Assignment 3.0 - Precedent Studies

My precedent studies were on two separate libraries.  The first was a library in the Greensboro library branches, the Kathleen-Clay Edwards Library located off of New Garden Rd. in Greensboro, NC.  The other was the Viipuri library in Russia that was originally designed by Alvar Alto.  Without realizing it, the two libraries turned out to be similar to one another.  Both were built within parks, emphasized light and had specific areas for children.  The first 3 images are from the Viipuri library, floorplans, a sunlight diagram I created from the information I found on the libraries skylight's.  I also created an image diagramming the figure/ground adjacencies, along with the vehicular and pedestrian circulation around  both libraries.  I also took photographs of the Greensboro library and included the ones I thought my helpful to record for my precedent.  2 floorplans of the Kathleen Clay Library and another diagram which lists to features of both libraries.

Assignment 4.0 Site Analysis

The first project we had to begin our designing of the Vance Chavis Library was a Site Analysis. As a group we were asked to study the solar orientation, vehicular/pedestrian circulation,historical context of the Library, as well as, the figure ground,scale/massing. I focused on the Solar Orientation and the scale and orientation of the spaces that are currently in use in the library.  The first 2 images are what I created based on my studies of the building's solar orientation.  The third and fourth images are the final boards my group presented.  The last image is the diagram I created based on the spacial adjacencies that are in the current building in which the library is housed.  The main thing I took away from this assignment is how important light is in a building and how poor the quality of natural light the current building is getting.  Also, I realized how blocked off all the spaces in the current building are.  There needs to be an open floor plan that allows for free flowing spaces.

FINAL DRAWINGS

Sketch Models

These are photo's of my sketch models.
-The top is a close up of my proposed dropped ceiling, I fell in love with this shape.
-The middle photo models (from left to right); wall heights in relation to one another with dropped ceiling, seating model, a model that explored color, wooden slats model (which I later decided not to use in my final design), the last is a model to explore material in the best way to make a curved wall in my model.
-The bottom photo models (from left to right) dropped ceiling, the first scaled model of the space, Since I explored human dimension in space to extensively I made a model of close social space, the type of space that I was basing my design around, I felt it was important to model scaled dimensions of the human body in one of my sketch models, the last is an exploration of materials for the color that would be behind the glass in my design.

Reading Room; seating study

I also studied how one might sit while reading a book, these are a few of my sketches from that study.

Reading Room- Human Form Studies

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As I was designing I shifted my focus to the human form. Its dimensions, personal space, and proximity to other people. Which led me to my final concept, Form Follows Function; the Human Form. All of my design decisions began to stem from this study.
The first drawing I sketched from the dimensions given in the book, HUMAN DIMENSION & INTERIOR SPACE by Julius Panero.
The second is a sketch model I made from clay that illustrates the "Human Ellipse", the model is also proportional to average human measurements.

Reading Room- process work

Original footprint of the art gallery with square footage. Theres also some sketches and floor-plans that were apart of my process in designing the space. Mostly hand-drawn but one image was created in photoshop by overlaying a sketch of the curved walls over a photograph of the current gallery.

Reading Room - precedent images

Some images that I found during my research that helped guide my designs.

Reading Room- process

These are all images that I considered while designing my reading room.

Reading Room iAR 411

Our first assignment for this studio was to design a reading room in or around the studio arts building on campus. I wanted to design mine in the art gallery thats located in the lobby of the building. Currently, the art gallery is somewhat of a wasted space. The doors are almost always so the space doesn't live up to its potential. Since the gallery is in-between the art side of the building and the interior architecture side all students could use it and would possibly build comradely between us as students. I began with an embracing concept but it slowly evolved into a concept that was centered around the human body's proportions in space.