Abstergo Digital Library

1.0 - Project Introduction

1.1 - Project Brief

1.2 - Abstergo - Memory, Community & Innovation

2.0 - Precedent Study

2.1 - Predecent Study

3.0 - Design Development

3.1 - Location Plan

3.2 - Concept Move Diagrams

3.3 - Circulation Diagrams

3.4 - Program Diagrams

3.5 - Site Plan & Sections

3.6 - Axonometric Views

3.7 - Plans

3.8 - Elevations

3.9 - Sections

3.10 - Facade Elevation & Section

3.11 - Materiality Exploration

3.12 - Environmental Exploration

3.13 - Structural Exploration

4.0 - Renders

1.0 Project Introduction

In “Project 2 - Integrated Developed Design”, students were tasked with using the information gained from the sociospatial site analysis in project one to create an innovate digital library that bridges memory and knowledge. The integrated developed design phase aims to create an impactful, creative, and functional response to the site.

It will do this by first outlining the design philosophy and approach taken when creating the theme for the project regarding memory, community and innovation. Next, it will Analyse a relevent precedent study and use it to understand some vital design functionalities, community drivers, and placemaking.

After this, the portfolio will delve into the site location, concept move diagrams, program diagrams, various plans, sections and elevations, and then explore the material, environmental, and structural impact of the design. Lastly, it present some renders of the final design

Abstergo Digital Library aims to create a one of a kind, cutting edge, digital library that will use genetic data to reconstruct memories and allow playback for the user. It will do this via the Animus, Abstergo’s core piece of technology. The animus bed scans the users DNA and memory information to allow for memories to be accessed through virtual reality. Memories can also be entered if the user has obtained genetic material from any other person, providing all ethical regulations are met.

The library will create a blend between digital and physical information, becoming a unifying hub for knowledge related endeavours, allowing visitors from all walks of life to collaborate and communicate. The library also aims to create a community within the local area, enhancing the public space and green space within the vicinity.

This approach has been taken because it allows for a new wave of technological evolution. If users can access their memories and memories of others first hand, it will not only allow humanity to get to know itself better, but it will also allow us to know each other better through direct experience of other peoples consciousness, enhancing humanity’s sense of community.

2.0 Precedent Study

2.1 Precedent Study

Name: Te Ara Ātea Library & Community Centre

Architect: Warren & Mahoney

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand

Date: 2021

This library is an interesting precedent study because it also serves as a community centre, which is a useful function for the library project because the library being designed needs to increase the public-ness and connectedness of the local area. Furthermore, the library utilized a sweeping, slotted facade to control daylight penetration. This may be a useful architectural concept to implement into the final design.

Lastly, this library was designed to serve as a navigating beacon throughout the urban landscape, enhancing the traversal of the surrounding built environment.

https://www.archdaily.com/986149/te-ara-atea-library-and-community-center-warren-and-mahoney

3.0 Design Development

Level 2 / Roof

Solar Panels on Roof

Exhibition Gallery and View Deck

Rooftop Gardens

Timber Louvred Facade

Controls Daylight Penetration

Low Angle Sun in Morning allowed to enter to keep building warm

Architectural Feature

Level 0

Entrance/Atrium

Tourist Information / Reading Area

Seating Area

Sound Recording Area

Communal Area

Memory Editing Zone

Staffroom & Meeting Area

Staff Kitchen

Plant Room

Childrens Library W/C

Study / Reading Rooms

Cafe / Kitchen

Cafe Seating Area

Returns / Cloakroom

Level 1

Open Access Book Cases

Administration Offices

Interactive Technology Lab

Collaborative Research Hub

Memory Exploration Zone

Memory Councelling Rooms

Quiet Area

Seating Areas W/C

Atrium

Axo

ViewDeck/SeatingARea

ExhibitionGallery

RooftopGardens

RooftopGardens

Lifts

SolarPanels

SolarPanels

Elevations

Left Elevation Right Elevation

Vertical Angled Timber Louvred Facade allows for controlled daylight penetration and provides an aesthetic facade.

Abstergo Logo, Blue Metallic

Triple Glazed Infil Panels between Louvres

Triple Glazed Curtain Wall

Clay Wall Exterior

Facade Elevation

Facade Section

https://www.vincenttimber.co.uk/images/picturegallery/fingerjointedandlaminatedwesternredcedaraerofoillouvrebladeslarge.jpg

https://www.textures.com/download/HighRiseGlass0016/31621

The buildings facade is the be surround in the an angled, timber, louvred facade that allows for daylight control. The material is not only sustainable, but creates a pleasing aesthetic and is also lightweight, making construction easier.

The timber facade is also to have triple glazed infil panels between each louvre to allow daylight penetration while also protecting the building from wind and rain. The external plane of the glazing is the to coated with a heat reflective coating to prevent the green house effect within the building.

The external skin of the walls on the lower floor are to be brushed clay. This is a sustainable material that also provides an interesting aesthetic and a more natural look to the building.

https://stock.adobe.com/search/images?k=clay+texture&asset_ id=431647197

https://www.slipsfromstock.com/product/old-colliery-red-brickslips/

The ground floor is to be covered in red brick, to create an interesting aesthetic look while also creating a nod to the large amount of red brick in the local area, particularly the railway bridge on the site.

Columns

Gluman 1000x1000x500mm Pad Foundations M24 Holding Down Bolts Primary Beams

Glulam Secondary Beams

Glulam

4.0 Renders