Spokane Public Library (SPL) and Spokane Public Schools (SPS) joined forces to create a unique partnership that houses SPS’s Virtual Learning program, and large flexible teacher training spaces, as well as maker space studios and event gallery for SPL.
This community-minded project allows free access 24/7 and provides multiple spaces that can be “checked-out” for meetings, training, and creating. Artists can reside in studio spaces for up to 6 months at a time to pursue their craft, anything from painting, macrame, or building a canoe. Located on a gritty historically underserved commercial strip the design is inspired by and embraces its diverse context of mixed businesses and warehouses, and explores the idea of sign, symbol and image in architecture and the environment.
