COMMUNITY LIBRARY

SITE ANALYSIS OF Lot 71078, Mukim 12, Daerah Barat Daya, Pulau Pinang

BOARD PRESENTATION

Design requirements

• Students are required to design a Tiny Library for 100 users of various ages: engaging multifunctional spaces with a renewed spatial experience. The Community Library is to be equipped with traditional reading materials including modern formats like e-books, audiobooks, audio-visual books, etc.

• The space designed should function as a centralized think-tank for the local communities and to boost public interactions and development of communities.

• As a designer, you should consider affordability and optimum usage of space as a basis of the design works. The designed space should be augmented to hold a maximum number of books in a limited space. The floor area for both the ground and first floor of the Community Library should not be more than 600 m2 (6458 sqft) and should also be easy to be maintained by its users.

• Most importantly, the design of the Community Library should be well-integrated into the context of the site (climatic condition, natural surroundings, culture, and communities)

• With libraries being a landmark to their surroundings, the design proposal should be iconic, inviting, and should create a statement of its own on the chosen site. Energy-saving components and sustainability are to be considered as well. The proposed design should be able to strike a balance between humans and their natural surroundings.

• Students are required to develop the appropriate component of spaces. The space designed need not be limited to the standard activities such as reading and self-learning space, sanitation space, administration, reception, or information desk.

• As an instrument of social change, the design should promote innovative activities that will stimulate and accelerate learning.

Design statement

DESIGN CONCEPT - Sensorium immersion and indulgence [SENSORII]

DESIGN STATEMENT

• SENSORIUM – SEAT OF SENSORY / SENSORY APPARATUS

• Problem issues - Unpleasant smell, expose to sunlight, noise pollution

• Design intention - To allow users to be immersed in a tranquil environment with a pleasing smell, good views and vegetation (nature). By exposing sensorial perception to a pleasing environment, sensory integration can allow users to indulge in reading.

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