89TH STUDIO ENGINEERS HURRICANE-RESISTANT KIOSK IN NORTH MIAMI

Designed by 89th Studio, Le Petite Bibliothèque is a 264-sqft civic shelter sited in North Miami’s Claude Pepper Park, adjacent to the Joe Celestin Recreation Center. Developed to house an automated 24-hour lending library kiosk manufactured by Ohio-based company Envisionware, whose standard modular prototypes had previously failed to meet South Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) building codes, the project resolves severe wind-load compliance through a bespoke, climate-responsive envelope engineered to withstand Category 5 storms.

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MULTI-GABLED SILHOUETTE acts AS BILLBOARD AND LUMINOUS BEACON

The structure by 89th Studio is framed in structural steel with welded and mechanically fastened connections, forming a multi-gabled geometric silhouette that acts as a visual signifier within the park.…