Spatial organisation 04 [interior]

Interior view and movement through open and enclosed environments, with diversity in orientation, density, view, privacy and communication to inside and outside of the house.

Along a series of book shelves with studio and offices crossing from one string to the other above. And the atrium space to the right.

Book shelves to the right, closing the space of from the atrium and directing the view outward towards the square through the diverse transparencies in the building envelope (materials not applied, which then create and opaque surface to the left.) Movement via the ramps along the envelope, creating view points in various positions. 

View from interior atrium towards centre of the library and through the roof construction.

Global I + Local III + Spatial organisation 04

Local system 03 applied to global system with interior spatial organisation. Application of the 3 constructs are controlled by the interior requirements of daylight and thermal properties (based on heuristics in pre-solutions). The joining of the global-local system and spatial organisation is then ready for optimisation and design development/iterations through simulations to inform parametric alteration.

Top view

Elevation from south (garden). The global system is in this illustrations only partial deformed to follow the interior movement, which cause the red solid to exit the 'boundary' of the envelope.

Opening allowing winter sunlight to penetrate the envelope, storing thermal energy.

Differentiated daylight and thermal zones through differentiation in the local system and global system formation.

Local system III [conceptual/parametric diagramme]

Local system03 is designed with the idea of combining sustainable strategies and structural concepts from the beginning (local system 01 and 02 has mostly focused on sustainable strategies) and to simplify the complex structural cross-bar system without loosing novel strategies. The system is one design scheme but divided into 3 constructs, which each has a variable functioning as a controlled gradient. Each system is applied to specific zones according to structural load (based on heuristics) and thermal/solar requirements (as investigated in exp.02 and exp.03). The system is constructed from a double frame (spatial frame) which is 'cladded' with ETFE material, creating a thermal pocket (as local system01 and 02). The pocket is divided into 2 spaces through a surface which is used as solar reflector or shield according to season due to varying solar paths. It thus reflects daylight into the building during summer and allow direct sunlight in winter in zones which absorb the solar energy (the red solids - enclosed spaces) located just underneath the building envelope. The system is also seen to advance thermal buoyancy through an intake of the prevailing wind from north in the centre bottom and an outlet via the atria in the top of the building and to improve insulation values as the larger distance between the 2 frames, the better insulation value. Structural load-bearing is controlled in gradients as the double frame grows larger as prior investigated, which is then further strengthened by the reflecting surface creating a triangulated system. Structural differentiation can be obtained further by the material properties of the triangulation system.    

Spatial organisation 04

The conceptual idea of a weaving spatial organisation is constructed through a path system, which seeks to bind the square into the building (blue colour). Movement is thereby guided from contextual/urban surroundings and into different zones of the library, which as well are connected via this system. This allow several ways of navigation, though with directed flow that leads the visitor through open and enclosed passages. A successive path of views inward to the library facilities and outward towards the open square and the enclosed 'garden' is then created. The library is thus devided and connected through open and enclosed functional spaces. The dynamics of the exterior morphology is continued inward, creating a feeling of a vibrant and changing atmosphere. A visual reading of the building is thereby possible from both an exterior and interior position.   

Perspective from south-vest orientation of interior and exterior static dynamics.

The book shelves create an important mass in the library and is thus incorporated in the design idea to continue flow lines, spatial densities and directed orientations. The shelves are placed to optimise space use, to slow down movement in some zones, which is used for reading and relaxing and to direct the view towards the square to the north or the garden to the south.

The red volumes are enclosed studios, study spaces and offices. The green surfaces are open spaces for reading, meeting and book shelves.

Movement paths weaving throughout the building stretching into the square.