The need for adequate seating for daytime reading, discussion spaces, and an exclusive 24×7 reading zone are primary programmatic considerations that led to spatial design. The planning intent offers various spatial configurations facilitating small and large crowds, and crafts spaces for shorter discussions and long study hours.
Edifice Consultants has been entrusted with the responsibility to design the library’s interiors and bring the vision to life while fulfilling the programmatic requirements of the same. The materiality across the various buildings has reinforced the architectural semantics of the Sharda University campus, and the concept for interior design ties in the overall ethos using subtle material expressions. The facility wraps around a large, naturally lit atrium, and the open floor plans are subdivided into distinct zones segregated with the aim of capturing daylight. A central atrium allows natural light to percolate into the different zones for individual reading and collaborative spaces during the day.