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51 <br />Atlanta - Fulton Public Library System <br />Auburn Avenue Research Library <br />Expansion and Major Renovation <br />PROJECT TEAM <br />Freelon (Lead Designer) <br />The Auburn Avenue Research Library (AARL) is one of four significant <br />y \ g <br />JWRA (Architect of Record) <br />archive and research centers in the U.S. dedicated to Africana and African <br />LOCATION <br />American collections and the first public library of its kind in the Southeast. <br />Atlanta, Georgia <br />Located in downtown Atlanta, GA the existing AARL is part of the Fulton <br />CLIENT CONTACT <br />County Public Library and occupies a four story, 55,717 SF building built in <br />Francine Henderson <br />1994. The collection contains a diverse number of primary source materials <br />Research Library Administrator <br />Auburn Avenue Research Library <br />including books and manuscripts, art and artifacts, microforms, textiles, <br />francine.henderson @fultoncountyga <br />cartographic records, audio recordings, motion pictures and photographs. <br />gov <br />AARL hosts numerous events that bring their rich archive collection to the <br />T 404.730.4001 x101 <br />public through readings, film screenings, exhibitions and workshops. <br />SIZE <br />56,500SF(reno ati ) <br />56,500 SF (renovation and addition) <br />The Freelon Group has undertaken a comprehensive renovation and <br />p <br />expansion of the library to 'reposition' the building and program to better <br />COST <br />$14.3 Million <br />serve AARL's mission. Extensive visioning sessions took place with the <br />(estimated construction cost) <br />staff and county to determine what the new Auburn Ave experience should <br />OCCUPANCY DATE <br />provide. From these sessions priorities unfolded to form the basis of the <br />TBD <br />re- imagined program. <br />MAIN PROGRAM ELEMENTS <br />Auditorium <br />The building will expand to include new archive storage, auditorium, gallery. <br />Increased Gallery Space <br />Increased Stacks Area <br />space and public program rooms. A strategic realignment of program will <br />Main Reading Room & Archives <br />bring public functions such as the auditorium, seminar rooms and galleries <br />Reading Room <br />Authors' Writers' Lounge <br />from the upper floors down to the ground floor level, in effect turning the <br />and <br />Educational Center <br />building program upside down. This bold 'repositioning' of the building will <br />Staff Work Areas <br />bring the most active use portions of the library program to the street level <br />and help AARL better engage its downtown context. These additions and <br />enhancements will position AARL well into the future as a repository of <br />information of national and global significance, <br />16 t RCELON i Southern Branch Library Facilitator Proposal <br />