CAPRI ZHAO LIU
243 S MI TH S TREET C OLL I NGWOOD SITE AREA 4219.58 M 2 LOCATION
BUILDING PROGRAM
P UB LI C L I BRARY & M EDI A C ENTRE C OMMUNI TY H UB C H I LDC ARE C ENT RE R ETENTI ON OF E XI STI NG S UPER MARK ET & C ARP ARKI NG S P ACE S
N
STRUCTURE
THE 4
STOREY LIBRARY MAINLY CONSISTS OF FOUR LARGE TORUSES ONE WITHIN ANOTHER TO REPRESENT A 4D SPHERE BY A 3D STRUCTURE. THE LINEAR GEOMETRIES GO THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING, THE COLUMNS DANCE FOR VISITORS. THE LIBRARY ITSELF IS AN EXHIBITION, IT PERFORMS ITSELF TO EVERYBODY. TWO TYPES OF MATERIALS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE FLOORS - POLISHED CONCRETE, AND GLASS, WHICH, COULD LET EVERY VISITOR SEE THROUGH THE ENTIRE VIEW OF THE TWISTING COLUMNS IN THE CENTER.
TOP
FLOOR HAS BEEN DESIGNED
TO BE ORGANISED AS CHILDCARE CENTER. THE LEVEL HAS BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AREA FOR
PLAYGROUND .
CHILDREN S EVERYONE
COULD
HAVE
THE
NICEST VIEW FROM NO MATTER WHICH
CORNER
YOU
ARE
STANDING AT. IT IS AIMED TO
MOTIVATE EARLY AGE CHILDREN TO QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THESE DANCING
COLUMNS
ARE
AND
WHAT THEY THINK THEY MIGHT REPRESENT. I T IS TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN S CREATIVITY.
IMAGINATION
AND
SOUTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
0
5
10 M
NORTH ELEVATION
CONTEXT
SECTION 1:200