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A video recording paired with the pdf presentation.

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These are a series of perspective drawings of the proposal. The first is from the back wall of what used to be the hall looking down and throughout the new space. The second is of the kids area, and the third is the view from the new staff area looking down both ways of the site. 

These renders were all done by exporting lines from Rhino, cleaning them up in Illustrator, and using Photoshop for rendering. 

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A perspective section of design proposal, 1:100 scale. 

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A detail drawing showing the various elements which construct these discussion areas. The steel I and C beams are already factory built pieces and don’t need to be customised, only assembled together. 

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One of the discussion pods visualised. The C beams are shelving units for the books to go in, as represented in the 3rd image. The surrounding fauna create more intimate moments for discussion and kōrero     

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re-fabricated plans for the Grey Lynn Library. Cutting most of the intrusive upper level spaces to accentuate the newly designed archways and bringing back the beauty of the height within the site.   

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These are a series of drawings showing the implementation of the steel archway frames into the library site as structural refurbishments. The repeating archways cocoon the space creating intimacy and framing discussion and collaboration. The shape whilst also structural was inspired aesthetically by the library of Alexandria and Maraes.  

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This is a large scale site analysis of the environments and surroundings of the Grey Lynn Library. I used the large scale to show the different frames of development in Auckland City, and its proximity to other significant sites. The smallest frame outlines the immediate community of the library. The second frame outlines the suburban areas of Grey Lynn, Ponsonby, Westmere and Newton. And the third frame shows the most developed areas of Auckland City and Urban living. The library is highlighted in red and the orange lines are the path of the sun. 

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3D modelling of the archway concept. The thickness and weight of the steel will need to be supported by the cross braces, but it adds to the deconstructivist look I’m after. This steel design work in the seismic reinforcements paired with the stripped back orange brick along the walls I’m predicting will be a nice marriage of materials.    

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Reframing my objective for the Grey Lynn Library

The two existing core ideas for the project:

 Steel Reinforcement

Due to earthquake strengthening guidelines, the library needs structural reinforcement. A method of this which I’ve been exploring is the use of erecting steel beams on the interior faces of the brick facades to support the roof and walls in the case of an earthquake. These steel reinforcements are often hidden in the walls themselves, but I want to expose them and implement them within the design context of the building to document the history of the site and the changes it’s gone through over the many years of being alive, to attribute its history.  

 Discussion and Collaboration

People go to libraries to learn. Methods of oral translation to learn and share knowledge were used as early as 288 BC when the Great Library of Alexandria was built. It was a temple used for the discussion of ideas and where great tales were shared. Traditions of oral translation were also methods used by Maori to pass knowledge down generations. They did this in forms of pao, which were songs of gossip; poi, songs that accompanied traditional dances; oriori, songs composed for those children who would be heirs, in order for them to learn about their heritage; and karanga, a chant sung or performed by the women of the tribe in order to welcome or farewell visitors to their tribe. Oral transnational traditions are a key part of our tahuhu korero history, and I want to rectify and re-encourage these practices on site.

https://maoristorytelling.weebly.com/oral-tradition.html

 How am I going to bond these concepts?

Both concepts firstly look to attributing the historical elements of the site and New Zealand’s cultural history, but they also physically and physiologically reference framing. The structural frame to keep the library standing metaphorically constitutes the framing of discussion and group collaboration. The archway and surrounding rectangular forms cocoon the library’s inhabitants into a more intimate series of areas designed for group discussion and oral translation. The recurring form spaced in intervals adhering to the code of structural strengthening compliance also pay courtesy to the framing design work in maraes, emphasising the tribute to our heritage and supporting the design ideology of creating intimate space. 

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This is the video paired with the formative submission.

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These are the predominant demographics I personally see the most using the Library space as consumers. Below each title are some brief notes about what each personalities’ priorities are when they’re using the space. I aim to provide options for each of these demographics and am thinking about the user interfaces consciously as I’m programming the library project.   

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I took to designing and refining the genre pod concept in Rhino. Here I’ve modeled I Beams, C Beams, steel railings, and stairs all to appropriate measurements from catalogs and legal measurement/height ratio requirements. This particular pod measures 5 x 5 metres (discluding staircase). The horizontal slats are the C beams which can be used to shelve books. A big thing I personally think is essential for the library to have is sight throughout the whole of the space. This is for security reasons as well as the desire for open plan experience. I’m thinking of providing all the necessities at ground level so disabled have access, and have the upper levels as purely extra comfort space for study, activity, and meetings. However programming and planning the space is to come.  

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Here are a series of sketches narrating the development of a concept for the library. The idea being tested here looks at connecting like minded people within individual spaces, by categorizing the library into pods of differing genre. (These sketches are a development of one type of pod). Inspired construction wise by Le Corbusier’s Domino House, this minimalist two leveled space is constructed of steel I beam framing in it’s most raw form, to celebrate the materials of steel which are to be used in the seismic upgrades of the building itself. The industrial approach sees potential for C beams to be used as shelving, and have warm wood furnishings to balance the coldness of the steel.