Design III - Fall 2012

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NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ARCH 301 - Design III PorolioRene ReynoldsPresented to Professor Jason Hwang|FALL 2012


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If you have a garden and a library,

you have everythi ng you need.- Marcus Tullius Cicero


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DESIGN III

Illuminaon & Infltraon:

Greenpoint Public Library Proposal

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Libraries may be becoming obsolete to some degree,

not simply because due to the ease of access to digi-

tal media sources and the Internet, but rather because

libraries may be in the process of abandoning their role

as collection builders and managers. In this way the

contemporary must be able to adapt to changes in use.


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SITE ANALYSIS

Design development cues are garnered directly from the

site. One of the more interesting aspects was the large

amount of grafti in the area attributed to the quality of

articial light in the area. The area which comprises

the industrial zone, and also where our site is located is

poorly lit whilst lighting in the residential zone on the

just on the border of the historical district is better lit.

Documentation of the lighting conditions of the site,specically, the quality of dappled light experienced in

the avenue of trees along Kent Street became signicant.


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STUDY MODELS & PHOTOGRAPHS


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POCKET PARK ANALYSIS:

Diagramming the Linear Condion

A study of the physical attributes of this avenue and

comparison with pocket parks and their function

within a community was integrated into the design.

Fusion of these two aspects shaped the

concept Inltration & Illumination

wherein feasible iterations of the linear

condition experienced along the avenue of trees

were layered to produce functional oor plans.


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MASSING ANALYSIS

Additionally, using the dappled light study it was

determined that there are areas of concentrated,

direct light and those of blurred, indirect light as

sunlight (and articial light) ltered through the

canopy


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LAYERING THE LINEAR CONDITION


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Further extrapolating the concepts derived from the

vegetation of the historical district, a microscopicscale of observation was utilized to illustrate simi-

larities between the xylem system patterns in leaves

used to transport nutrients and dappled light patterns.

As the sun travels through the sky during the day, this

pattern experienced in nature is reected on the exte-

rior surfaces of the building and is also allowed to pen-

etrate deeper into the interior spaced through large ex-

panses of glazing on the eastern and southern elevations.


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Design III - Fall 2012