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demolition of the small branch library at the rear of WCC Library HQ building, take down the railings in front of the south pavilion on Boghall Road, move the rest of the railings and gates closer to the headquarters building, widen the footpath to provide spaces for bicycle parking, disabled parking for library users, form a new public entrance off Boghall Road leading directly into the library which is a two storey building with a round reading room, top lit by clerestory windows, with student study spaces overlooking the reading room. The form of the building is a cylinder within a square plan, with exhibition room, children's library ( including a storytelling theatre), changing places, a community meeting room, as well as eighteen small offices in a work from home hub. A sensory garden is proposed at the southeast of the building opposite the Community Centre. The library HQ courtyard, (including the mobile library garage) will be retained. Attention to WCC policy for Near Zero Energy building is part of the design of the new library