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Library of Wenzhen College LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Between Mountains and Water WANG SHU

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Parti

Cross Axial Parti Diagrams (Plan)

Finding the parti of the Wenzheng College Library was determined by looking at the primary geometry’s at work. There are two planar elements used to generate the structures characteristics. A dominate horizontal grain that is intercepted by another plane at an obtuse angle.

The shell of the structure begins to take shape as the widths on both axial elements are increased to provide space for the program.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Path and Enclosure WANG SHU

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Parti

Cross Axial Parti Diagrams (Plan)

Replacing the cross axial members show the relationship between both the members themselves and the new structure taking shape.

The culmination from parti to form.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Twisted Cruxiform Organization WANG SHU

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Figure / Ground Relationships

Site Diagrams (Plan)

Before adding the site you can look at the parti as a puzzle piece the can be moved and shifted in free space. Using this kind of play can make the parti more or less apparent.

Realigning the pieces in their original order shows a contextual relationship between the structure and the ground.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Ground Influences WANG SHU

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Figure / Ground Relationships

Site Diagrams (Plan)

As the site grows around the structure so does your perception.

Final site location, along a lake located on campus. The reason for the chosen location relates Chinese design being in nature, between the water and the mountains. Backing the site is a elevated foothill further linking the design of the inbetween.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Site Influences WANG SHU

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Figure / Ground Relationships

Solid vs Void Diagrams

Beginning with the solid horizontal member we begin to take away and punch through it to create the design that will satisfy the parti, starting with removing the left end for an open deck condition.

Next we overlay the second member.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Primary Bar Wing WANG SHU

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Figure / Ground Relationships

Solid vs Void Diagrams

Now the void for the second member is created and the primary conditions have be satisfied, however there is more we can do to further the design beyond the parti.

Here the central circulation has been punched into the structure, creating an internal moment.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Intersecting Space WANG SHU

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Figure / Ground Relationships

Solid vs Void Diagrams

Now the front facade has been pulled back to create the primary occupiable spaces.

The final diagram resolving the structure and its new components, or lack there of. Notice how this diagram has returned to a parti diagram.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Intersecting Bars WANG SHU

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Figure / Ground Relationships

Diagrams (Plan & Axon)

The Library of Wenzheng College plays a lot with solid vs. transparent as two of it’s facades are glass. This plays a relationship with of not only the circulation, but the main idea of being a Chinese garden between mountains and water.

The orange sections in the axon represent glass while everything else remains solid.

The plan diagram shows how the relationship of something transparent and thin can relate to the think solid walls on opposite facades of the building.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Transparency WANG SHU

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The first floor is below grade with the southern section of the structure extended over the lake. Windows line the southern facade of the structure giving ample views to the lake.

Program

Program Diagrams (Plan)

Open Space Bathrooms Vertical Circulation Lecture Hall Book Shelves

The second floor introduces more programs and more spaces to occupy, namely a vignette that extends beyond the structure out over the lake.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Use per Floor Public Facilities WANG SHU

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Program

Program Diagrams (Plan & Section)

The third floor, similar to the second floor, has reduced programs providing a more direct interpretation of the space and its use.

A section of the structure showing program relationships and the extended vignette.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Use per Floor WANG SHU

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Program

Public, Private and Inbetween (plan)

A gradient is used to show how areas of privacy (dark gray) become more public (light gray to white) as you move from the rear of the structure (upper section) to the front (lower section). Note how the more private occupancies are located about the core of the structure.

The second floor follows the same hierarchical order as the first floor, the core consisting of mainly private and semi private occupancies while the exterior spaces are open to the public circulation.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Use Gradients WANG SHU

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Program

Public, Private and Inbetween (plan & section)

The third floor loses most of its privacy but still retains a small amount of it about the core.

A section showing the relationship of public and private spaces.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Public Private WANG SHU

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Program

Ordered Space (plan)

These diagrams show how the spatial organization plays a role in how the structures programs inform its use and how to access these ares. The dominate feature is the crossing member which places it at the top of the order (black) while circulation and location sorts out the rest of the spaces (from dark to light).

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Spatial Organization WANG SHU

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Circulation

Circulation Diagrams (Plan)

Circulation is one of the main components of this project. Since it is split up into four main pavilions, how you access them is important. As shown in the axon diagram there is a main axis of circulation consisting of the main pavilion and the walkway that connects to all of the spaces.

The second diagram shows the relationship between the primary walkways and the staircases located within the building. This contrasts primary vs. secondary circulation with respect to vertical and horizontal circulation.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Horizontal Movement WANG SHU

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Circulation

Circulation Diagrams (Section)

The diagrams to the right show the circulation vertically throughout the building. The orange squares represent all of the circulation (primary and secondary) and shows the overlap of the circulation. The diagram below it shows the primary axis of circulation, with a dominant grain in both axis. This is the East elevation view.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Vertical Communication WANG SHU

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Structural Rhythms

Rhythm Diagrams (Plan)

Most structures follow a type of rhyme and or reason within its design. Here we look at the internal structural supports to reveal this structures rhyme.

We look at the structural members as a whole then organize them by the horizontal and vertical grains. Notice how the separating these members can create an entirely different reading for this structure.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Grain WANG SHU

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Structural Rhythms

Structural Diagrams

The structure of this building is very rhythmical. You can tell in the diagrams that the structural grid has both a vertical and horizontal grain. Both walls and columns are used to make up this system, and they are shown separated and together to emphasis the patterns created within.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Frame and Cells WANG SHU

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These diagrams represent the environmental strategies that the library uses. Since it consists of glass facades facing North and South, Shu used both vertical and horizontal fins to reduce the amount of sunlight allowed in.

LIBRARY OF WENZHEN COLLEGE | SUZHOU, CHINA | 2000 ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | JARRELL

Exposure and Orientation WANG SHU

Environmental Considerations

Diagrams (Axon)

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