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Holst Architecture, Adjaye Associates and MultiCultural Collaboration have been selected to design Multnomah County Library‘s new east county flagship, a 95,000-square-foot facility that will serve the about 40 percent of Multnomah County residents who live east of I-205.

After a multiphase request for proposals facilitated by Multnomah County’s Procurement team, the Library Capital Bond Program Management Office announced the team on Wednesday.

Of nine projects approved by voters in November 2020, the east county flagship will be an entirely new building from the ground up. The building will be on a scale similar to Central Library in downtown Portland, but with the accessibility and ease-of-use for all East County residents.

The prime architect of record is Holst Architecture. Holst has completed 11 major affordable housing and social service projects in East County, including The Nick Fish, which provides quality affordable housing in Portland’s Gateway Urban Renewal Area. Holst also designed the Rockwood Youth Campus, which brings together Open School, Rockwood Boys & Girls Club and New Avenues for Youth in a unique non-profit campus concept that provides vital services to the East County community. Kim Wilson, Holst principal and owner, will serve as the principal-in-charge for the project.

鈥淎s a team, we’re passionate about projects that center and highlight the power and wisdom of communities, and we know the new flagship library can fulfill all these possibilities and more,鈥� Wilson said in a news release. 鈥淲e believe this should be a space that sparks creativity and imagination — a space that, like a good book, continues to give, unlocking new ideas and connections.鈥�

Joining Holst on the project as design architect is Adjaye Associates, an internationally acclaimed architecture firm known for its work on recent projects, including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., and the Winter Park Library & 91视频 Center in Winter Park, Florida. The team from Adjaye is led by Sir David Adjaye OBE, an award-winning Ghanaian-British architect.

鈥淚 am humbled and honored to be selected as design architect for this precedent setting library project,鈥� Adjaye said in the news release. 鈥淭ogether with Holst and MultiCultural Collaborative, we will work together and in close, continued dialogue with the local community of East County to design a lifelong learning facility that instills a sense of collective wonder and pride.鈥�

MultiCultural Collaborative, which helps communities of color amplify their voices in policy and decision-making discussions, will also play a key role on the project. MCC is particularly knowledgeable about the work of the library as it organized and led focus groups for the 2016 Framework for Future Library Spaces, which has closely informed the work for the Library Capital Bond Projects.

The Engagement and Design Integration team from MultiCultural Collaborative includes Anita Yap, engagement and integration lead; Nikoyia Phillips, equity and engagement strategist; and Suenn Ho, design integration lead.

鈥淎s a women-owned, BIPOC team we will serve as role models to inspire BIPOC youth and community members to see themselves as the experts in equity focused design,鈥� the MCC team noted in the news release.

On July 8, Multnomah County Library and TriMet announced an initial agreement to begin a due diligence period of 120 days to negotiate the library’s prospective purchase of the Gresham City Hall Park and Ride as the site for the East County Flagship.