Project 1B — Seattle Central Library

After researching Koolhaus’ Seattle Central Library, the architect’s thought process was…

Project 1B — Très Grande Bibliothèque

Rem Koolhaas — OMA

Ariel Benhamu | Jonathan Melendez

Project 1B — Bibliotheque Jussieu

Bibliotheque Jussieu is a competition project that had never been built. This analysis is based on the original drawings.

Project 1B — Beinecke Rare Book Library

When diagramming the Beinecke Rare Book Library, we looked at the relationships that…

Project 1B — Delft University of Technology: Central Library

The library at Delft University located in the Netherlands is an inspiration to students of the school. The Macanoo Architects were able to utilize the natural environment and play off of the park across the street to design…

MID REVIEW — ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES

PROJECT GOALS:

Adaptation to context through a…

Reading Response

The Library of Babel : Jorge Borges

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01 Develop a 2D Diagram of the given programmatic components to show their proportional relationships.

a Study / Reading Space : 4000SF — open library

Reading Response

The book Libraries in the Ancient World, by Lionel Casson, tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when “books” were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. It is a full-scale study of libraries in the ancient world. It displays everything that is known about ancient…

MID REVIEW — ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY

“At the moment when the electronics revolution seems about to melt all that is solid — to eliminate all necessity for concentration and physical embodiment — it seems…