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Magazine display wall / / S i t t i n g e l e m e n t / / c o n c r e t e s t a i r
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01 Siteplan 02-03 Plans 03-04 Sections
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02-03 Textures
MATERIALS
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Vaults
Central Library Edinburgh
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06 Groundfloor 1 information desk 2 coffee corner 3 bar 4 magazine wall 5 sitting stairs 6 archive room 7 WC 8 reading room 9 print room 10 staff/storage First Floor 1 study room/conference room 2 open reading room 3 connecting element 4 magazine wall 5 sitting stairs 6 archive room 7 WC 8 single reading boxes 9 double reading boxes GR
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Second Floor 1 entrance to Central Library 2 work space 3 sitting stair 4 vintage magazine area
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Sections through Library
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Main entrance of Magazine Library The glass facade of the Library leaves an open view to the Cowgate from the sitting stair. As much light as posible is drawn into the space and at night it illuminates the bridge from inside.
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Main entrance of Magazine Library The glass facade of the Library leaves an open view to the Cowgate from the sitting stair. As much light as posible is drawn into the space and at night it illuminates the bridge from inside.
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Main entrance of Magazine Library The glass facade of the Library leaves an open view to the Cowgate from the sitting stair. As much light as posible is drawn into the space and at night it illuminates the bridge from inside.
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Detail Magazine display wall
Perspective Magazine display wall _wall connecting with I-beam _ flurocent light on the back of the shelfs which lights magazines and the reading rooms _ sitting elements connecting with the light wall
Sections scale 1:20 1 Magazine display shelfs 19mm panels with oak vaneer 2 steel I-beam 3 100mm reinforced concrete floor 4 indirect lighting fluroscent 5 16mm double skinned acrylic sheet translucent cover plate for reading rooms
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Detail Sitting stair Sections 1 16mm acoustic slab with micro-perforated oak surface layer 30mm compressed mineral wool 2 50mm lam. construction board with oak surface layere 3 exposed concrete, smoothed 4 100mm rexposed einforced concrete floor 5 65/30mm solid oak handrail 15mm clear toughened safety-glass balustrade fixed between steel flats
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Detail Reading boxes Sections 1 reading boxes 19mm MDF panels 2 textile covered foam pedding, lemon green 3 reading lamp flurocent
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CORTEN
Materia CONCRET
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Oak
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DOUBLE SKINNED ACRYLIC SHEET
CARPET