Features & Layout

Multiple Outdoor Gathering Spaces

CURVED ROOFING & SUN SHADE DEVISE

INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP THE INDENTITY OF THE URBAN CONTEXT

INCREASE OUTDOOR SPACES FOR ACCESS TO FRESH AIR AND SULIGHT. CONTRIBUTING TO HEALTHY GATERING CONDITIONS GIVEN THE RISE OF COVID

Proximity To Public Transportation

THE PROMISE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL EQUALITY IS EVIDENT IN THE ALLOCATION OF BUS STOPS ON THE LIBRARY GROUNDS FOR EASE OF ACCESS TO ALL.

Phenomenological Design

VISUAL ILLUSION OF HAVING ONE SECTION OF THE BUILDING APPEARING TO PIERCE THROUGH ANOTHER SEGMENT. THE MESSAGE IT HOPES TO CONVEY IS THE JOINING OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW.

FIRE RATED - HEAVY TIMBER

A MORE INTIMATE MATERIAL WITH NOW HIGHER STRUCTURAL CAPABILITIES DUE TO ENGINEERED WOOD. BREAK FROM THE STATUS QUO OF CONCRETE ON BOTH EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF MOST CIVIC BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC.

LOW-E, INSULATED GLASS PANELS

ENERGY SAVING, AND INCREASE NATURAL LIGHT AS WELL AS BETTER VISIBILITY TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF CRIME.

Underfloor Air Distribution

The Unity Library

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS A NON-LENDING LIBRARY THIS BUILDING WILL BE AN ANNEX OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WHICH WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A NATIONAL, CIVIC, AND CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING OF SIGNIFICANCE LOCATED IN THE DOWN TOWN REGION OF WARD 2 WASHINGTON, DC.