funded by a generous legacy from the estate of Leonard Wilson Black. The artwork was inspired by the local eco-history of the adjacent Don Valley watershed, designed to instill an appreciation of nature and wildlife from an early age. Themed programs in the “Forest” include a Woodland Scavenger Hunt, Owl Craft, and lots of animal stories.

Families gather in the Forest There’s even an outhouse – the children’s washroom!

Entrance to the Children’s Forest – BEFORE and AFTER Partition walls were demolished to open up and brighten this lower level space.

Learning is fun in the forest

Picture Books BEFORE and AFTER

New Study Space Four group study rooms were created through the partitioning of existing space. A new large and bright Study Hall was created on the upper level of the previous theatre space.

More Accessible Collections Collections are now more accessible through merchandising, power walls and C3, Markham’s award-winning customer-friendly classification system

New Space – Program Rooms BEFORE and AFTER New program rooms were created through the demolition of raked theatre-style seating and the insertion of a new floor (the ceiling in this view) dividing a double-height space into two levels.

More space for civic and cultural events Mobile stacks and furniture on wheels makes it easy to create space for civic and cultural events.

Exterior View – from northwest 1988 construction The exterior was not significantly changed (apart from a new window and emergency exit staircase for the new Study Hall).

Exterior View – from southwest 1988 construction – not changed by renovation project.

Exterior Entrance 1974 construction – not changed by renovation project.

FAQs: Thornhill Community Library Renovation & Expansion Completed 2011 Architect: WK Lim Architect inc. Contractor: Charterhouse Projects Inc. Corporate Project Managers: SMA-METTKO Ltd. Millwork: Shaw Woodworks Inc. Size (post-renovation): 26,053 sq. ft. WK Lim Architect inc. 141 Portland Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 2N4 Tel. 416 591-6575 Fax. 416 591-1010 www.interlog.com/~wklim