In this ingenious twist on the ‘halfway houses’ that are used to re-introduce prisoners to society, the emphasis in this project is on rehousing, and training, those who worked as prison librarians while they were inside. Pockets of deep shade and bright light are used to highlight the book displays that are made open to the public, and especially to local children, who are given their own library. Careful textural interplay between concrete and timber surfaces give a sensuous tactility to this new building on Camden Road, which replaces an existing community library and forms part of the wider redevelopment of HM Prison Holloway.
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