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mbarbier commented on Final: Redesign your school library | 2013 National High School Architecture Competition #389

Overall, very well done! You clearly understood your brief and provided good documentation for each stage along the design process. I am glad to see you provided detailed explanations along the way to show why design choices were made, it helps understand your journey. This rendering above is extremely well done and I like everything about it, even the furniture choice with some color thrown in. I like that you provided the librarian with the ability to view all spaces.

A couple of comments, though. I think some spaces need a little more analysis, for example the lounge area is open to the main space and is not sound proofed. Not that the lounge area will be super noisy bit it lends itself to becoming a potential space where talking will occur. Perhaps anticipate this and build some type of sound barrier there that does this but does not completely separate it from the main space. Also, that space needs to be jazzed up a bit (excuse, my old phrase), as it does not scream student space to me. Think about how to use color to differentiate space. Also the cyber cafe for the faculty. I think it is nice to have some light into the room, but I'm sure the faculty would like a little privacy as well. Maybe using glass block to bring light in would help and it would also provide some separation from the students. Lastly, one final comment on the courtyard, I'm glad to see that you utilized the space, but I would have liked to see you use some architectural technique or approach to pull the two spaces together so that a student knows that this is an extension of the library to be used.

Again, well done and good luck!

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mbarbier commented on Collect: McDonnell Library redesign

Great job on this stage as your photos and diagrams tell a full picture of the existing layout.

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robcummings commented on Final: Redesign your school library | 2013 National High School Architecture Competition #389

You did a very good job with your research and understanding the project in three dimensions. It's tough to understand how the different floor levels and skylights work together sometimes. You definitely get it. Your renderings are also fantastic!

I wish you took some of your ideas to the extreme and then worked your way back to "reality". I think you would have ended up with a much more dynamic space. For example, the glass wall in the computer lab could have been curved to match the traffic flow or the stairs to the lounge could have been angled to match the entrance. I was really hoping I'd see the frameless glass wall in your final design. You also created a very defined outdoor space with the pergola and there's no reason you can't do that kind of thing inside as well. You can use flooring, walls, and ceilings to define the different spaces, but you chose only to express the traffic circulation in the space. You could have taken that idea further and treated the computer areas the same, the bookshelf areas the same, etc. Then it would become more obvious that these different spaces indeed have different uses.

I know it sounds like I'm picking on your project, but it was very well done. Next time go crazy at the beginning! You never know where it may lead.

Rob, designer from Detroit, Michigan, serving on the 2013 competition jury

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robcummings commented on Brainstorm: McDonnell Library redesign

Do you think computers will still be relevant in the future? ...or will everyone be using tablets? Will there be a need for computer labs? (I don't know what the answer is either!)

Rob, designer from Detroit, Michigan, serving on the 2013 competition jury

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robcummings commented on Collect: McDonnell Library redesign

Great analysis!

Rob, designer from Detroit, Michigan, serving on the 2013 competition jury

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DrDubnov commented on Final: Redesign your school library | 2013 National High School Architecture Competition #389

Your renderings are really nice. The quality is great! This is probably my favorite. Great job creating a lot of open space!