The Red Hook Grain Terminal served as a grain storage space in the last century. Nowadays, the stored items are not just physical but could have become containers for knowledge. The New York Public Library comprises three libraries that operate independently. Since the site is located in Brooklyn, it is considered one of the new branches of the Brooklyn Public Library. The circulation system of books and off-site storage space play a vital role in the Brooklyn Public Library. Unfortunately, both are little known to the community and easily overlooked, and there is a practical demand and potential for improvement in the existing library system.
The concept of the Inside Out Library: on one hand, it breaks the existing closed nature of library spaces, extending part of the library space into the city, becoming part of an open space where users can freely explore the area between indoors and outdoors. On the other hand, it aims to create a library space that allows the public to freely browse archives, presenting books and collections that were initially stored in closed archive rooms in a different form to users, providing value for reading and display.
