Case study of library

case study on Peckham Librray

1. Case Study on International Library By Sumaiya Islam

2. Submitted By- Sumaiya Islam ( 152081002 ) Course Title- Design Studio 5 Course Code- ARCH351 Submitted To- Ar. Mehreen Hossain Lecturer, Architecture Department

3. What is Library? Library is a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution . Design considerations creating quiet spaces. Providing enough natural and artificial lite. Clean and clear circulation. Providing ambience and perfect atmosphere.

4. Background Designed for: London Borough of Southwork Location:Southwark , south London, UK Date built: 1999 Design: Alsop & Stormer , Architects Area: 24,750sqft Awards:Stirling Prize winner, 2000

5. Location The library is situated between Hill Street and High Street in the area known as Peckham Rye,creating a boundary for an outdoor plaza area along with the Troughton MacAslan Arch and a fitness centre .

6. Social Context Peckham has traditionally suffered from high levels of unemployment and crime rates. gang violence is common here,Therefore the front façade is covered by pre-patina copper plates to rampart against violence and degradation coming from the district it is in total contrast with the mood of the outside life which is stressful, noisy and violent. Between its walls, Peckham Library recreates a new society for people who could wish to escape from the grey world they are living into.

7. Site And Surroundings The site is East-west oriented.  Bus stop  Peckham Fitness center Market  Peckham Space

8. Access Can be accesable through vehicle, pedestrian and cycles. It is just beside the main road which Is connected to another large road. The ground level arcade creates a cross axis to the Arch, expressing a ‘circular hub’ for pedestrian access.

9. Concept Challenges conception of library as “daunting” and “ hermetic”. Derived from L shape form. Acts like “Container & Contained” Main focus was to create equality. It was Designed on the basis of site’s social context.

10. Design Considerations Sustainability Natural Lighting Ventilation System Energy Consumption

11. Entrance The reading room creates a deep overhang beyond the footprint of the building, providing a large, covered open area for the public in front of the entrance .

12. Plan The ground floor level is a double height space containing a reception desk and an interview space for community advice.

13. The floor above ground floor has the multimedia center as well as staff offices and amenities. During busy hours the second floor can be used as overflow study space. Plan

14. The main reading area is in the fourth floor and a double heighted space. There were sensible justifications for placing the reading room above street level, not least that it freed up the site. However the main advantage of the arrangement, and a major success of the building, are sweeping views across the city that allow residents of Peckham to know that they are in London Plan

15. Afro- Carabbean library Children's Room Meeting Room Plan

16. Section The vertical stack of the offices and the horizontal bar of the reading space form an L-shaped “bookend” that leaves the void of the landscaped outdoor square very pure.

17. Section The vertical block emphasizes “transparency and permanent ability to reinforce the idea of the horizontal block as its own solid

18. Circulation

19. Interior comfortable chairs placed in clusters throughout the space, inviting you to sit down and become invested in a book. So within the public space, there are small pockets of very personal space, changing as one person stops reading and another one begins. These pockets are mostly under the pods and around the columns One can easily associate them to big wooden huts or ancient inuit canoes

20. Library Interior

21. Seating Arrangements

22. The “POD” T hree enclosed 'pods' are located within the library space; they contain a meeting room, a children's activity center and an Afro-Caribbean study center. The 'pods' are elevated on columns and are an efficient use of space - they leave usable, accessible space below them while providing private areas for quiet study above the main library floor.

23. Detail Structure Of Pod

24. Pod interior Meeting room Children’s room

25. Façade Treatment The north face of the building is completely glazed with a grid of clear and vividly colored glass, This provides an excellent combination of natural light and colored tinted light within the library spaces. The distinctive green of the copper cladding contrasts with the orange tongue-shaped attachment protruding from above the front of the roof; this acts as a shade for the study center on the top floor.

26. Light Light becomes another material separating the area from the rest of the library. The ceiling contains cut-outs and niches to make the space airy and light. From the exterior, the windows and skylights appear randomly placed. But once inside the reading space, you can see the natural lighting was really calculated. Light falls into the space from around the pods and around the perimeter of the dropped ceiling. What a novelty to read and work by natural light! The walls are painted a creamy white, with light seeping in around the edges of the ceiling through a gap between the ceiling and the wall.

27. Structure

28. Structure(column) The most obvious structural feature of the building is the large overhang which is supported by 6 thin, slanted metal columns giving it a dynamic and destructed aspect. Viewers are perturbed by the shape as the notion of such a large load being supported on such small beams makes the structure visually unstable and therefore makes the viewer uneasy but nevertheless intrigued.

29. Material Variety of materials used including pre- patinated copper, steel, colored glass panels and wood. The interior and exterior are contrasting in nature through materials. T he red carpeting and the various sitting pockets under the pods makes the interior cozy and comfortable The copper and wire mesh used on the exterior makes the building rough and tough and with the colored panels this library becomes striking to look at.

30. Sustainability The glass facade allows in natural sunlight, reducing the need for artificial light. The structure is designed to allow for maximum air circulation to reduce heating and cooling costs. The cheeky beret cap on the roof cools and shades the ventilation shaft. The ceiling contains cut-outs and niches to make the space airy and light. There is a lot of green spaces around Peckham library, contrasting with the urban mood. The oxided copper does not need any chemical products to maintain the surface The glass façade has multiple layers keeping the heat inside the building. The building has no air-conditioning and this attachment is part of the design that combines shading, natural ventilation and passive cooling effects to produce considerable reductions in the operating costs of the building.

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