ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO 5

PROJECT 1: PRELIMINARY STUDIES

The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of
the city, and learning from examples of community library around the world. This assignment aims to
firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly,
studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a community
library and architectural responses for urban infills.

PROJECT 2: COMMUNITY LIBRARY

For the rest of the semester, students will concentrate on designing a community library within an urban infill site. The design of the building is to consist of appropriate architectural responses that address the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioural patterns as discerned and analysed in the Preliminary Studies.

Apart from developing an appropriate formal and elevational strategy in response to the character of the street, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial, functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for a community library. The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project.

FINAL BOARDS, PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL MODELS