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SITE PLAN PLAN 2
THE THREE LARGER SPACES- THE ENTRANCE HALL, THE DINING HALL AND THE READING HALL CONSTRUCTED IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY THAN THE RECORDS ROOMS. I THOUGHT THAT THEY SHOULD BE DIFFERENT ROOMS, LARGER AND HIGHER. THEY COULD BE BUILT OF A DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION THAN THE SMALLER ROOMS, COULD EVEN BE PLACED APART FROM THE SMALLER ROOMS, SO THAT WHEN YOU SAW THE BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE YOU FELT THAT YOU COULD DISTINGUISH THE HALLS AND SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE ROOMS. I WOULDN’T WANT TO CONFUSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ONE WITH THE OTHER ONE BEING OF RATHER POWERFUL AND THE OTHER SMALLER SCALE CONSTRUCTION.
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AFTER TRYING MANY SCHEMES, IT WAS FOUND THAT THREE SQUARE BUILDING, EACH CONTAINING ONE OF THE LARGER SPACES AND RECORDS ROOMS, COULD SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF LIGHT AND AREA AND THAT BY THE WAY THEY WERE PLACED TOGETHER COULD JOIN TO FORM ONE BUILDING WITHOUT THE USE CONNECTORS. THIS WAS NOW WITHOUT QUESTION THE SCHEME, CONSIDERING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, THE DEMANDS OF SPACE, AND THE POSITION ON THE SITE. AND SO THE BUILDING IS COMPOSED OF THREE-SQUARE BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE JOINED TO FORM THEIR OWN CONNECTORS. THE SIDES OF EACH SQUARE GIVE LIGHT TO THE RECORD ROOMS AROUND THE PERIPHERY, AND THE NUMBER OF ROOMS REQUIRED DETERMINES THE SIZE OF THE SQUARES, THE INTERIOR AREAS OF THE SQUARES BECOME THE THREE BIG SPACES THE ENTRANCE HALL, THE READING HALL, AND THE DINING HALL AND THESE INTERIOR SPACES WHICH HAVE NO LIGHT FROM THE OUTSIDE ARE GIVEN LIGHT BY CLERESTORIES. THE PLAN CAN BE COMPARED TO THAT OF A SCOTTISH CASTLE, IN WHICH THE THICK WALLS OF THE CASTLE CONTAIN SMALL ROOMS SERVING THE CENTER HALL. HERE YOU HAVE A KIND OF HOLLOW WALL OF ROOMS AROUND THE SIDES OF THE SQUARES, FREEING THE INTERIORS FOR LARGER ROOMS. THE BUILDING IS ON THREE LEVELS WITH THE MIDDLE LEVEL BEING THE ENTRANCE AND SOCIAL LEVELS. ON THIS LEVEL ARE THE THREE LARGER HALLS, WHICH ARE TWO STORIES HIGH, FROM THIS LEVEL, ONE TRAVELS UPWARDS TO RECORDS ROOMS OR DOWN TO RECORDS ROOMS. THE CENTER SQUARE BUILDING OF THE COMPOSITION OF SQUARES IS THE ENTRANCE BUILDING AND IS DIRECT AXIS WITH THE PRADA AT BALBOA PARK. THIS BUILDING WILL BE A CONNECTOR FROM THE PARK LEVEL TO THE LOWER LEVEL TRAILS, NEWLY LOCATED ROSE GARDEN ETC. THE BUILDING FITS THE NATURAL SLOPE OF THE GROUND AND FORMS A TWO STORY BUILDING ON THE ENTRANCE SIDE AND A THREE STORY BUILDING ON THE PARK BLVD. SIDE.
CASE STUDY
PLAN 1
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58’ 45’
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WEST SEC.