{"id":541087,"date":"2023-01-19T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-building-winnipegs-cornish-library-gets-an-inviting-makeover\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:58:10","slug":"the-building-winnipegs-cornish-library-gets-an-inviting-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-building-winnipegs-cornish-library-gets-an-inviting-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Building: Winnipeg&#8217;s Cornish Library gets an inviting makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287e6e9303d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287e6e9303d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-building-winnipegs-cornish-library-gets-an-inviting-makeover\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Building_Winnipegs_Cornish_Library_gets_an_inviting_makeover%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Building: Winnipeg&#8217;s Cornish Library gets an inviting makeover&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Building_Winnipegs_Cornish_Library_gets_an_inviting_makeover%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Building: Winnipeg&#8217;s Cornish Library gets an inviting makeover&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            The library\u2019s multi-million-dollar addition comes with a message: All are welcome\u00a0\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At 107 years old, <\/span>Winnipeg\u2019s Cornish Library has changed with the times\u2014over and over again. Its basement, which once hosted rousing lectures by Canadian activist Nellie McClung, now shelves Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s <i>We Should All Be Feminists<\/i>. The heritage building bridges the gap between two very different Winnipegs. It\u2019s located just inside the ornamental iron-and-stone gates of Armstrong\u2019s Point, a placid residential neighbourhood complete with million-dollar, manor-style homes. And just north, unhoused people sleep rough under the Maryland Bridge, a major commuter route along the Assiniboine River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In 2015, hoping to make the Cornish more inviting, the city of Winnipeg commissioned Public City Architecture, a local firm, to reimagine it. \u201cWe decided to make the project about opening the library to the communities around it,\u201d says Peter Sampson, Public City\u2019s principal architect. \u201cLibraries have changed a lot in the last 10 or 20 years\u2014they\u2019re no longer just palaces for old books.\u201d The Cornish, in fact, is known to some of its neighbours as \u201cthe living room.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>READ: The Building:\u00a0A Calgary parkade redesigned with the future in mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">On the accessibility front, Public City added a platform lift and a new, gradually sloping walkway to the existing entryway. The library\u2019s century-old bones got some carefully refinished oak panelling, asbestos removal\u2014surgical and extensive, given the building\u2019s age\u2014and generous coats of new burgundy paint on its original wainscotting to match archival photos unearthed by Heritage Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The jewel of the Cornish\u2019s $2.5-million, multi-year makeover is its extension: clad in floor-to-ceiling oak, and supported by a solitary but heavy-duty concrete column, the space is made to house community shindigs and extra reading room, and to host rotating exhibitions by area artists. (The Cornish\u2019s first in-house display is a floral piece by Winnipeg\u2019s Michael Dumontier.) Wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in glass, the walls of the addition occasionally seem to disappear altogether. \u201cIn certain types of light, it\u2019s hard to find the edges,\u201d Sampson says.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>RELATED: The Building: Vancouver\u2019s Stack was built for both work and play<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Exterior restorations included preserving the existing outdoor faucet (which provides potable water for cooking and drinking) and dismantling the long-standing chain-link fence that held northern community members, symbolically at least, at bay. Public City also planted a slew of new saplings to line the limestone patio, but left a clear sightline into the library\u2019s public garden\u2014and the new, welcoming reading nook within.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1243001 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/leafing-through-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b> <\/b>Limestone slabs, sourced from quarries north of Winnipeg and weighing in at 3,500 pounds each, line the exterior of the Cornish\u2019s addition to form a seating area. Public City planted larch saplings around the perimeter, creating a reading room in the forest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1243002 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/flower-power.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Four Flowers<\/i>, a permanent artwork made by local artist Michael Dumontier, is designed to look like a vase. It\u2019s also a continuation of the single concrete column that supports the addition. Its flowers, made of steel, sway along with fluctuations in the air.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1243003 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kid-lit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Cornish\u2019s children\u2019s reading room was outfitted with new, concealed heating elements, recycled carpet tile and refinished original oak woodwork in the panels, columns and bookshelves. The colourful plastic dogs, pops of whimsy added later by the library, are stools.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>This article appears in print in the February 2023 issue of<\/em> Maclean\u2019s <em>magazine. 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