Founded 20 years ago, this library is situated on the 5th floor of a government building, with neighboring markets and a nursery downstairs in New Taipei City Taishan District. The interior space was cramped and obsolete, poorly organized in layout, insufficient daylighting and leaking issues, which is not safe and an unheard spot among citizens. Nowadays, by implementing app reservation systems and inter-library book sharing, there was a renovating demand for sparing more spaces to improve visitor movement.

To build a safe and satisfying public space for all demographics around the community is the main aim. With an open interior layout, the interior space is planned to meet the needs of modern libraries, and includes sufficient daylight via the holistic configuration of furniture placement. Among a 1320 sqm area and 6-meter ceiling height, the single-story library is open-plan and utilizes the high ceiling of the existing building to create a series of unique bookshelf designs.

Mountainous design concepts derive from the district characters. Wood open shelving incorporated with hollow boards to form a conceptual woodland beneath a cloudy sky, demarcating area compartments. A continuity of transparent materiality and see-through design creates a poetic visual unity and interactive parent-child environment. The see-through book shelving not only shapes a multi-level space and visual experience, but also encourages visitors to see the library as an extension of their living space and thereby enhancing the library utilization.

Additionally, compared to the same period last year, there has been a 50% increase in the number of visitors to the library, and the usage of the children reading area has surged by more than 3 times after the renovation.