The Diagrammatic Model Project

The Assignment

For the model diagram project, We was asked to analyze a famous library and create a collection of diagrammatic models that represent some key features of the library. The first two models were to be an abstract understanding of the library using two different materials, (Model A & B). The third model was to combine the two materials from the first two models and create a larger scale abstract diagrammatic model (Model C).

My Design

I chose the Exeter Library by Louis Kahn because I was interested in how the rooms were organized around one main space and the thought process into how circulation would occur in the library. Model A is a representation of the skeleton of the library using bass wood. The prisms represent the boundaries of space available. Model B represents the inhabitable space available in library using foam core. I made the outer layer movable to create an opening to the core. Model C combines the two ideas of the boundaries and the inhabitable space. The bigger scale allowed me to think more about how circulation is thought about in the inhabitable spaces. The solid foam core prism represent where the circulation takes place, while the layered pieces of foam core represent the more solitary silent spaces within the library.