Comprehensive Design Studio, Fall 2024
DESIGN NARRATIVE LIGHT FROM THE LARGE INTERIOR COURT YARD BRINGS YOU INSIDE THE MAIN LOBBY AND ORDERS YOU UP AND AROUND THE TREES WITHIN THE CENTER COURTYARD TO COLLECT A STORY AND NESTLE INTO THE ARCHES AND EXTERIOR WALLS. BOOKCAS ES FOLLOWING THE ABOVE STRUCTURE TO FRAME BEAUTIFUL EXTERIOR VIEWS CON CEPTUALLY DRIVEN BY THE DESIGN STIP ULATION OF 40% OF THE THROUGH LOT BE ‘OPEN TO THE SKY’. THE INTERIOR CIRCU LATION IS MAINLY DEFINED BY LOOPS AND CIRCULATION ZONES LEAVING THE EXTERIOR LADNSCAPE TO BE FREE OF SYMMETRY OR REPEATING PATHS ALLOWING THERE TO BE MORE DISCOVERY AND PRIVACY. THE KIDS ENTRANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE FOLLOWS THE SAME RULE SET AT HALF THE SCALE WITH A FACADE OF WINDOWS THAT HINT AT THE PROGRAM BEHIND THEM. THE PROJECT UTILIZES OPEN CONCEPT PROGRAMS MESH ING WHATS NORMALLY DIVIDED INTO ROOMS IS FREE FLOWING ON THE FIRST FLOOR AL LOWING YOU TO MOVE AROUND THE COURT YARD EITHER THROUGH THE PERIODICAL AND CAFE OR THE MEDIA AND YOUNG ADULT AREA ALL SPACES PROMOTE CONNECTIVE NESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
LONGSPAN STRUCTURE CONCEPT I DREW SOME CONCEPTUAL INSPIRATION FROM THE MAGGIE LEEDS CENTRE BY HETHERWICK IN SATISFYING THE LONGSPAN STRUCTURE 5,000SQFT READ ING ROOM. A SERIES OF PROPORTIONALLY SIZED ARCHES CREATE A SQUARE ENCLOSING A PERFECT GLASS CYLYNDER THAT ACTS AS A LARGE INTERIOR COURTYARD MAKING UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE REQUIRED ‘OPEN TO SKY’ SPACE. A CLT COMPRESSION RING SUSPENDS THE GLASS INSIDE WHILE THE ARCHES COMPRESS THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING. THE CLT ARCHES ARE PLACED 25’ ON CENTER CREATING A 100’X100’SQFT BOX. THE ONLY GLASS IS THE CENTER COURTYARD LEAVING THE EXTERIOR WALLS OPAQUE ALLOWING A NATURAL ORIENTATION TWOARD THE CENTER, ARCHES HELPING TO ENCLOSE THE USER WITHIN THE WORLD IVE CREATED. STACKS WITHIN THE LONGSPAN SPACE FOLLOW