Wellington Central Library Research

Analysis of existing Wellington City Council policies and strategies to synthesise objectives for the new Wellington Central Library. 

In March 2019, the decision was made to close Wellington’s Central Library indefinitely in response to new seismic performance guidelines that highlighted structural issues with the building. The opportunity arose to rethink Wellington’s library offering and adapt it to a more future-focused building and library service. 

TUA reviewed and analysed existing WCC information, synthesised objectives and identified key gaps in information needed to inform the future direction for the Wellington Central Library. 

TUA conducted a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities of redesigning the Wellington Central Library, including consolidated information from WCC strategy and policy documents, and research and engagement done to date. Key ideas for the future of Wellington’s library were then developed to feed a vision document for guiding the future development of the central library. These communicated both the community’s ambitions for the library and its functional requirements.