Piazza delle Cinque Scole is located in the historical center of Rome at the edge of the former Jewish ghetto. The piazza is in a state of non-use due to the area’s reconstruction around 1900. The project seeks to reactivate the piazza through the intervention of a library and a re-interpretation of its surrounding urban space. The building comprises three main spaces: an open-air ground floor, a main library room, and an intermediate lobby space. The ground floor is sunken into the earth with stairs which can be used as a place for seating, gathering, and performing.