An important role of the public library is providing a focus for cultural and artistic development in the community helping to shape and support the cultural identity of the community. While libraries may need to house fewer physical materials, they need space for their members to generate their own materials and space for the community to come together and share ideas. 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In this multiplicity of roles of the library extends itself further in service of a multi-faceted society, challenging conjectures of its impending obsolescence. department of architecture thesis topic: public library asaba a study on the space configuration and adaptation to change in library design. Directed by the running countdown on our blackboard, we were spurred on by the slogans surrounding us. Public library; the most democratic and one of the few spaces under the public realm of the city have tremendous potentials to transform into value-addition as community information, knowledge, resource and service centers. There will be spaces where these functions overlap like the reception spaces, the large atriums and the reading halls where there is visual and physical connection with the other spaces providing a multi-generational experience. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Program: