ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/903713/maya-somaiya-library-sharda-school-sameep-padora-and-associates Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Pilar Caballero https://www.archdaily.com/903713/maya-somaiya-library-sharda-school-sameep-padora-and-associates The site chosen for this small addition of a children’s library within a school in rural Maharashtra, was a sliver between existing buildings and the school boundary, a site that almost implied a linear building footprint to adjust the program for the chosen site.
Alluding to the impetus that children have towards landscape over a building we imagined the library building to be a formal extension of the ground plane. A place inside for study and a place above for play. With the limited teaching resources available in the larger vicinity we needed the inspiring spatial experience to be a magnet to attract students and hopefully other residents from the nearby settlements after school hours. 

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