TEA GJINI. DESIGN 3. PROF. J. HWANG.

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1. PRECEDENT ANALYSIS: TRES GRANDE BIBLIOTECQUE. OMA. PARIS, 1997.
2. DESIGN 3 PROJECT: PUBLIC LIBRARY. GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
PRECEDENT ANALYSIS: TRES GRANDE BIBLIOTECQUE. OMA.
PARIS, FRANCE. 1989.
SITE: 250m x 300m x 35m rect-
angle in eastern part of Paris on
the left bank of Seine; facing (on
right bank) sports arena, future
Park de Bercy (to be linked to li-
brary site with pedestrian bridge)
and the Ministry of Finance.
PROGRAM: sound and mov-
ing image library/cinema-
theque, recent acquisitions
|iLrcry {Lcck:, f|m:, vicec:), ref-
erence library, catalogue li-
Lrcry, :cienIifc re:ecrch |iLrcry.
TOTAL AREA: 250,000 m2
AXONOMETRIC VIEW MODEL BY OMA
CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION SITE PLAN
SOLID + VOID
PROGRAM
RESEARCH LIBRARY
CATALOGUE
RECENT ACQUISITIONS
REFERENCE LIBRARY
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STRUCTURE = MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT + 9 SHAFTS + 5 PARALLEL WALLS
WEST ELEVATION
SECTION
SUPERIMPOSITION OF THE VOIDS
IF THE STATE WAS REINVENTING CULTURE, THE ARCHITECT HAD TO REINVENT ARCHITECTURE.
CULTURAL ASPECT
We assemble all storage in one colossal socle. in that
podium, we put circulation (more than four kilometers).
Cn Ihe pccium, we crcp fve cifferenI fcrm:... uh, |iLrcr-
ies: some round, some square, some on sticks, some sink-
ing into the socle, some... etc., etc.
STRATEGY
We took the program; and exca-
vated several elements, creating
a shape representing the storage
and a second shape representing
the public elements of the libraries.
...the single image created by su-
perimposing all of the data. This
represented the coexistence of all
these elements in a single building.
CONCEPTUAL SECTIONS
CATALOGUE LIBRARY - THE SHELL
RECENT ACQUISITIONS LIBRARY - CROSS
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CEILING
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FLOOR
RESEARCH LIBRARY - THE LOOP
FLOOR BECOMES WALL - WALL BECOMES CEILING
WALL BECOMES FLOOR - LOOP DE LOOP
CIRCULATION
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CONCEPT
ABSENCE FLOATING IN MEMORY.
The library is imagined as a solid
block of information from which voids
are carved to create public spaces.
FORMLESS ARCHITECTURE.
DESIGN 3 PROJECT: PUBLIC LIBRARY. GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN.
What is the library today?
How do we connect?
What will make us
explore a new place
& interact?
Those are only some of the questions that
came up before starting the analysis. The
fact is - library has changed and now it
has to serve and gather people. The con-
cept was derived from a series of view-
ports and impressions taken around the
neighborhood. The connection of the
neighborhood to the city was evident.
I explored different views and sketched
them. The spatial conditions of the view-
port in sketches were translated into col-
lages, which later became a 3D model.
These products of the analasys became
main diagrams and helped the creation
of the concept and design. The Green-
pcinI FuL|ic LiLrcry i: c refecIicn cf iI:
surrounding - a space which allows for
different kinds of perspectives and views.
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EXPANDED VIEW. SEPARATION. UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW. MULTIPLE VIEWS. APERTURE. RADIAL VIEWS.CIRCULAR PERSPECTIVE.PANORAMIC VIEW.
VIEWPORT DIAGRAMS: SKETCHES + COLLAGES + MODELS
1. WATER FRONT AT INDIA STREET 2. WATER FRONT AT KENT STREET
3. FRANKLIN STREET AND MILTON STREET
4. FRANKLIN STREET AND INDIA STREET
5. FRANKLIN STREET AND OAK STREET
CONTINUATION. UNIFORMITY. OVERLAP. LAYERING.
6. KENT STREET BETWEEN FRANKLIN STREET AND MANHATTAN AVENUE
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CONDITIONS.
VANISHING VIEW. DISSOLVING
VIEW. DEPTH. SUSPENDED VIEW.
CHANGING. LINEAR. DIRECTED.
7. FRANKLIN STREET AND KENT STREET 8. FRANKLIN STREET AND FREEMAN STREET
LINEAR SINGULAR DIRECTION. FOCUSED VIEW. FRAMED. LIMITED. NARROW.
V1 - WHYTHE HOTEL - 6TH FLOOR
V3 - FRANKLIN STREET AND KENT STREET
PROCESS MODELS: FROM SKETCH TO FINAL
V1 - WHYTHE HOTEL - 6TH FLOOR
VIEWPORT 1 (V1)
VIEWPORT MODELS - PROCESS
CONDITIONS.
MAXIMIZED VIEW. EXPANSION. EXPOSURE. CONTEXTUAL. OPEN VIEW.
UP UP
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KENT STREET
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1 - PUBLIC ENTRANCE
2 - CIRULATION DESK
3 - TECH PROCESSING
4 - COMPUTERS FOR
CARD CATALOG
5 - COMPUTER SEVER
6 - CUSTODIAL FACILITIES
7 - RECIEVING DOCK
8 - STAFF OFFICE +
LOUNGE
9 - SECURITY
10 - READING ROOM
11 - STORAGE
12 - REFERENCE OFFICE
13 - REFERENCE DESK
14 - DIRECTORS OFFICE
15 - STORAGE
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR
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V2 - FRANKLIN STREET AND FREEMAN STREET
VIEWPORT 2 (V2)
16 - CHILDRENS ROOM
17 - CAFFE
18 - GAMING ROOM
19 - PERIODICAL ROOM
20 - ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
THIRD FLOOR FOURTH FLOOR
VIEWPORT MODELS - PROCESS
MAXIMIZED VIEW. EXPANSION. EXPOSURE. CONTEXTUAL. OPEN VIEW.
CONDITIONS.
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
CROSS SECTION
KENT STREET
UP DN
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1. WATERFRONT AT INDIA STREET
VIEWPORT 3 (V3)
21 - READING ROOM
22 - READING ROOM
23 - READING ROOM
24 - ROOF TOP
FIFTH FLOOR ROOF TOP
VIEWPORT MODELS - PROCESS
OBSTRUCTED VIEW. OVERLAPING. BLOCKED. LINEAR VIEW. SINGULAR VIEW.
CONDITIONS.
SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION