Chinatown Performing Arts Library

Prof. Eva De Vega Perez

A calm and quiet place within the chaos of Chinatown. The building performs through its form, circulation, space and furniture. The design focuses on bringing light into the building in a dense manhattan site. Through a void that travel across the interior space, light is brought into the building. The library creates two co-existing worlds for the occupants to experience as they move through it. One world that encloses the searcher in books and another that encloses the readers in light.

Program 1. Entrance 2. Reading Spaces 3. Book Stacks 4. Void 5. Auditorium 6. Elevator 7. Egress Stairs 8. Open Stairs 9. Circulation Desk 10. Lavatories 11. Staff Office