Introduction

For the rest of the semester, students will concentrate on designing a community library within an urban infill site. The design of the building is to consist of appropriate architectural responses that address the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioural patterns as discerned and analysed in the Preliminary Studies.
Apart from developing an appropriate formal and elevational strategy in response to the character of the street, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for a community library. The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project.

Product

Conclusion

Through this project, I’ve successfully produce a design outcome for a community library that is site-specific through its formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design responses. I was able to apply basic knowledge of urban architectural typologies, infill design strategies, and community library programming. Besides that, I was able to demonstrate fundamental knowledge and awareness of local design codes and regulations. I was able to design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to basic design codes and statutory requirements. Finally, I was able to utilize study models, diagramming, mapping, ortographic plan-section and elevation studies to explore and resolve relevant spatial structural functional and environmental issues in the design development phase and finally producing drawings in both 2D and 3D, models and presentations to verbally and visually communicate architectural ideas and scheme.