Given the current reality where facilities in public spaces are primarily commissioned by government agencies, the design of public buildings has traditionally been determined by a management-centric control system. In particular, libraries, due to the nature of books and their management systems, tend to feature a single mass and a uniform system.

In contrast, the Pyeongtaek Library was planned to define a space dedicated solely to books on an “architectural mat” set within the site of a park, allowing both the interior and exterior of the building to be utilized as spaces for books. Although this is merely a small experiment, through the use of fragmented masses and spaces, we cautiously hope that this open library within a park will serve as a new paradigm for public buildings, allowing public spaces for citizens to become more spatially diverse and freely accessible in the future.