HONORABLE MENTION: 2013 national competition project | Library Redesign #255
|Redisigning the high school library to make it more modern and to accommodate the needs of teaching and learning for the modern student as well as a place to study, do research, hang out, and relax, all within the boundaries of the library.
aspero's work for the Collect Information step:
Summary
A few kids from my school we working on this project, so what we did was that we grouped together to fidn out the dimensions for our current library.
Outside view of the building going straight back from the entrance to the wall that is 15'...
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View of the left side of the building (part of the empty classroom and the books), outside has...
View of the entrance to the library. Has windows for students passing by to look through, along...
The view of the library from the back (the windows on the outside of the building). You can see all...
This is where a majority of the books are stored. You can see the rows apon rows of books. In the...
Here is a view of behind the librarians desk. As you can see it shows a door behind the desk that...
Heere is a picture of the computer lab. In it is rows of computers, along with a teachers desk in...
aspero's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:
Summary
What I plan on doing for this project is to make our library more modern.
The furniture for the desks/tables/chairs inside the is in pretty good condition, however rather...
A schematic of the the school featuring the library and its surrounding rooms. We can use this to...
A picture of what is inside the empty classroom, room 502. As of now, it is an office/storage space...
Overhead view of the library and surrounding space from Google Maps. The library is circled in pink...
I interviewed the librarians and they said that the era of libraries is changing. They wanted less...
aspero's work for the Develop Solutions step:
Summary
So what i have decided to do was to take the room that wasn't being used and turn it into a little cafe, like it used to be.
A Rough draft of the floor plan we were able to creat from gathering all of our data. That is what...
Here I decidedd on what I was going to do with the library. in the red zone, I want to remove the...
Here is a floor plan of my library in revit with all my ideas put in place. One can see the on the...
This is what I have decided to do with the 502 room. I turned it into a cafe. I have hot/cold units...
He is a draft of the courtyard area. What I have set up is 4 groups of 4 tables all covered by one...
I took everything out of the library and decided where to place my computers. I found this to be...
This floor plan shows where i have placed the book cases. The area on the left is half filled with...
aspero's work for the Final Design step:
Summary
My final design is my vision of a modern library, interpreted to make a students time in their worth while, and create a fun, learning atmosphere.
A good view of the final product from the outside with the roof on. As one can see, the windows in...
Here is a view of the floor plan from the top with everything inside it. I made a key that explains...
This is a view of the courtyard. In the courtyard, we can see a number of tables set up around a...
This is a 3D view of the Cafe. In the cafe one can see the hot/cold cases forming the line to...
This is a 3-D version from the entrance looking straight back of the library. As you cans see,...
This is a picture of the left half of the library. This whole area used to be full of bookcases....
This is the right side of the library. This area used to have a few book cases and lounge chairs so...