{"id":83172,"date":"2014-04-12T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=83172"},"modified":"2014-04-11T12:15:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T16:15:41","slug":"library-roof-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/library-roof-slide","title":{"rendered":"This library&#8217;s wooden roof is also a playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/library-roof-slide.html\/library-slide-featured-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83312\" alt=\"library slide featured\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/library-slide-featured1.jpg\" width=\"885\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>Photos: John Lin and Olivier Ottevare via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2014\/04\/09\/pinch-community-library-john-lin-olivier-ottevaere-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Dezeen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pinch&#8221; building is at once a library, community center and playground. It was designed by architects John Lin and Olivier Ottevare in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong for a small earthquake-damaged village in China&#8217;s Yunnan Province.<\/p>\n<p>As Lin\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2014\/04\/09\/pinch-community-library-john-lin-olivier-ottevaere-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">explained to Dezeen<\/a>, villages in China often prioritize building houses over communal spaces, even though community-building is such an important part of village life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although the government provided an open plaza for the reconstruction, we wanted to help introduce a program which would activate the site. By adding the library, we have created an important public and communal facility in the village,&#8221; the architect said.<\/p>\n<p>The library&#8217;s sloping roof bridges the gap between a 13-foot-high retaining wall and basketball court below, serving as a wooden slide for squealing children.\u00a0Just be sure to watch out for splinters, kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/library-roof-slide.html\/library-slide-2-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83228\" alt=\"library slide-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/library-slide-2.jpg\" width=\"784\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/library-roof-slide.html\/library-slide-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83229\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83229\" alt=\"library slide-3\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/library-slide-6.jpg\" width=\"784\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because reading isn&#8217;t all that fun on its 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