Designing with words Three Libraries for Meran
VOLUME 4 PORTFOLIO
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Davide Perottoni
Designing with Words Volume 4: PORTFOLIO CONTENTS Analysis Meran p.8 The River p.10 The Valley p.12 The City p.14 The Road p.16 The Castle p.18 The Church p.20 The Field p.22 The Wood p.24 The Hof p.26 The Mountain p.28 Three Libraries p.30 City Library Context Axonometry p.34 South Elevation p.36 North Elevation p.38 Plan +1.15m p.40 Plan +4.3m p.42 Plan +9m p.44 Plan +12m p.46 Forest-courtyard section p.48 Archive-courtyard-crater section p.50 Archive-forest section p.52 Forest-archive section p.54
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Crater exploded axonometry p.56 Crater structural concept p.58 Forest structural concept p.60 Detailing p.62 Materialisation p.64 South view p.66 Forest p.68 Forest p.70 Forest p.72 Crater p.74 Crater p.76 Courtyard p.78 South facade p.80 Foothill Library Site Plan p.84 South Elevation p.86 East Elevation p.88 North Elevation p.90
Plans, movements and schemes
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Longitudinal section p.94 Transversal section p.96 Structural concept p.98 Detailing p.100 Materialisation p.102 Exterior view p.104 Tower staircase p.106 Nook p.108 Reading hall p.110 Common spaces p.112 Baths p.114
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Archive staircase p.116 Top gangway p.118 Mountain Library Four Walls p.122 Plans p.124 Exploded view p.126 Longitudinal section p.128 Transversal section p.130 Structural concept p.132 Detailing p.134 Materialisation p.136 Arrival p.138 Dining room p.140 Living room p.142 Staircase p.144 Library p.146 Library p.148 Room p.150 South facade p.152
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The characters of the landscape
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Meran
A crossroad of valleys and cultures
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The River
Adige, Passirio and the memory of glaciers
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The Valley
Meran, a crossroad of valleys
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The City
Sober buildings surrounded by rocky peaks
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The Road
Sanatoriums: music, conferences, theatre and promenades
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The Castle
Controlling the territory and orienting settlements
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The Church
Social gatherer and pin point of towns
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The Field
Textures, colours and lushness
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The Wood
The skin of the mountain
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The Hof
Living the mountain
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The Mountain The Idea of North
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Three Libraries
Declining the design to the three dwelling modes of the mountain
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City Library
A modern palace integrated in the city fabric, embodiment of the essence of Meran
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City Library
Context axonometry
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City Library
CITY LIBRARY Context Axonometry 35 1:500 GSPublisherVersion 0.0.100.100
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CITY LI
South E
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City Library South Elevation
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IBRARY
Elevation
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CITY LI
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City Library North Elevation
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IBRARY
Elevation
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City Library Plan +1.15m
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City Library
CITY LIBRARY Plan + 1.15m 41 1:200 GSPublisherVersion 0.0.100.100
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City Library Plan +4.3m
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CITY LIBRARY Plan + 4,3m 43 1:200 GSPublisherVersion 0.0.100.100
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City Library Plan +9m
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CITY LIBRARY Plan + 9m 45 1:200 GSPublisherVersion 0.0.100.100
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City Library Plan +12m
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CITY LIBRARY Plan + 12m 47 1:200 GSPublisherVersion 0.0.100.100
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City Library
Forest-courtyard section
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CITY LI
Cross Section Arch
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hive-Garden-Tower
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City Library
Archive-courtyard-crater section
CITY LI
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City Library
Archive-forest section
CITY LI
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IBRARY
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City Library
Forest-archive section
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City Library
Crater exploded axonometry
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CITY LIBRARY Tower Exploded Axonometry 1:200
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City Library
Crater structural concept
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City Library
CITY LIBRARY Tower structure 1:200 59
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City Library
Forest structural concept
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City Library
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City Library Detailing
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City Library
Facade Detail 1:20
Tower Detail 1:20
Foundations Detail 1:20
CITY LIBRARY Constructive Section D-D
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City Library Materialisation
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City Library South view
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City Library Forest
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City Library Forest
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City Library Forest
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City Library Crater
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City Library Crater
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City Library Courtyard
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City Library South facade
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Foothill Library
Gathering landscape and culture, a lighthouse in the sea of mountains
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Foothill Library Site Plan
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Foothill Library
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Site Plan 1:500
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Foothill Library South Elevation
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Foothill Library East Elevation
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Foothill Library North Elevation
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Foothill Library
Plans, movements and schemes
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Foothill Library
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FOOTHILL
North-Sou
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L LIBRARY
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FOOTHILL
East-West Bas
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Foothill Library Structural concept
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FOOTHILL LIBRARY Tower structure 1:200 99
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Roof Detail 1:20
Entrance Detail 1:20
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Foothill Library Detailing
Water Detail 1:20
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Foothill Library Materialisation
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Foothill Library
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Foothill Library Exterior view
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Foothill Library Tower staircase
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Foothill Library Nook
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Foothill Library Reading hall
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Foothill Library Common spaces
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Foothill Library Baths
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Foothill Library Archive staircase
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Foothill Library
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Foothill Library Top gangway
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Foothill Library
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Mountain Library Living with the mountain, a detached place of retire
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Mountain Library Four Walls
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Plans
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Exploded view
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Longitudinal section
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Transversal section
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Structural concept
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Mountain Library
Mountain LIBRARY Structure 1:200 133
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Mountain Library Detailing
Roof Detail 1:20
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Stairs Detail 1:20
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Mountain Library Materialisation
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Arrival
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Mountain Library
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Mountain Library Dining room
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Mountain Library Living room
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Mountain Library Staircase
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Mountain Library Library
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Mountain Library Library
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Mountain Library Room
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Mountain Library South facade
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Mountain Library
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