COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Urban Infill

TAYLOR’S Architectural Design Studio 5 2015

This project focuses on designing a community library within an urban infill site. The design of the building consist of appropriate architectural responses that addresses the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioural patterns as discerned and analized int the preliminary studies.

Apart from developing an appropriate formal and elevational strategy in response to the character of the street, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, technical and environmental requirements to address the user needs for an urban community library.

URBAN INFILL - A new development that is sited on vacant or undeveloped land within an existing community, and that is enclosed by other types of development. The term “urban infill” itself implies that existing land is mostly built-out and what is being built is in effect “filling in” in the gaps.

BRICKFIELDS has undergone an immense amount of change throughout the years. A once mellow district has now been invaded by a skyline filled with high rises and skyscrapers and considering its placement near the central hub of transportation in Kuala Lumpur, it is constantly congested with people far and wide coming in and out of the area. In addition, with its identity of being a place with diverse culture and consisting of a wide range of different communities, it becomes an ideal site to introduve a community library.

The community library has a potential to become a central hub for the diverse community, connecting all the different personalities and drawing them into one place. It should also be able to remove boundaries of social statuses and thus creating a space of learning and sharing among each other. The idea is to create a balance between social space and study space.

It emphasizes on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents and the organization of the planes represent object independently of represential requirements.

The formality of using simple geometrical shapes, overlapping and interlocking planes can be used as a design strategy and relating it to site.

The design aim is to maintain the individuality of each space and at the same time the spaces are all connected becoming one entity. Plugging in different characters and communities together harmoniously, thus creating a vibrant environment.

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

A play of voids levelling of spaces and exposing of spaces via curtain wall was emphasized in the design of the building to achieve maximum natural light penetrating into the building.

The hierarchy of spaces created through the interlocking and different levellings allow interesting intersticial spaces to be present througout the building.

SECTION B-B

FLOOR SLABS FIRE STAIRCASE, LIFTS & SETBACKS

LEGEND:

1. SLOPE IN PLASTER

2. REINFORCED CONCRETE PARAPET

3. LIME CONCRETE FILLET

4. LIME CONCRETE TERRACING

5. REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB

6. PLASTER CEILING SYSTEM

7. CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM

8. COMPOSITE CONCRETE SLAB SYSTEM

9. SUPPORT BRACKET STEEL ANGLE

10. UNIVERSAL STEEL BEAM

11. BRICK WALL

12. APETURE MECHANISM // To allow light to penetrate into the building

13. PROTRUDING BRICK MEMBER // For façade aesthetics

14. PRECAST CONCRETE SYSTEM // wall - slab - foundation

DETAIL WALL SECTION