The Public Library At West Sansom Library Design Within Culture and Context of West Center City Philadelphia
Logan Dry - Design VI - Professor Chung - Philadelphia University - Spring 2012
Contents Rationalization Library Furniture- Integrated Stack Study Library Design Site Analysis Design Intent Programming Structural Systems Exterior Envelope and Intersections Entry Sequence Moving Towards A Resolution Final- The Public Library At West Sansom
This compilation shows the process behind developing architecture from an initially intangible idea, into something tangible with realized potential. Given the program of a public library, to be designed on the Western boundary of Center City in Philadelphia, site context, building skin, and structural systems became the main focus of the semester. In particular, the circulation through the neighborhood and into the site itself via Sansom Street became the driving force behind my design; it shaped not only the building form, but from there skin and structural responses that emphasized this strong circulation. Being a tectonic studio, the work I’ve developed shows how structure can influence the character of building, and in effect create meaningful moments within a space. This project is one in which the realities of structure and skin were integral to the design process from the beginning , rather than applied elements at the end that ultimately had little significance to the architecture. The Library at West Sansom Street is a culmination of two distinctly juxtaposed structural systems, that along with the building skin, work to address the unique pedestrian quality evident on Sansom Street.
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Library Furniture- Integrated Stack Study
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The use of sliding motion allows access to storage on the top shelf and steel file drawer. Both operate without interfering with the task at hand and the user.
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Steel- File Drawer The use of sliding motion allows access to storage on the top shelf and steel file drawer. Both operate without interfering with the task at hand and the user.
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The addition of a drop leaf element turns this conventional desk into an L-shaped workstation, which coincides with the possible layout of an employee’s office equipment to comfortably and efficiently complete a task. An employee can type, edit, secure, and file a document simply by turning the body; all of these possibilities are within an arms reach.
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Study of the George Nelson 4658 Desk shows attention to materiality and function. The use of 3 primary materials, each applied to a surface with a defined use, begins to denote portions of the desk for writing, storage, filing, and typing. The desk demonstrates the importance of tectonic assembly as a means to create a functional and ergonomic workspace.
(Top) Explorations of how work surface, shelving, and seating could be combined in a single modulated unit.
(Above) Study of physical circulation through the stacks in a typical library. Linear circulation is typical, but by rotating the stacks and making them diagonal and criss-cross in form, the circulation path is more ambiguous, starts to redefine the stacks of a typical library.
(Left) Idea of shelving and curved work surface. Multi-tiered shelving goes up to 6’ in height. (Left) The all in one furniture unit. The aim of the design was to create a unit that was integrated with typical book stacks, the idea being that the user could literally sit within the stack at their own personal study unit. Requirements of storage, a work surface, bench, and electric/AV equipment fit seemlessly into the mid height integrated stack furniture unit.
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The module seeks to create a shelf for a user within the typical shelves designated for books, forming a corresponding relationship between the user of the module and the books in the library. Just as the books have their place on the shelf, the user has a defined spot within the integrated shelf/bench units. The mid height design, created by two shelf units and open desk, create a sense 1’-10” of privacy without completely isolating the individual user from the rest of the library atmosphere and users. Plan
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PUBLIC LIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT WEST SANSOM STREET THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT WEST SANSOM STREET THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT WEST SANSOM STREET THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT WEST SANSOM STREET
LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA DESIGNER: Logan LOCATION: Philadelphia, PADry DESIGNER: Logan Dry DESIGNER: Logan DATE BUILT: TBA Dry DESIGNER: Logan Dry DATE BUILT: TBA DATE BUILT: TBA DATE BUILT: TBA
Rationale: Given a site within the western bounds of Center City Philadelphia, analyze the surrounding neighborhood and context. CULTURE CULTURE Develop site strategies that take into account the users of the proposed library and how the architecture will adress surroundings CULTURE CULTURE
businesses/residences. Massing and formal exercises should include: Site circulation, Community analysis, and Program analysis as it relates to the site. Time Line- South 24th & Samson St Philadelphia PA 19103
Time LineSouth 24th & Samson Samson St Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 19103 19103 Time LineSouth 24th & Samson St Philadelphia PA 19103 Time LineSouth 24th & St PA
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Proposed Library Retail/Restaruant Educational/Church Healthcare Entertainment
“Extend Avenue of Activity into the Library” Sansom street is filled with various shops, schools and entertainment venues, creating an area heavy with foot traffic. The site sits at the end of Sansom street, and will play an integral part to the completion of the avenue of activity
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View down Sansom street at the proposed entry of the library. The entry and atrium space to follow directly lines up with the street.
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Create a Beacon Within the Community in the Form of a readily accessible library-- creates a distinct identity within the neighborhood. The idea of a beacon is to draw attention to something, it is an icon. Since residents of the neighborhood do not have a locally accessible/convenient library, the resource is not used. By creating a library that is essentially a destination point at the termination of the “Avenue of Activity” the library will become a more frequented place.
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(Below) Diagrams showing the common limitations of an atrium...visual engagement only but in essence it is all wasted vertical space.
(Right) The solution proposed it putting program and walk able spaces within the atrium space...the atrium is no longer just visually engaged, but also amement of space only, limited to physically inhabited at multiple levels.
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“The physical engagement of the Atrium, in both Library circulation and program placement, seeks emulate the active and processional qualities of Study- to Atrium Vs. Mezzanine Sansom street, the “Avenue of Activity.”
and physical engamement, more ads to integrated spaces.
Typical Atrium space- Visual engamement of space only, limited to
Typical Atrium spaceVisual engamement space only, limited to Ambulatory Circulation, seperatedofspaces. Ambulatory Circulation, seperated spaces.
Atrium with platforms, bridges, and physical engamement, more dynamic circulation leads to integrated spaces.
Atrium with platforms, bridges, and physical engamement, more
(Top) Diagrams examining program arrangement in section. With an entrance on the middle floor, the louder sections of the library are located downstairs, while the quiet more private areas are located on the 2nd and third floors. (Left-Right) Placement of initial massing on the extreme back and front of the site. Both examine initial ideas of program surrounding an atrium or open space as the continuation of Sansom street.
(Top) The idea of integrating activity and inhabitable space into the atrium is first manifested through a series of suspended reading platforms. Initially conceived as 14’ x 14’ floating islands in the middle of a triple height space, they provided a usable space, but were disconnected from the mezzanine program space. (Left) As the idea of the floating platforms progressed the structure of the atrium would have to be fortified to not only support the atrium itself, but also the programmatic platforms floating in the space.
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Massing and initial schemes that show program spread from mezzanine areas into the atrium space in the center. The atrium space acts as a datum for the program to latch onto reinforcing the idea once again of the atrium being an extension of Sansom Street. The curving form seeks to extend Sansom Street, but break away from the linear geometry established by the typical street grid.
CONTEXT/NATURAL LIGHT The entire North facade of the building is com a glass curtain wall, oriented to the north we enough natural light to penetrate the perime Kahn space without damaging artwork and sculptu within the museum. LouisRationale: Kahn Design a structural system to support the building including wall, roof, and flooring deeper systems. Structure must be exposed in at
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least two areas on the interior of the building. While being evident on at least one public facade, the structural solution should begin to Connecticut Logan Dry - Design VI - Prof. Chung - Philadelphia University 2012 create a hierarchy of space and program as well as establish a specific character of the building.
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PROJECT CONCEPTS Kahn sets new concepts such as symmetry, clear separation between public spaces and service spaces and a new vocabulary based on the triangle and the circle. The triangle as a figure appears on the stairs and as structural concept in the construction of the triangulated waffle slabs. PROJECT INTENT “Create a sense of uninterrupted horizontal continuity”, expressed through the repetition of a modulated, undulated concrete ceiling system. This system was designed to be both aesthetically interesting, but also functional eliminating the need for a false ceiling. PROJECT STATS 4 floors of gallery space totaling 62,000 sq ft Primary building materials: Concrete, brick, limestone, steel and glass
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Designed as an addition to 2 previous buildings that held art collections.
Precedent analysis of the structuring system in Louis Kahn’s Yale Art Museum addition revealed how a structural system can be modulated, and through the modulation, create a system that influences the interior and character of the space. The exterior of the building shows specific responses to the surrounding campus context as well as the sun patterns. Hence, the main structure is masonry and concrete.
spaces below. The webbed forces are then carried down Date: 1951-53 to the ground through a series of concrete columns, Location: Yale University Campus, New Haven, Connecticut eliminating the need for load bearing walls. TETRAHEDRAL SLAB SYSTEM In order to maintain an open floor plan, Kahn used a system of precast concrete pyramids to create a reinforced floor slab system. The units, measuring approximately 36” in diameter, carry point loads from the slab, and triangulates the forces downward, onto the surrounding tetrahedrons. The grided layout of the units creates voids where HVAC ducts, electrical lines, and spot lighting can be concealed. The entire floor assembly is 3 feet deep, and reduces the overall ceiling height, channeling air through both the cavity and the finished spaces below. The webbed forces are then carried down to the ground through a series of concrete columns, eliminating the need for load bearing walls.
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LATED PROPORTIONS the ceiling ted the triangle as theplane. primary geometry used his building. The overall proportions of the w a 2 to 1 ratio. In order to define the stairs as a ulation on each level, he creates a circular stair which triangular stairs are circumscribed. This n of linear and curvilinear geometry happens nd the move denotes circulation. The 4 storey lso relates to the idea of “human finitude”, m the top floor downwards being symbolic of dimly lit abyss.
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Diagrams showing possible lateral bracing in the atrium space. Various scenarios show a system of horizontal floor slab bracing, x-bracing, chevron bracing, and open web truss bracing at the roof line. In addition to the trusses and bracing, the mezzanines begin to act as a type of flying buttress to support the central space.
An active structural system in the atrium space contrasts a more austere and plain concrete structuring system on the mezzanines. The articulation of the steel arches in the atrium create an interplay of shadow and light, creating an intricate and articulated structuring system to emulate the activity and action happening in the space.
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Initial structuring for mezzanine platforms and reading spaces. The specially designed and pivoting connection points allow the suspension cables to fit the exact angle when the platforms are suspended. To the left is a structural axon in which the primary lateral bracing and structure consists of ARCHsteel framing grid.LATERAL BR COLUMN STRUCTURAL AXON 1/16”- 1’
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Section Light Study, Atrium Provides Light to supporting mezzanine spaces
Arch Pergola Structure denoting atrium structuring at Sansom Street Entrance
Non -Fiction Atrium View, Looking Towards Entry Vestibule
Exterior Envelope and Intersections Rationale: Design a building skin that is both responsive to the overall design intent as well as surrounding site context. Skin should
reinforce the character of the space. Consider how the skin interacts with the structuring systems as well as internal program denotation. Design the intersection of the facade and structure to have an approximate R-value of 25, and no more than 30% of the building skin can be composed of glazing.
Facade studies examining the relationship of panel size, placement, and repetition to the program within, and the effects on the exterior of the facade.
Clear book case display unit to be used at friends bookstore.
Further development of book case system yields into precast concrete panels with book shelf and glazing inserts. The use of each insert reflects the programmatic needs of the space within. The goal was to denote, on the exterior through the book units, the concentration of books pertinent to each library program space.
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Library Second Floor- Childrens Circulation -Low Shelving -Shelving inverted inward to create seating areas -Low Glazing allows for coustom kid friendly views
Public Meeting -Minimal light needed for presentations and movies, indirectlylocated up towards the ceiling for sidelight
Fiction/Non Fiction -Glazing and book units are evenly spaced; the gradient of shelves and glazing provides sidlighting via metal panels for the books
Young Adult -Magazine sized, primarily takes advantage of 3rd floor views with more glazing units that books to promote more lounging and casual study
Public Meeting -Minimal light needed for presentations and movies, indirectlylocated up towards the ceiling for sidelight
Reference -Ordered Stacks, small glazing inhibits large amounts of sun from damaging materials/books
Entry Sequence Rationale: Design an entry vestibule/dedicated entry space. Thoroughly design the intersection of the facade and entry taking into
consideration the entry zone as a climatic buffer zone. Entry should convey the programmatic goals of the interior as a transitional space from street level to the interior. Consider how pedestrians will visually and physically engage the entry way both from the street and from within the library itself.
A large stair at the entry was important in conveying the sense of exploration, as well as making a grand transition from street level of Sansom, to the second story of the library where the formal entrance is located. Making the stairs wide and exaggerated added not only to the grandeur of the entry, but it also allowed the stairs to become inhabitable space. In the final design, the entry stair is denoted as a continuation of Sansom street through a change in material, and the surrounding wider stairs become grass terraces for reading and relaxation.
Moving Towards A Resolution With the design process coming to an end, finalization of skin, structure and program culminate into a more cohesive project, in which a vocabulary between structure, skin, and program is clearly evident. Resolution in structural systems, and facade panels are finalized, and details such as connections between skin and structure are worked out and articulated.
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Built in book case units work both to give the mezzanines an added sense of weight to juxtsapose the light and delecate nature of the atrium. The precast panels also denote interior program mainly in the placement of the shelving units, and the glazed units. On the exterior the individual units begin to establish a sense of scale of books and therefor the users as well.
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The final structural scheme included a contrast of heavy and light structuring. The light structure of the atrium, with an active circulation is opposite of the mezzanine structuring in heavy and austere concrete.
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11. Outdoor 11. Outdoor Entry Terraces Entry Terraces 12. Entry 12.Lobby Entry Lobby 13. Friends 13. Friends Bookstore Bookstore 14. Circulation 14. Circulation Desk Desk 15. Circulation 15. Circulation services/ services/ workroom workroom 16. New16. Releases/PeriodiNew Releases/Periodicals cals 17. General 17. General Fiction Fiction 18. Non18. Fiction Non Fiction 19. Technology 19. Technology Hub Hub 20. Media 20.Collection Media Collection 21. Outdoor 21. Outdoor Balconies Balconies
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Atrium View towards Sansom- 3rd Floor Mezzanine
The Essence of Design for me, is found within the evolution of an idea. Evolution is not possible, however,
without the process of discovering new ideas. What I try to do in all of my projects, is to pick a centralized concept, a “driving force�, and let that idea be the foundation of my design. This driving force does not change throughout my design process; what this allows me to do is change and re configure my physical design, whether it be an entire building, or a small portion of that building, to something that still reflects the central idea. I find it is most important to stick with a strong driving force, and let that influence design, rather than let the design influence or change the original driving force. That being said, my designs are the result of evolution; that evolution is informed by the centralized concept.