- New library built from shipping containers
- A colourful and affordable library and free clinic has been designed and built in Batu, Indonesia, using shipping containers.
The council plans to spend £1.2m on the temporary library that is expected to stay in place for up to five years.
The closure of Newington library following a devastating fire in the adjacent town hall has been putting pressure on other libraries in the borough, and there is a growing demand from students for quiet study space and access to IT.
A container library in the UK is unusual, but there is a precedent elsewhere. In the past Designing Libraries has reported on an innovative development in Indonesia that could set a new direction for permanent as well as temporary libraries for designers (and councils) with bold imagination. Click on the link below.