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BEACON LIBRARY PROJECT
Beacon Art Library
Dupont Circle
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Arch 401 8 weeks
The Beacon Art Library is a special library in Dupont Circle. It consists of four floor with classrooms, stacks, private reading rooms, and an outdoor terrace area.
The design focuses on the idea of embedding. There is a translucent box within the larger wooden and concrete building, which is lit up in the evenings and acts as a beacon for the city. The beams and columns create a visual sense of threshold, welcoming guests into the transulcent box containing the majority of the stacks.
Additionally, there are light wells creating a sort of glowing effect in the building, as one must cross through the lightwells on bridges to enter the stacks.
