Internet Haven PUBLIC LIBRARY FALL 2018 | ARCH 574 | Prof. Tierney The biggest present the Internet has given us is the decentralizing and deauthorizing the power derived from the monopolization of information. Our society has truly escaped from the feudalistic hierarchical system by the informatization triggered by the Internet. However, the problem occurred by the appearance of giant IT corporates such as Google and Facebook which deliberately collect and privatize the information on the web to maximize their financial income. This phenomenon could potentially bring all of us back into the hierarchical society of the past. As an architectural solution to this matter, The Internet Haven is made to stands against the hierarchizing the Internet in both symbolic and functional senses. Suggested by the British architecture professor, Simon Unwin, in his book, “Analysing Architecture”, architecture is divided up into two types, ‘temple’ and ‘cottage’. The ‘temple’ replaces the uneven ground with a controlled surface as a foundation. (Unwin 88) It often uses foreign materials, stands above the landscape, protects its content from the exposed climate, in order to exhibit the creator’s power and authority. Another type, ‘cottage’, similar to the ‘temple’. Also protects against climate, but
for people and animals who inhabit within not for authoritative materials or dignity. It rather uses the materials nearby and aims to soaks into nature. In order to preserve the Internet’s equalitarian role in our society, I concluded that the place must represent both ‘temple’ and ‘cottage’ types at the same time. The place should be considered as important as a temple, but as humble as a cottage. In order to express this idea into architectural solution, The Internet Haven resembles both natural and urban landscape simultaneously by lifting up the ground as if it is a natural hill and carving out 4 different pathways to create a close relation to the quadrant grid massively shown in the urban city plan. Regardless of where the visitors from, the layout guides everyone equally to the center to enter any programs within the archive. As the visitors walk towards the center, the natural hill seam- lessly becomes an inhabitable artificial space. Connecting the smart city built by Google and the neighboring parks, with the Internet Haven as a medium, the place becomes an ambiguous boundary between nature and urban, private and public, or temple and cottage.
according to professor simon unwin, there are two archytypals; Cottage and temple, in his book, analysing architecture. the “cottage” is built of material around, incoperate with the site, whilst the “temple” uses forign materials, control the ground, shows off authority.
Stepped landscape
ada accessible landscape
cottage architecture with a temple scale
Dance Studio
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Open User Space Reading Area
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Mech. Room
Lifelong Study Studio
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Restroom
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Lifelong Study Studio UP Stage
Lifelong Study Studio
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Lifelong Study Studio
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Public Computing Area
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Maker Space (7500SF)
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Maker Space (10300 SF)
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45’
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Maker Space(10300 SF)
0’ 15’
45’
105’