THE ASHAWAY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED IN ASHAWAY, RI IS A SOCIAL EPICENTER OF THE COMMUNITY, FUNCTIONING NOT ONLY AS A LIBRARY, BUT AS A COMMUNITY CENTER. THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL HOUSE, BUILT IN 1871, WAS MOVED TO THE CURRENT SITE IN 1907, WITH ADDITIONS ADDED IN THE 1960S AND 1980S. A GROUP INTERVENTION OF THE ASHAWAY LIBRARY STEMMED FROM THE IDEA OF NATURAL LIGHT AS A WAY TO MESH THE SOCIAL NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY OF ASHAWAY, AS WELL AS ILLUSTRATE THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE AND ENLIGHTENMENT.
STUDIO | PROFS. JEFFERY KATZ, SKENDER LUARASI, & WOLFGANG RUDOLF | RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN | SUMMER 2015
