The old San Diego Library

The Old San Diego Library As the NewSchool of Architecture and Design By: Noura P. Bishay Supervised by : Robin A. Brisebois

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• Introduction • History • Location • Proposal 1: • Deconstruction

• Proposal 2: • Transformer

• Proposal 3 • Preserver

• Questions

https://sites.google.com/a/festusedu.com/6thgradesocialstu dies/home/ancient-egypt

Introduction http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/11-things-you-may-notknow-about-ancient-egypt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/

The Old San Diego Library History • In 1882 the San Diego Public Library occupied several rooms on the second floor of the Commercial Bank Building Our History and Identity • The Downtown location was purchased by $17,000 and The library was funded mainly Andrew Carnegie. He donated $50,000 • During 1950’s old San Diego library was built by William Templeton Johnson. He also designed the post office building in front of the library.

• What is important to us?

• Social Equity – Free to the Public • The source of education and knowledge • It is time to invest in yourself- It is a well spent time • Incredible site and valuable structure • It used to be a catalyst but now its abandoned. https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/publiclibrary/pdf/firstlibrary.pdf

Architecture School Library Students

Faculty

Administration

Gym and Games

Cafeteria

Lounge

Student Lounge

Faculty Lounge

More rooms

Historical Building

Location

Survey

Cafeteria

Housing Restrooms with showers Garden

Common Kitchen

Outside

Auditorium 100 seats

It’s the shape and the memory

Skylight

Homeless people

Well ventilated Rooms Downtown

Site Visit

3D Room

Inside

Plenty of unused furniture

Broadway Street 1-Postmail office

2 3

E Street

2- Parking structure

1 3- Residential building

Spirit

Essence

Beauty

A Touch from the past

Semi-public/ private place

Crowning the memory

The Gift

The Gift Wrap

Inviting the community “All rooms were to receive as much natural light as possible “as all Californians recognize the necessity of sunny rooms.” “Richard Crawford, San Diego UnionTribune. May 24, 2008

You can not enjoy the gift without unwrapping the gift

Diagonal Option Name

Quantity

Area

Studio

5

26730

Auditorium

1

3874

Gallery

2

5342

Cad lab

11

6268

Class Room

10

4634

Dean and Faculty

23

4154

Gym and Games room

1

1896

Library

1

3639

Material lab

1

3006

Print shop

1

980

Meeting room

1

765

Student lounge/ balcony

1

1000

Garden

1

7000

Cafeteria

1

2000

Office

16

3368

Restrooms

38

3548

Common Kitchen

1

899

School President

1

1215

Housing for 2

8

2285

Housing for 3

1

356

Housing for 4

2

1513

Program Unit

Quantity Area Sqft

Material Lab

1

2487

Studio

9

35688

Gallery

1

3642

Restroom

30

4108

Office

14

3178

Faculty

23

5194

Printshop

1

1655

Computer Lab

6

3925

Meeting Room

1

674

Admin Lounge

1

685

School President

1

661

Classrooms

16

9962

Gym and Games

1

1146

3D Room

1

889

Audio room

2

210

Library

1

4208

Cafeteria

1

1798

Student Lounge

3

3000

Outdoor Common Kitchen

1

1000

Auditorium

2

5304

Painting and Sculpture room

1

720

• We set the codes to protect the public health but is it more healthily to sleep in the street rather than sleeping inside the library building?

• Do we value books more than Human beings?

• The opportunities of refurbishing the furniture inside the library is plenty and teaching the homeless to build their own beds and shelter even if it’s temporary is going to effect the whole city.

Nouraphilip@hotmail.com

Joan Wojcik - Micheal Stepner - Robin A. Brisebois- Chuck Crawford NewSchool of Architecture and Design – American Association of University Women (AAUW)

619 450 9876

Special Thanks To :

Noura.Bishay@student.NewSchoolarch.edu

Noura Bishay is a talented architect from Egypt. After finishing her Bachelor degree in Architecture from Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Marine Transport (AAST(, she worked in two of the top architecture firms in Egypt. While working she has gained not only her bosses' trust but also the clients' trust. She has worked on a wide range of projects from residential to commercial and industrial. Her knowledge of most architecture software makes her unique and fast. Also she was able to train her coworker and support them. She is a good leader and a good follower. After six years of professional experience, Noura is pursuing her Master’s degree in Architecture at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design. She has been on the Provost's List for every quarter since she began her program and was awarded five scholarships; AIA Scholarship, International Student Scholarship, Merit Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship and finally the AAUW International Fellowship. Noura also, volunteered in developing a slum area for the garbage collectors in Egypt. She is passionate about helping the homeless and supporting women's right everywhere she goes. In addition to studying, She was chosen to be a Teaching Assistant in both Undergraduate and Graduate courses. She has taught more than 200 students. Noura believes that we can change the world by our actions and she puts her heart and soul into everything she does.

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