Teesside University’s library goes far beyond its functional purpose of providing the 10,000 students that pass through its doors each week with a place to read, study, and learn. It provides a home from home, offering a haven of peace and quiet during what can be the most stressful periods of university life.
Taking place over a period of four years, beginning in 2012, the project was divided into four phases - staggered over summer breaks to reduce any potential disruption to the University and its students, and ensuring all resources remained available throughout the transformation. Designed by
CMPG Architects and featuring Camira fabrics in
Patina and Xtreme throughout, the project has succeeded in creating a space that perfectly balances functionality with style, durability with comfort, and modernity with homeliness.
Incorporating a theme which sought to bring the outside in, as an antidote to the stark exposed concrete structure of many of the library’s internal walls, CPMG Interior Designer Scarlett Spalding developed a ‘Four Seasons’ concept which is reflected throughout the building. Utilising a color palette which includes the zingy freshness of spring, the vibrancy of summer, earth tones of autumn and a monochromatic winter palette, this seasonal progression is mirrored in the journey through the floors of the building.