THE 3.5 DIMENIONAL TORUS

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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


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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




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