The Undulating Infinity CentreUnifies a School Campus With aCentral Libraryby Lori Zimmer, 10/23/14filed under: Architecture, gallery

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The Infinity Centre designed by McBride Charles Ryan is a futuristic curvaceous library that unifies the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School campus in Melbourne, Australia. Thesleek building was designed with aerodynamic lines to combat the high winds that occur on the school’s site. The infinity-inspired shape creates natural cloisters and meeting places wherethe students can relax or study outside while being protected from the wind.

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The Infinity Centre was designed to draw students back to the library by making it the central heart of the campus. Radiating out from the library are two wings that together form protectedand private courtyards for students and staff to use. The courtyards create an opportunity for natural light and ventilation to permeate the entire structure, giving an airy feeling inside andout.

Related: Rotterdam’s Stepped Central Library Sprouts a Green Roof and a Beehive!

The curved undulating archways along the base of the structure seem to raise up from the ground, creating a playful design that doubles as shelter from wind and rain. Each archway islined with locally recycled timber, tying the campus with the land. Emulating the curvature of the building are a pattern work of glazed bricks arranged in stripes. The glazed bricks also actas a natural insulator for the interior, blocking wind and helping to control temperature. The glazed bricks also visually unify both wings by giving them the same skin.

Inside, each school wing is given its own identity with different color schemes, which meet together at the shared central library. The Infinity Centre creates a modern campus for studentsto become inspired by as they learn.

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