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Rosegarden Branch Library San Jose, CA

Rosegarden Branch Library San Jose, CA. Miory Kanashiro Lighting/Electrical Option Primary Consultant: Professor Mistrick. Function.

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Rosegarden Branch Library San Jose, CA

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  1. Rosegarden Branch LibrarySan Jose, CA Miory Kanashiro Lighting/Electrical Option Primary Consultant: Professor Mistrick

  2. Function • A place where people: children, teens, adults, no matter what their economic status, race, age, or religion can come and feel comfortable in an environment where they can feel free to research, read, type, study, etc. • li· brary : a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale

  3. Spaces to re-design • Children’s Storytelling Area • Children’s Circulation • Children’s computer room • Exterior facade

  4. Interior Storytelling Area Circulation Area

  5. Interior Spaces • Focus on : • Children’s psychology • Create a fun atmosphere • Let them know that READING IS FUN!

  6. Adjectives Playful Wonderland Fantasy Surrealist Unreal Storybook Fairy-tale Dreamy

  7. Verbs Read Wonder Dream Imagine Create Write Learn Analyze Inquire

  8. Metaphor • Fantasy land: • it represents a child’s dreams, everything can come true. Imagination is all you need. • A magical atmosphere. • Fairy-tale environment • Inviting, making children want to come back.

  9. Exterior Façade: Symbol • North Star • Guides us through the night • Provides direction for people • Bright • Powerful to guide in right direction • Important in history • Symbol of astronomy/science/truth/history/freedom • Symbol of stories/beliefs/legends • Very sparkly: will create awe in children

  10. Design Approach for interior • With this quote in mind: • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."~Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady • Create an environment filled with MAGIC and FAIRY-TALE stories. • Children and Adults should all WANT to the Library and read a book. • Stimulates their imagination • Creates a warm and cozy feeling where people will forget about their problems and focus on reading.

  11. Children’s Storytelling Area Design Goals • Create a starlit sky on the ceiling. • Provide the illusion that kids are reading under the sky. • Make sure there is a uniform distribution of light. • Avoid glare. • Provide good rendering of faces and objects • Create an environment filled with MAGIC and FAIRY-TALE stories.

  12. Children’s Storytelling Area • Use small blue/white LED lights in order to achieve goal • Make circular ceiling protrusions change color with LED system as used in Detroit Airport. Resembling nature’s sunset. • Pendants hanging in round shapes.

  13. Proposed Look Round pendants

  14. Children’s Circulation • Provide even distribution of light • Use light fixtures with a clean look • Indirect/direct lighting on top of shelves • Lighting that does not produce shadows in isles • Lighting for shelves should be adequate for reading books and documents

  15. Children’s Circulation • Provide hidden T5 lamps on perimeter of circular holes on drop ceiling. • Glowing feeling from circular holes. • Unique pendants hanging down from right side over hallway. • Try to imitate nature’s colors.

  16. Proposed Look Changing colors LED lighting coming from below dropped ceiling Dropped Ceiling Indirect/direct linear pendants with T5 flourecent lamps

  17. Children’s Computer Area: Design Goals • Have an even distribution of light • Provide adequate lighting for different tasks to be performed such as: typing, reading, writing. • Avoid glare • Provide good rendering on faces and objects • Lighting adequate for VDT screens

  18. Children’s Computer Area: • Indirect lighting light fixtures. SKETCH

  19. Symbol • The SUN: • Radiates heat • Provides warmth • Gives life • Is very similar to colors of library • Looks like the sunset • Children and Adults should all WANT to the Library and read a book. • Stimulates their imagination • Creates a warm and cozy feeling where people will forget about their problems and focus on reading.

  20. Exterior Façade: Design Goals • Attract adults and children to the library. • Inviting, making children want to come back. • Represent knowledge=power • Make the library shine at night • Highlight interesting points of architecture, and surrounding landscape • Try to avoid light pollution

  21. Exterior Façade Cleveland Hopkins International Airport • LED strip lights behind window panels on west side to create illuminating effect from inside in descending intensity color pattern. • Up lights in ground to light up trees • Wall-washers using metal halide lamps to graze surface of protruding areas on north and west walls. • Creates cool effect • Light up the front entrance sign with LED’s from behind so that it creates a glow from behind the letters. Change the material of the letters to an acrylic so that it looks like Morimoto’s Restaurant

  22. Proposed Sketch LED lit Rosegarden Library Sign Windows lit with colors that go lighter as the height decreases Up-light wall-washers Up-lighting for trees

  23. MK productions Inc. Thank you for your time. Special thanks to Professors Mistrick & Moeck Smith Group website Lutron

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