COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

PROJECT TYPE Cultural , Education , Office Cultural , Education

Cultural , Education CONCEPT

Tactile design approach which lays a strong emphasis on sustainability by employing eco-friendly materials, with minimal waste to landfill, efficient fixtures for water and energy conservation and lush interior biophilia.

Integrated design process of traditional library to modern library.

Emotional connection and expectations of users from third place theory and acceptance of third place space in other places.

TYPOLOGY Cultural , Education , Office Cultural , Education

Cultural , Education SPACES

Gallery, library, cafe, outdoor seating, maintenance, bindu, charbagh, services, auditorium

Reception area/ entry, Children section, Teen section, Multimedia section, Community space, Adult section, Work space, Common reading space,. Exhibition hall, Comic/Manga/graphic novel section, Café

Acoustically separated spaces for adults, teens, and children; as well as a suite of flexible spaces including a Multipurpose Room, Tech Lab, and Gallery.

FRONT FACADE

At the facade is a mural by Howard Hodgkin made of white makhrana marble inlaid with black kuddapah stone symbolising the shadows of a banyan tree.

❏ Promotes art and culture through different types of exhibitions

Basic traditional brick concrete facade

The street façade is clad in red Norman brick while the rear, neighborhood-facing façade is created with horizontal planks of HPL rainscreen cladding.

Features

❏ Made of white makhrana marble inlaid with black kuddapah stone symbolising the shadows of a banyan tree.

❏ White makhrana marble

❏ Black kuddapah stone

MATERIAL

FLOORING Marble and granite

❏ has been evolved through the integrated design process of traditional library to modern library.

❏ The library is constructed in such a way that it preserves the heritage of the city.

❏ Over 600 solar panels cover the curved surfaces(roof), making the all-electric building Massachusetts’s first Net-Zero Energy public library, generating enough power on-site to offset its anticipated energy consumption.

❏ a large century-old copper beech tree was carefully preserved so that it could become a feature

❏ Concrete and brick walls

❏ Wooden interior in some rooms

❏ The street façade is clad in red Norman brick

❏ Neighborhood-facing façade -horizontal planks of HPL rainscreen cladding.

❏ Curved ceilings - perforated acoustical planks

Marble and wooden

Wooden , Moonstone graphite tiles