독산도서관 리모델링
Doksan Library by remodeling manifests the efficiency of space with the dichotomy of dark and bright, full and empty
(주)디림건축사사무소 | D.LIM architects
도서관 출입문으로 들어서면 반갑게 맞이해주는 것은 책이 아니다. 뒷동산까지 훤하고도 느슨하게 열린 여유요, 창문 안으로 초록의 숲을 먼저 들여 앉혀놓은 공간이다. 보기만 해도 배부른 책이 널려 있고 볕이 좋으며 창 너머 수목과도 조우하는 공간, 건물 밖의 세상과는 달리 이곳에서는 시간이 천천히 흐를 것만 같다.
Doksan Library Remodeling is an example of this kind of project. Early last year, we received a call asking us to take on the project, and we visited the site with the simple intention to avoid turning them down straight away. However, that visit changed our minds. The barebones of the Doksan Library turned out to form the perfect candidate for a remodeling project. The small library was in possession of a spacious central atrium, with sixteen skylights piercing the ceiling above. A wide-set staircase continued from the lobby to the second floor, with neighboring forests dipping into view through the large surrounding windows. Regrettably, at the time, this description was more fitting for the potential of the project perceived by the architect, or even as an estimate of the original design intended by its original architect. The reality on-site was completely different. Two decades following its construction, the atrium had become full of books, with the garden beyond obstructed by yet another storage space turned shipping container. The lack of light indoors led to a pervasive sense of gloom, not to mention the palpable absence of views of the forest. A connecting bridge impeded the intended line of sight from the main entrance, while a disorderly circulation complicated fluidity between the book storage spaces and reading rooms.
서울시 금천구 구립 독산도서관을 리모델링한 작업이다. 과정은 그다지 복잡하지 않았던 것으로 보인다. 20년의 세월이 많은 것을 잠식하고 덮어버렸다고는 하지만, 도서관 원래의 모습이 이미 좋은 골격을 지닌 공간이었다는 점에서 다행이었던 것 같다. 1층 중앙에 널찍하게 열린 아트리움, 그 위로 나 있는 16개의 천창, 로비에서 2층으로 이어지는 널찍한 계단, 주변 숲을 한껏 조망할 수 있는 큼직한 창들, 리모델링은 이들을 되살려 원래 의도대로 복원하고 때를 걷어내는 작업이었다.
도서관에 들어서자마자 시선을 가로막던 연결다리 하부의 천장을 뜯어내고 설비 배관을 다른 곳으로 이동해놓았다. 덕분에 답답하게 막혀있던 진입부에 수직으로 1m 정도의 여백이 마련되었다. 아트리움을 가득 채우고 있던 책장들은 물론 뒷마당을 가리던 컨테이너도 철거했다. 아트리움을 중심으로 도서관의 앞뒤를 연결하는 여유로운 축이 마련됨으로써 출입구부터 뒷동산까지 시야와 동선이 이어지며 공간이 열렸다.
The remodeling process was extremely simple. We recovered the original design concept behind the library and wiped away any of the dingier traces of aging. First, everything that obstructed the line of sight from the main entrance to the garden was removed. The lower ceiling of the connecting bridge – an impediment to the view upon entering the library – was dismantled, and the utilities and piping were relocated elsewhere. The once stuffy entrance was now equipped with an approximately 1 m-tall vertical void. We cleared away the bookshelves crowding the atrium and dismantled the shipping containers in the garden. At long last, a single clear space connected the main entrance to the hill backing the site, and scenes of the forest begun to emerge into direct view. The next step was to relocate the books removed from this emptied-out space. This desperately called for a strategy that would maximise the efficiency of the space using the same surface area. Adopting a particularly languorous axis defined from the front to back of the library moving through the central atrium, ten-shelf high bookcases were installed for book storage on the inner chamber of first floor composing an extremely compact and tight fitting space. Then, a more loosely established vertical space was inserted to connect the first and second floors, with the latter housing a relatively more relaxed space than the former.
책장이 사라진 아트리움에는 6m 길이의 원목 테이블 두 개를 연이어 길게 배치해 놓았다. 공간 전체를 관통하는 공간으로서 여유를 부려보기에 합당하다 싶다. 테이블 위 16개의 천창에 덧씌워진 동일한 사각 프레임이 시각적으로 도드라져 보인다. 테이블을 은은하게 밝히는 간접조명의 기능도 갖춘 이들은 새롭게 달라진 아트리움과 더불어 공간 디자인을 주도하고 있다. 아트리움을 비워내기 위해 치운 책들은 1층 안쪽 서고로 옮겨져 10단 높이의 책장에 촘촘하게 정리되어 있다. 느슨한 아트리움과 빼곡한 서고라는 이중적 공간을 마련함으로써 같은 면적 안에서 공간의 효율을 최대화하는 전략을 찾은 것이다.
2층으로 연결된 넓은 계단 한편에 목재 프레임의 계단을 덧대어 앉아 쉬거나 책을 볼 수 있는 벤치로서의 기능을 더하고 있으며, 2층 가장자리를 따라 나 있는 창틀마다 작게나마 개인공간이 마련되어 있다. 답답하고 어두웠던 2층 열람실에서도 이제야 창문 너머로 숲이 보인다. 볕도 한껏 들어온다. 책과 세월에 막혀있던 공간에 숨통이 트이면서 비로소 도서관이 주변의 자연과 호흡하고 공명하게 된 것이다.
Re-establishing the spatial hierarchy through contrasting densities allowed us to restore the original function of the small library as a convivial meeting place for locals, as well as to open up the space through a more fluid circulation. The once dark and stuffy second floor reading rooms now featured broad window views of the forests, resuscitating a once obstructed space, as the library began to resonate with its surroundings. Two 6m-long wooden tables were placed lengthwise in the now bookcase-free atrium. Our hope was that this small neighbourhood library would have at least one open space for leisure activities. The sixteen skylights above the tables were accentuated by a series of prominent square frames, with indirect lighting installed to softly illuminate the tables in the evening. A bookcase was placed to the side of the wide staircase leading to the second floor, transforming the space as a place to read, and small personal spaces were installed alongside each of the windows on the second floor.
These spaces – both dark and bright, full and empty, compact and open, each finished in tones of dark grey or luminous white – partition this library into a composition of binary oppositions. However, just like the dichotomy of life and death, these binaries amplify the impact of each of these spaces in this small library.
프로젝트: 독산도서관 리모델링 / 설계: 임영환+김선현 (주)디림건축사사무소 / 설계담당: 윤지수, 박수현 / 대지위치: 서울특별시 금천구 독산로 54길 114 / 용도: 교육연구시설(도서관) / 대지면적: 2,203.89㎡ / 건축면적: 792.07㎡ / 연면적: 2,203.59㎡ / 규모: 지하1층, 지상4층 / 높이: 18.1m / 건폐율: 31.18% / 용적율: 73.21% / 구조: 철근콘크리트구조 / 주차: 11대 / 시공: 디자인플러스91 / 기계설계: (주)유성기술단 / 전기설계: (주)유성기술단 / 설계기간: 2019.03~2019.07 / 시공기간: 2019.12~2020.05 / 준공: 2020.05 / 건축주: 금천구청 / 사진: 박영채
Project name: Doksan Library Remodeling / Architect: Yeonghwan Lim+Sunhyun Kim / Design Team: Jisoo Yoon, Soohyun Park / Location: Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Korea / Programme: library / Site area: 2,203.89㎡ / Building area: 792.07㎡ / Gross floor area: 2,203.59㎡ / Building scope: B1, 4F / Building to land ratio: 31.18% / Floor area ratio: 73.21% / Structure: R.C. structure / Parking: 11 / Height: 18.1m / Mechanical engineering: yousungeng / Electrical engineering: yousungeng / Construction: designplus91 / Design: 2019.03~2019.07 / Construction: 2019.12~2020.05 / Client: Geum cheon-gu / Photograph: Youngchae Park