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HERCULES PUBLIC LIBRARY

AMISH PATEL | DFN 2004 | SPRING 2011 | PROFESSOR TANGO. HERCULES PUBLIC LIBRARY. HERCULES, CALIFORNIA + HGA ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS. CONCEPT . QUESTION ? HOW DO YOU DESIGN A LIBRARY THAT ECHOES ITS COMMUNITY ? CONCEPT: “SENSE OF PLACE” ABOUT CONCEPT:

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HERCULES PUBLIC LIBRARY

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  1. AMISH PATEL | DFN 2004 | SPRING 2011 | PROFESSOR TANGO HERCULES PUBLIC LIBRARY HERCULES, CALIFORNIA + HGA ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS

  2. CONCEPT • QUESTION? • HOW DO YOU DESIGN A LIBRARY THAT ECHOES ITS COMMUNITY? • CONCEPT: • “SENSE OF PLACE” • ABOUT CONCEPT: • FIRST LIBRARY IN THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA • ONE OF THE TWO LIBRAIES THAT DID NOT HAVE A PUBLIC LIBRARY • WALL OF GLASS: • WRAPS TWO SIDES AND JUTS OUTWARD • MESSAGE: HERCULES IS A VIBRANT, GROWING COMMUNITY • BRICK: • COURSES RUN VERTICALLY INSTEAD OF HORISONZAONTALLY • HISTORY: ECHOES THE CITY’S BRICK CALIFORINA POWDER WORKS DYNAMITE PLANT THAT SUPPLIED THE PACIFIC COAST WITH BLASTING POWDER FOR MINING AND RAILROAD WORK UNTIL 1914, LATER BECOMING HERCULES POWDER COMPANY; ONE OF THE WORLDS LARGEST DYNAMITE MANUFACTORING PLANTS.

  3. LEED CERTIFIED • LIGHT SHELVES • SOUTH-FACING WINDOWS • ALLOW ADDITIONAL REFLECTED, NON-GLARE AND NON-HEAT DAY LIGHTING. • LIGHTING • ARTIFICAL LIGHTING • NORTH-FACING CLERESTORY WINDOWS ALLOW DIFFUSE, GLARE AND HEAT-FREE LIGHT TO ENTER THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING. • AT NIGHT, THE PLACEMENT OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT INDIRECT LIGHTING MIMICS NATURAL DAYLIGHTING.

  4. LEED CERTIFIED [CONTINUED] • SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS • SOLAR GALZING • CARPET TILES • BIOSWALES • PASSIVE COOLING • CURVED ROOF • SPEEDS UP PREVAILING WINDS, CREATING LOW PRESSURE ZONE THAT PULLS OT HOT AIR.

  5. LEED CERTIFIED [CONTINUED] • SKY GARDEA: BLENDS CULTURE WITH EXPRESSION • OVAL-SHAPED COURTYARD IN CENTER OF LIBRARY • INTERIOR IS COVERED WITH WINDOWS LOOKING OUT AT THE COURTYARD, PROVIDING THE SOUCRE OF NATURAL LIGHT FOR THE RAISED-CEILING INSIDE. • THEME: EASTERN HEALING-GARDEN THEME THAT PROMOTES SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL INTERACTION. • SEPARTES THE ADULT AND CHILDERN AREAS INSIDE THE BUILDING.

  6. INTERIOR VIEWS

  7. WORK CITED • http://arch3611sp09skashem.blogspot.com/2009/01/q.html. • http://www.mayersarch.com/about.php?id=2. • http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/0525/0525d_library.cfm.

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