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Hercules Public Library
San Francisco, California
The Hercules Public Library stores close to 800,000 books and periodicals within its 21,500 sq. ft. steel frame. The asymmetrical structure features a butterfly roof and an elliptical courtyard. The design is dynamic and inviting, creating somewhat of a community center with an independent Children’s Story Telling Room in a tilted conical tower.
The library’s façade consists of naturally weathering steel panels, allowing the building to transform over time and become more a part of the community it supports. The structural solution for this innovative design consists of a lateral system of concentric braced frames in both orthogonal directions.
San Francisco, California
The Hercules Public Library stores close to 800,000 books and periodicals within its 21,500 sq. ft. steel frame. The asymmetrical structure features a butterfly roof and an elliptical courtyard. The design is dynamic and inviting, creating somewhat of a community center with an independent Children’s Story Telling Room in a tilted conical tower.
The library’s façade consists of naturally weathering steel panels, allowing the building to transform over time and become more a part of the community it supports. The structural solution for this innovative design consists of a lateral system of concentric braced frames in both orthogonal directions.