Frisco | January 2023

TURNING THE PAGE

In 2015, a strategic plan published by the Frisco Public Library concluded that the public entity needed more space. Its shelves were more than 90% full despite having 30% of its materials checked out on average, according to the strategic plan.

2015: The library publishes a strategic plan with studies that conclude it is near capacity in the municipal center 2019: Frisco voters approve $62 million bond to fund relocation and renovation of the library 2021: Construction starts to transform

the former Beal Building into a new library December 2022: The library branch closes at the municipal center as sta transport materials to new space February 2023: The library is slated to reopen at the new space

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will operate like a department store at a mall. All proceeds from book sales are donated to the library. Lighting the library posed a partic- ular challenge, Holley said. The light- ing had to be bright enough without creating glares or hotspots. Most of the library’s lighting reaches a color rendering index of about 70, which is good, Holley said. CRI is used to measure how accurately colors are portrayed by a lighting source in com- parison to natural light. In the quiet reading room on the second oor, the CRI measurement reaches about 90, which is exceptional, she said. In addition, each shelf on the rst oor will have its own lighting. Rexy, a 23-foot-tall TRex model skel- eton, acts as a gateway to the children’s area on the rst oor, Holley said. An interactive “Tiny Town,” found along the south side of the rst oor, features Leadership Frisco’s Ready to Read Railroad train and some inter- active learning areas for children, including a grocery store, a construc- tion site and a veterinary clinic. As a grandparent, Schmittler said she was excited to see the activities and programs that will be available for children, including the expanded Ready to Read Railroad train. “I think the outreach for children has always been very good,” Schmit- tler said. “But there’s going to be so

much more in this space.” Design inuences

The architecture rm Gensler designed the new library to highlight Frisco’s connection to the Blackland Prairie, the primary ecological region found throughout North Texas. “Even when they were making the library itself, it was supposed to give you the idea of being out in Blackland Prairie,” she said. Reminiscent of dogtrot-style homes that were common on the Blackland Prairie in the 19th and early 20th cen- tury, two entrances on the library’s north and west side create an interior breezeway, according to Gensler’s web- site. The landscaping outside will fea- ture about 33 native plants and trees. “[The project] really kind of came from a vision of being the essential heartbeat for Frisco,” Cheney said. When people talk about the future of libraries, there is so much more that happens at a library than people are aware of, Cheney said. The new library was designed so people can have dif- ferent experiences on dierent days. “What’s being created there is going to be a place that people just want to be at,” he said.

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FRISCO EDITION • JANUARY 2023