Gateway Community Library & Corporate Training Center
ARCH 4011/4372 - Comprehensive Studio Project Integration Spring 2013 - Professors Dan Hoffman & Robert Young David Glen Polk - B.S. Architectural Studies - University of Utah, Class of 2013
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two checmical substances; if there is a reaction, both are transformed. Carl Gustav Jurg
Gateway Community Library Project Narrative & Design Approach
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Gateway Community College Master Plan
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Site Specific Design Advantages
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Massing Concepts and Responses
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Site Plan, Isometric & Exploded Axonometric Views
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Floor Plans
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Elevations & Sections
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Details: Typical Wall Section, Curtain Wall Section, Elevation Section
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Perspective Section: Sustainable Design Considerations
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Experientials
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The Gateway Community College campus lies at the center of the Discovery Triangle on a land-locked city block in a dynamically energized urban area. The proposed master plan for the college addresses issues to better activate the campus with the city - truly making it the connective tissue that reflects the rich and diverse community of Phoenix. The chosen site capitalizes on the convenience of Light Rail, Sky Rail and PTA bus stops, views to the south of the Phoenix Park n’ Swap (one of the busiest places for foot-traffic between Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX), Phoenix SkyHarbor International Airport, views toward South Mountain, views toward Camelback Mountain ,and a strong connection with Canalscape along the Van Buren and 40th Street Intersection. It also allows ample views inward toward the campus and the newly constructed IEB Building by Smith Group. The building concept and parti act much like the Arizona desert landscape boasting long, interminable views of the horizon and also as a gentle reminder of the close, solid connection with nature. The mass of the building acts as a gateway between campus and city that creates urban space much like a glorified airplane hangar. The sleeve of space created by the mass serves as a conduit of intellectual activity. As the role of the modern library shifts, the design serves much like the Janus god – looking both forward and backward. It looks back for inspiration to the etymology of the root of the word library, as it originally meant a simple exchange of resources (not just books). Yet, it also looks forward focusing on the verb form of the word book rather than the noun – emphasizing the activity rather than the object of future libraries. Programatically, the mixed-use Gateway Community Library proposal combines vast public library services with campus amenities; retail stores, a corporate training facility, and creates a new urban plaza - acting both as campus quad and urban living room. The building mass captures the dramatic meshing and overlapping of program elements that provide moments and opportunities to pause, meditate, and then penetrate and unwrap the larger mass into intimate spaces that celebrate not only the the exchang and flight of intellect but also the unique desert climate of Phoenix. The space created in and around the library plays a much large role as ties back into the Gateway Community College campus and into the greater urban fabric of Phoenix. The new Gateway Community Library is just that – a literal gateway between community and college.
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Current Campus Plan Legend: AF - Administrative/Faculty Wing AT - Amphitheater AU - Automotive Center CC - Children’s Learning Center CEI - Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation CH - Center for Health Carees Education CP - Central Plant IEB - Integrated Educatino Building MA - Main Building PS - Public Safety Building SO - South Building
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Master Plan Proposed Development
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Proposed Developments: Branch Library Site Options Green Space Urban Park - Canal Space Quad/Plaza Drop Off Round-About Parking Structure Possible Temporary Parking Service Circulation Entry Prominence
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Current Campus Analysis Primary Pedestrian Axis Secondary Pedestrian Path Primary Vehicular Path Secondary Vehicular Path Service Circulation Entry Prominence
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TOD (transit Oriented Development): In the attached documents, a TOD approach will invite commerce to the campus acting a a business incubator providing various services. The initiative creates a pedestrian friendly urban front while helping to hide parking. Parking Structures: The parking structures respond to the future growth of the campus and urban context allowing for vertical growth while minimizing the footprint. These parking structures can be rearragned or incorporated into other programmatic elements creating potential for mixed-used and hybtid programs. Plaza Condition: The new plaza off Gateway Dr. will serve as a welcoming area for the community acting as a more traditional quad on a college campus. Entry: The overall development of the Gateway Community College Campus will eventually lead to a shifted focus. Gateway Dr. will beome the focal point and main entrance with the approach from 40th st. will become secondary.
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Site Characteristics
A. The parking structure blocks the harsh, west-setting sun.
B. The green corridor along Gateway Drive provides a cooling effect.
C. The grand staircase leading off the IEB will face the plaza creating an intimiate frontality between the IEB and Gateway Community Library.
Massing Narrative
1. SPREAD building footprint. Maximum area to reduce overall height.
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2. PULL plane upward to create volume suffiencet to fit two spacious stories of programmed indoor/outdoor space
3. PUSH to maximize virtual volume where city and campus coalesce into an ambigous gradient of intimate, urban spaces.
D. The corner lot capitalizes on the given circulaiton of the urban context which informs the entrance location
E. The north facade of the library site allows for a porous membrane allowing in great amounts of light, bidirectional views, and a friendly edge condition to the new campus quad.
F. The corner lot allows urban TOD street presence.
G. The back of the structure is strategically placed for service access.
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4. EXTEND the east wall to enclose plaza space and hide the car warehouse
5. DETACH roof from west wall to extend views, ambient light, and give a sense of asymmetrical flight
6. DISSOLVE west wall in response to high foot traffic to allow for a more comfortable pedestrian zone and allow for retail space
7. BEND to respond to programmatic massing and environmental conditions
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Exploded Axonometric View
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Isometric View
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Lower Level: 1. Street Entry 2. Campus Entry 3. Patio 4. Retail 5. Cafe 6. Restrooms 7. Mechanical 8. Library Entry 9. Guest Services 10. Computer Access 11. Stacks 12. Lounge 13. Study Area 14. Exhitibion Space 15. Meeting Room 16. Offices 17. Staff Lounge 18. Circulation Rooom 19. Special Collections 20. Special Collections Reading Room 21. Classroom 22. Private Readings Rooms 23. Children’s Activity Room 24. Children’s Reading Room 25. Drop off/Pick up 26. Drive-thru book drop 27. Shared Plaza
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The form of the building benefits from two large masses, one on the east and one on the west, which block the rising and the setting sun - much like the Phoenix Central Library. The opposing masses also help to stack restrooms, service corridors, mechanical and fan rooms.
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However, separated by 100’, the two masses create an obstacle for mechanical planning. The proposed solution is to locate a primary mechanical room in the larger, east mass and a smaller, independent in the west mass with a plenum space between, creating various comfort zones.
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1. Small Meeting and Conference Rooms 2. Storage 3. Restrooms 4. Mechanical 5. Patio 6. Large Conference Room 7. Teen Lounge 8. Teen Activity Room 9. Private Reading Rooms 10. Small Theater 11. Circulation Room 12. Digital Stacks 13. Study Area 14. Computer Classroom 15. Multimedia Viewing 16. Multimedia Studio
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In order for the north and south facades to remain as transparent as possible, the tension cable curtain walls are set back from the main plane of the building, shading them from most of the direct sunlight.
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Perspective Section Diagram - Sustainable Design
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1. East Mass - blocks excess heat from rising sun 2. West Screen - blocks excess heat from setting sun 3. West Mass - additional barrier for strong, west setting sun 4. Roof Angles - help to shade itself better from the sun 5. Skylights - allows diffused natural light into the main programmed space without artificial light 6. Plenum Space - cools the main library floor closest to the user; also allows for maximum flexiblity for future reconfiguration/renovation 7. Excess Heat Ventilation - excess heat escapes at the high points of the building: east and west walls and through the skylight vents 8. Rain Water Collection - collects rain water to contribute to the greywater system
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Main library floor looing north inward to campus and the IEB building David Polk