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DESIGN STUDIO DELTA THE LIBRARY AND THE CITY
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READING SPIRAL
JEREMY BONWICK / 697718 STUDIO 16 / AUDREY SHAW
THE ACT OF READING... PICKING UP A BOOK, READING, THINKING, MAKING CONNECTIONS, MOVING ON, A SERIES OF RELATED KNOWLEDGE. THE LIBRARY SHOULD, AND WILL FACILITATE THIS. THE READING SPIRAL HOUSES BOOKS IN A WAY TO ENCOURAGE OVERLAPS, WITH THE SHELVES ASCENDING CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH THE SPACE IN BANDS — ARRANGED WITH CONTINUOUS LOOPS OF CATEGORIES WHICH OVERLAP VERTICALLY, UNLIKE A TRADITIONAL BOOK-STACK. THE VISITOR — WHETHER THEY ARRIVE WITH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR TO WANDER — IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPONTANEOUS CONNECTIONS, WHERE A SHAKESPEARE PLAY MIGHT BE ON THE SHELF ABOVE A SPORTS BIOGRAPHY OR NATURAL HISTORY VOLUME. THE CIRCLE AND THE SPIRAL ARE REALLY THE ONLY FORMS WHICH SUIT THIS DESIGN INTENT, LOOPING AROUND, ORBITING A CENTRAL IDEA BUT BREAKING AWAY FROM IT. THE SHELVING RUNS IN TWO STRIPS WHICH PLAYFULLY AND ORGANICALLY PULL APART FROM EACH OTHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING MORE PRIVATE AND SECLUDED ROOMS IN THE IN-BETWEEN SPACE — THESE ARE A STUDY ZONE, CHILDREN’S ZONE AND COMPUTER ZONE. AS THE CURVES PLAY AGAINST RECTILINEAR EDGES, LARGER PUBLIC AREAS OPEN UP AS WELL, DRIVEN BY ACCESS TO VIEWS AND SUNLIGHT. IN CONNECTION TO THE CONTEXT, OPEN PUBLIC SPACE TAKES THE PLACE OF THE GROUND LEVEL, OPEN TO THE CITY’S INHABITANTS — NEEDING A BREAK FROM THEIR SMALL APARTMENTS OR ON A OFFICE LUNCH BREAK. THE GLASS FACADE WILL BOTH ADMIT VIEWS AS WELL AS REFLECT THE CITY BACK TO ITSELF. THIS LIBRARY PROVIDES A RICH EXPERIENCE TO SUPPORT THE READERS AND THEIR RICH JOURNEY THROUGH LITERATURE.
C ONCEP T SKE TCHES
PART I DIAGR AM
B O OKC A S E F OR M
Circular
Morph shelves to sightlines
Bookcases pull apart, creates internal space
Breaks to shelves to allow access and flow
Private areas
Circulation
Public areas Sightlines
TRADITIONAL BOOK STORAGE
ENCOURAGE OVERLAPPING
Books sorted vertically down shelves
Media categories sorted along a continous line
STORAGE SYSTEM
1 2 3 4
TRADITIONAL BOOK STORAGE
ENCOURAGE OVERLAPPING
1 2 3 4 Books sorted vertically down shelves
Media categories sorted along a continous line
4 All collections can overlap to create unexpected connections and discoveries
Collection 1 cannot overlap with 4 (etc.)
Pinching
BAND A
FICTION
BAND B
THE WORLD
BAND C
ARTS
BAND D
LANGUAGE
Expanse
BOOKS BOOKS
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
OOKS
BOOKS
ETERIOR
STUDY PRIVATE ROOMS CIRCULATE OFFICES
BOOKS OFFICES
STUDY
BOOKS
BOOKS
STUDY
EXTERIOR
BOOKS BOOKS
BOOKS BOOKS
ETERIOR
BOOKS BOOKS
BOOKS
BOOKS
PRIVATE ROOMS
PRIVATE ROOMS
BOOKS
BOOKS
EXTERIOR
BOOKS
BOOKS
BOOKS
EXTERIOR
PRI
CIRCULATE
BOOKS
CIRCULATE
ETERIOR
ETERIOR
EXTERIOR
BOOKS
OFFICES
BOOKS
STUDY
BOOKS
ET
ETERIOR
“The glass reflects back, impervious to interpretation,” Matilda Bathurst
ETERIOR
BOOKS
PRIVATE ROOMS
EXTERIOR
ETERIOR
EXTERIOR
ETERIOR
EXTERIOR
ETERIOR
EXTERIOR
Spiral collection of books with a series of staircase connections
EXTERIOR
BOOKS
BOOKS
BOOKS
BOOKS
BOOKS
CIRCULATE
EXTERIOR
BOOKS
ERIOR
BOOKS
ETERIOR
BOOKS
BOOKS
The band — the shelf at that point
BOOKS
OFFICES
The radian — the point on the circle
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area of overlap
BOOKS
BOOKS
band a
BOOKS
BOOKS
b
BOOK
BOOKS
c
ETERIO
PRIVATE ROOMS
BOOKS
BOOKS
The band — the shelf at that point
BOOKS
BOOKS
The radian — the point on the circle
CIRCULATE
BOOKS
BOOKS
d h c g b f desired book band a e area of overlap d
OFFICES
BOOKS
LIGHT
e
STUDY
BOOKS
BOOKS
f
desired book
BOOKS
EXTERIOR
BOOKS
THREE STAGE BOOK LOCATING
PRIVATE ROOMS
BOOKS
ETERIOR
BOOKS
g
CIRCULATE
BOOKS
EXTERIOR
STUDY
h
OFFICES
ETERIOR
CIRCULATE
GENERAL
EXTERIOR
BOOKS
BAND G
ETERIOR
OFFICES
SCIENCE
BOOKS
BAND F
STUDY
PHILOSOPHY
BOOKS
BAND E
VATE ROOMS
LANGUAGE
Farnsworth House c. 1951
B
BAND D
c. 2011 Yi Architects
BOOKS
ARTS
MIES VAN DER ROHE
BOOKS
BAND C
STUTTGART CITY LIBRARY
BOOKS
THE WORLD GENERAL
EXTERIOR
BAND B G
R
FICTION SCIENCE
EXTERIOR
PHILOSOPHY
BAND A F
Focus Access around the circle, inside and outside, views outwards as well as inwards
BOOKS
BANDSBAND E
300 – Social sciences 400 – Language 500 – Pure Science 600 – Technology THREE STAGE BOOK LOCATING 700 – Arts & recreation 800 – Literature 900 – History & geography
The floor — categries split across floors
double side bookshelves
BANDS
000 – Computer science, information & general works 100 – Philosophy & psychology 200 – Religion 300 – Social sciences 400 – Language 500 – Pure Science DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSES 600 – Technology 700 & recreation 000 –– Arts Computer science, information & general works 800 – Literature 100 – Philosophy & psychology 900 200 –– History Religion& geography
The floor — categries split across floors
Focus
BOOKS
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSES
circulation area
new interpretation
Collections wrap around in a circle to create bands of knowlege
No spontanious knowlege overlaping...
single side bookshelves
Focus
BOOKS
3
Circle and square superimposed
BOOKS
2
Enclosure
Curved Shelving: Centrally focused, inward looking circle layout
c.1920 Gunnar Asplund
1 2 Collections wrap around in a circle3 to create bands of knowlege4
No spontanious knowlege overlaping... 1
STOCKHOLM PUBLIC LIBRARY
All collections can overlap to create unexpected connections and discoveries
Collection 1 cannot overlap with 4 (etc.)
External rectilinear skin
PRECEDEN T ST UDIES
VOID
Linear bookcase
Raised floor provides a stage for the context
Glazing reflects the context back to the viewer Simple unobtrusive structure