I’ve fixed my basic design mistakes for the 202 Final. Everything else is in the same situation as in pre-jury. My poster design and section drawings should be as beautiful as I want. Despite the corrections I made in my plans, the project was quite funny.
The project did not have a proper reference for the channel system passing through the middle of the land. Therefore, it was not possible to establish a sufficient relationship with topography. The fact that the windows were open could have had more advantages for the users. The long and short sunscreens used for the windows had functional problems. The facade of the facade organization could add to the richness of design from a functional point of view. The office and workshops did not need to be monotonous spaces. They could be spatially diversified, and this could make the design better. The layout and usage of the furniture was quite logical. They greatly enriched the use of the spaces. This spatial experience created with design furniture such as the library was a very important design decision. Hence, the logic of beautifying the design was a movement.
My site is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This region has a tropical climate, so the average temperature varies between 21-32 degrees. Humidity is very high and more than 70% of the country is covered with plants. The Glasir Torshavn collage by Bjarke Ingels Group is my main reference. The building basically consists of strips that form various zones at each level extending towards different directions. These strands formed the atrium formed by bending at the center. This atrium is the main place where circulation is provided as a common socialization area.
I used the idea of a linear strip zones at each level as a general program arrangement in my project. Each level in my library forms the zones. I’ve placed program elements in these zones. At the entrance of the library, the bookstore, the cafe on the first floor, the adult and children’s library on the second floor are the latest meeting, study and digital collection programs were located. Actually, I aligned my strips to the long edge of the terrain. So I created a blind relationship with semi detached houses on the edge of my land.
The atrium formed in the middle of the library consisted of by strips at the Glasir Torshavn Collage, in this project the strips are formed by the stairs of the atrium. Snohetta’s Calgary Library’s atrium is another feature I’m referring to. Landings were placed directly in relation to the atrium. In addition, these places are used as reading and study area. The landings come out in the form of an extension from the main atrium stairs and form the strips in the long direction of site.
The Glasir Torshavn collage by Bjarke Ingels Group is my main reference. The building basically consists of strips that form various zones at each level extending towards different directions. These strands formed the atrium formed by bending at the center. This atrium is the main place where circulation is provided as a common socialization area.
I used the idea of a linear strip zones at each level as a general program arrangement in my project.Each level in my library forms the zones.I’ve placed program elements in these zones. At the entrance of the library, the bookstore, the cafe on the first floor, the adult and children’s library on the second floor are the latest meeting, study and digital collection programs were located. Actually, I aligned my strips to the long edge of the terrain.So I created a blind relationship with semi detached houses on the edge of my land.
I refer to the vertical program arrangement of the Tischuan Ocena Center. The program elements are arranged separately from each other in the horizontal plane. The gaps between them were used as common social areas. The building was then moved from the horizontal plane to the vertical plane. Thanks to the gap between them, the building can pass the wind through the building. I used this feature with the dog trot house logic of the Seashore library and prevented the humidity and temperature in the building.
The atrium formed in the middle of the library consisted of by strips at the Glasir Torshavn Collage, in this project the strips are formed by the stairs of the atrium. Snohetta’s Calgary Library’s atrium is another feature I’m referring to. Landings were placed directly in relation to the atrium. In addition, these places are used as reading and study area. The landings come out in the form of an extension from the main atrium stairs and form the strips in the long direction of site.
The main program elements in the project are formed by the strips. However, a zone is required to solve the needs of the staff working in this building. I referred to Calgary library, which staff zone was the located to the main program elements as attached. This zone, which is attached to the main building consist of circulation in itself, meeting areas, camera control zones and warehouses. The bottom floor has storage tanks and loading deck. The café and bookstore are very close to these places for flexible usage.
My site is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This region has a tropical climate, so the average temperature varies between 21-32 degrees. Humidity is very high and more than 70% of the country is covered with plants. Getting rid of the humidity was the second target for me in design. So I decided to use Dog trot house. Dog Trot is the breezeway of indoor outdoor space created between two sheds used in Central and South America. In this way, the wind takes the warm air and humidity inside the spaces and cool the building passively.
I refer to the Seashore library. There is an indoor outdoor space separating two different program elements. Thanks to the plan arrangement, the wind passes through the building and cools the spaces. So I created gaps in the building that can pass the wind.
We had a classic pre-jury. Confusion and sleeplessness did not leave us alone again. It was a tragic event that all my work done up to Pre-jury was appropriate to the in reference issue, but with the additions I made, it was a tragedy. I’m really sick of having this situation after every jury. Because it’s really hard to get rid of this situation.
Unlike what I’ve said before, in my pre-jury model, I completely embedded reading and study programs under the ground and planned to use the middle valley as entrance and foyer area. I used topography relations in the Tirpitz museum when I embedded the building under the ground. The entrance is made of a staircase, such as a long ramp. The bottom of this staircase and the wall in the other part of the foyer made it possible to define the foyer as the doors in the Tirpitz museum.
I was able to vary the reading and study areas with the information I provided. In this way, I separated the study and reading areas from each other by circulation. The continuation of this circulation was taken out of the openings in the plan. We have added a more inviting feature to the library with these openings.
At this stage we have now included the site. I have already mentioned the quote before. Because of the opaque quality, I used the idea of embedded spaces under the ground. For this reason, I decided to embed the programs under the ground like reading and working places. In doing so I wanted to use hierarchy spatially. So I decided to use various sections of the Seashore Library as a plan. I thought of the intersection of the reading program in seashore as a hierarchic place and added the other sections to this section and created the plan. In this way, I placed the building in topography, which is a sort of two hill. I refered to YKKS staircase. In this way, I have increased the variation of spaces on the road to reading and study programs.
Semihcan Esin 