1.THE OPEN LAYOUT ALOWS IT TO CONNECT WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS EASILY
2.CONNCETIVITY OF TRANSPORT IS ALSO ENHANCED.
3.READERS ARE NOT DISTURBED WHILE THE PLAZA IS BEING UTILIZED THE PLAZA IS NEARLY 8000 SQM. WHILE THE LIBRARY IS ABOUT 3000 SQM. ALMOST THE ENTIRE LIBRARY
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1. MODERN HALIFAX LIBRARY: INCORPORATES CUTTING-EDGE ELEMENTS THAT DEFINE ITS AESTHETIC CHARACTER.
2. VIBRANT GATHERING PLACE: HOSTS A SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITIES, FOSTERING CONNECTIONS AMONG DIVERSE GROUPS.
3. TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION: SEAMLESSLY WEAVES MODERN EXPERIENCES AND RESOURCES INTO ITS SPACES, REFLECTING EVOLVING USER NEEDS.
4. INCLUSIVE DESIGN: ENSURES ACCESSIBILITY
1 8.5 1 6.2 INTRODUCTION CASE STUDIES GREEN SQUARE LIBRARY & PLAZA, SYDNEY STUDIO HOLLENSTEIN THE FUTURE-READY PUBLIC LIBRARY PROPOSAL FEATURES A VIBRANT PLAZA, EXTENDING THE LIBRARY EXPERIENCE OUTDOORS. THIS MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPACE ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH SEATING, GREEN AREAS, AND VERSATILE SPACES FOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. THE PLAZA STRENGTHENS THE LIBRARY'S ROLE AS A HUB FOR LEARNING, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ENHANCING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATRONS OF ALL AGES. PLAZA LIBRARY THE HEART OF THE VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A SPIRALING GRAND URBAN ROOM THAT DRAWS THE PUBLIC INTO LIBRARY SQUARE AS BOTH A QUIET PLACE FOR STUDY AND CONTEMPLATION AND A VITAL COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE. THE BOOK STACKS AND SER VICES ARE ORGANIZED WITHIN A NINE-STOREY RECTILINEAR CENTRAL VOLUME, WRAPPED BY A MULTI-STOREY COLONNADE CONTAIN ING READING AND STUDY AREAS, AS WELL AS RETAIL AND COMMUNITY-FACING PROGRAMMING. THE LIBRARY IS TOPPED BY A PUBLIC PARK AND GRAND READING ROOM. PLAZA LIBRARY VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, VANCOUVER MOSHE SAFDIE THE NEW HALIFAX CENTRAL LIBRARY HAS AN OPEN, WELCOMING DESIGN WHICH REFLECTS THE CITY’S DIVERSE POPULATION AND HERITAGE. THE BUILDING IS A CATALYST FOR THE REGENERATION OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE PRODUCT OF AN EXTENSIVE CO-CREATION PROCESS INVOLVING MONTHLY PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS WITH VARIOUS FOCUS GROUPS. A PUBLIC PLAZA AND A LIBRARY. THE UNIQUE DESIGN RESPONSE FUSES THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER BY PLACING THE LIBRARY LARGELY UNDERGROUND AND MAXIMISING THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AT GROUND LEVEL. THIS ARRANGEMENT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER OUTDOORS AND ENJOY THE PLEASANT SYDNEY CLIMATE, WHILST PROVIDING A LIGHT-FILLED, COMMUNITY HAVEN BELOW WITH 42 LARGE SKYLIGHTS
DELIVERING LIGHT TO THE SPACE BELOW AND WHERE VISITORS CAN RETREAT FROM THE NOISE OF THE CITY.
IS SITUATED UNDER THE PLAZA WHICH RECIEVES SUNLIGHT VIA SKYLIGHTS WITH FROSTED GLAZING HALIFAX LIBRARY, HALIFAX FOWLER BOWLD & MITCHEL
SQUARE HUB: INTEGRATES LIBRARY, OFFICE TOWER, AND RETAIL
LIBRARY
GLASS FAÇADE VIEW: OVERLOOKS ENCLOSED CONCOURSE WITH AN ELLIPTICAL EAST-SIDE WALL.
ENTRANCE MARKED: COLONNADE DESIGN WRAPS, HIGHLIGHTING THE MAIN LIBRARY ENTRANCE.
BELOW-GRADE PIAZZA: PUBLIC SPACES AND PARKING CREATE A CONTINUOUS PIAZZA.
URBAN
TO READING
PARATIO OFSPAC UP C SPACE OR NTERA NO PIAZZA VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY CAROUSEL PURPOSE PARKING CHILDREN INSPIRATION LAB NON FIC + FIC MAGAZINES+LOUNGE ARCHIVE HISTORY EXHIBITION ROOFTOP GARDEN LOBBY+CHECKOUT+MEDIA
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ROOM EVENTS: HOSTS LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS; BRIDGES CONNECT CENTRAL STACKS
CAROUSELS.
FOR EVERYONE, PROMOTING A
OF BELONGING
ENGAGEMENT.
THE LIBRARY CREATES AN INVITING ATMOSPHERE,
WITH BOTH
ASPIRATIONS. A RRANGEMENT OFSPAC E S INTER CONNECTED SPACES FOCUS COMMUNITY INTERACTION VISUAL CONNECTION PARKING EXHIBITION + CAFE NON FIC + FIC LOCAL HISTORY FICTION+LOUNGE SERVICES CHILDREN + TEEN VERTICAL ZONING VERTICAL ZONING VERTICAL ZONING THE DOUBLE HEIGHT GLAZED CAROUSELS ALLOWS WNOUGH LIGHT TO PASS ON TO THE READING AREAS THE FUNCTIONS ARE ALTERNATIVELY DISTRIBUTED IN DIFFERENT FLOORS SO THAT THE READING SPACE RECIEVES MORE SUNLIGHT THAN THE STACK AREAS. AS SHOWN IN THE DIAGRAM AREA DIVISION IN PLAZA AREA DIVISION IN PLAZA AREA DIVISION OF 8TH FLOOR AREA DIVISION OF GROUND FLOOR AREA DIVISION OF TYPICAL FLOOR AREA DIVISION OF TERRACE/TOP FLOOR INSPIRATION LABS OFFER THE PUBLIC SPECIAL AMENITIES FOR SPECIAL TASKS LIKE PHOTO EDITING, AUDIO EDITING, VIDEO EDITING EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL CUBICLES THAT HAVE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL PROVISIONS FOR CONTENT CREATORS, VIDEO/AUDIO RECORDING VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIB. HALIFAX PUBLIC LIBRARY IDEA OF HAVING PLAZA ON TOP OF LIBRARY SEPARATING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES YET CONNECTING AT SOME PARTS UTILIZATION OF NATURAL LIGHT VIA VERTICAL SPACE PROGRAM VERTICALLY SEPARATING PRIVACY GRADIENT. IDEA OF SEPARATING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AREAS WITH AN INACCESSIBLE YET VISIBLE PUBLIC PART VERTICAL CONNECTIVITY AND VERTICAL SPACE PROGRAMMING FOR PRIVACY SEPARATION COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE DESIGN ACHIEVED VIA AN OPEN PLAN AMPHITHEATRE ACTING AS A CONNECTION BETWEEN UNDERGROUND LIBRARY AND ABOVE GROUND PLAZA IDEA OF ATRIUM WITH INTERNAL PLAZA AND SHOPS ALL SPACES ARE INTERCONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER IDEA OF SPACES LIKE INSPIRATION LAB TO FACILITATE CREATIVITY LEVELS VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY CONNECTED USING BRIDGES AND STAIRS RUNNING CENTRALLY ACFROSS THE COURTYARD GREEN SQUARE LIBRARY ADS IV AP3171 SIGN
SENSE
AND
THROUGH THOUGHTFUL ARCHITECTURE,
ALIGNING
CURRENT ARCHITECTURAL TRENDS AND COMMUNITY
PRELIMINARY STUDIES AREA PROGRAM STUDIED INPUTS FROM LITERATURES AND NORMS TYPES OF VEHICLES : 1. CARS OF PUBLIC/GUEST 2. CARS OF OFFICIALS 3. BIKES/BICYCLES 4. SERVICE VEHICLES ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA DESIGN INPUTS PARKING - BASEMENT CIRCULATION AREA CALCULATION FOR BOOK VOLUMES HEADROOM (MINIMUM) - 2.3M DRIVEWAY WIDTH - 6M MINIMUM DIMENSIONS - 2.5M x 5M NO. REQUIRED - 1 PER 100 POPULATION DENSITY OF JOKA : 8000 PER SQ. KM (CONSIDERING ABOUT 1/3RD OF PROPER KOLKATA) CONSIDERING SERVICE RADIUS TO BE ABOUT 3KM THEN SERVICE AREA : PI x 3 x 3 29 SQ. KM THEREFORE, POPULATION INSIDE SERVICE AREA : SERVICE AREA x POPULATION DENSITY 29 x 8000 2,30,000 NO. OF VOLUMES PER CAPITA : 1.25 (TSS) CONSIDERING 2.5~3 BOOKS PER VOLUME TOTAL : 1.25 x 2,30,000 ~ 10,00,000 BOOKS LIST OF SPACES : SEATING : STACK : LOUNGE : AUDITORIUM : CAFE : EXHIBITION : SEMINAR : CHILDREN + TEENS E-LIBRARY PRODUCTIVITY LABS PEOPLE CATERING AT A TIME : 750100 400 100 100 70-AREA : 3000260 520 130 200 120-MINIMUM 1 EMERGENCY STAIRCASE MINIMUM WIDTH OF FLIGHT - 2M MINIMUM 2 STAIRCASE PER BUILDING PROPER SIGNAGES TO EXITS. ALL TIME LIT SIGNS CORRIDORS MUST NOT EXCEED 30 M IN LENGTH ANY EXIT MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 6M AWAY FROM THE DEAD END OF A CORRIDOR PEDESTRIAN WIDTH OF DRIVEWAY 6M VEHICULAR ESI-PGMSR COLLEGE JOKA METRO STATION IIM KOLKATA 40 MINUTES 26KM 38 MINUTES 18.5KM REGIONS OF THE SITE BASED ON HOW MUCH SHADE THEY GET NO SHADE GETS NO SHADE AT ALL THROUGH OUT THE YEAR- F T FOR WINTER AS SUN IS DESIRED AT THAT TIME UNFIT FOR MAJORLY PUBLIC AREAS SEM SHADE RECIEVES SUN TO SOME EXTENT MODERATELY BETTER SHADE RECIEVES SHADE FOR A LONGER POINT OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FIT FOR PUBLIC OPEN SPACES DIAMOND HARBOR RD JAMES LONG SARANI LOCAL ROAD WIND ROSE SUN PATH APPLICABLE BYE LAWS AREA : 31318.7 SQ M. WIDTH OF ROAD: 36M. ● F.A.R = 2.75 ● MAX GROUND COVERAGE = 40% ● NO HEIGHT LIMITATION ● FLOOR HEIGHT : 3.6M ● FRONT OPEN SPACE - 6M ● SIDE OPEN SPACE- 6.5 M ● REAR OPEN SPACE - 9M ADDITIONAL GROUND COVERAGE- 15% (KMC, P-39) 29 SQ. KM ISSUABLE 10,00,000 NON ISSUABLE ARCHIVE 2,00,000 PERIODICALS 2000 AREA REQD. 1L SQFT 10,000 M2 DESIGN INPUTS FROM SITE ANALYSIS ALLOW MORE NORTHLIGH NATURAL LIGHT GUARD WESTWARD SUNLIGHT OPEN INTERCONNECTED GROUND FLOOR ALLOWS MORE INTERACTION ADS IV AP3171 SIGN
ADS IV AP3171 SIGN S FRONT PLAZA BUILDING 1 MOST PUBLIC FUNCTIONS LIKE LOUNGE, CHILDRENS, ETC PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR CONNECTS BOTH SIDES OF THE PLOT. UNITING THE PLAZA BUILDING 2 CONTAINS A MORE PRIVATE LIBRARY ABOVE A PUBLIC EXHIBITION AREA CONNECTED TO THE INTERMEDIATE PLAZA INTERMEDIATE PLAZA BREAKS THE LIBRARY CHUNK, BRINGS THE PLAZA IN, CONNECTING THE READERS TO BUILDING 3 MORE LIBRARY FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING STACKS AND READING BACK ARENA SEATING AREAS AROUND WATERBODIES AND FRONT OFFSET TO ACOMODATE PLAZA BUILDING FORM MAIN LIBRARY BUILDING SEPARATED AT PUBLIC LEVEL BRINGING IN THE PLAZA THROUGH THE BUILDING, CONNECTING BOTH SIDES BRIDGES AT UPPER LEVELS CONECT THE ENTIRE LIBRARY SPACE ABOVE THE PUBLIC PLAZA THE PERFORATIONS ALSO ALLOWAIR AND PHYSICAL CIRCULATION ACCROSS THE SITE C O N C E P T FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION SECTION AA ZONING PLAZA A A A A A A A A GROUND FLOOR BASEMENT LEVEL1 BASEMENT LEVEL2 FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR FEATURES OF A DESIRED PLAZA : 1. VISIBILITY AND VIEWS 2. ACCESSIBILITY 3. INTERCONNECTED NESS 4. SAFETY 5. NATURE 6. ACTIVITY HUB BUILDING FOOTPRINT ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4 MOST INTERACTIVE WITH NATURE, ACCESSIBILE BY PEDESTRIANS DIRECTLY THE PLAZA EXTENDS FROM THE LIBRARY BUILDING ITSELF CONNNECTING BOTH SIDES OFG THE PLOT THE PLAZA ACTS AS A BUFFER FOR PEDESTRIANS WHO ENTER THE CAMPUS LUSH GREENERY AND WATERBODIES FILL IN THE NATURAL ASPECT LIVELIEST ZONE OF ALL THE FOUR. MOST INTERACTIVE AND VISIBLE CAPABLE OF HOSTING MAJOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES