W.U.C.E. - Design Development

Developed floor plans.  Few changes to create more functional ground floor spaces.

Image 1: Ground floor and surrounds

Image 2: Level 1 Plan

Image 3: Level 2 plan

W.U.C.E. - Design Development

Some more progress has been made in finalising the plans.



Image 1: Floor plan - flexible compartments

Image 2: Section showing floors above flexible compartments

Image 3: Upper floor plans

Image 4: Initial roof plan

Image 5: Preliminary section



Image 6: Detail of mixing room



Image 7: Section through flexible compartments



Image 8: Revised floor plan



Image 9: Revised floor plan

W.U.C.E. - Design Development

Progress being made on the floor plans.

Image 1: Ground floor design

Image 2: Ground floor and section through entry

Image 3: Upper floors

Image 4: Conceptual structural diagrams

Image 5: Structural diagram

W.U.C.E. - Room arrangements

after investigating possible work station designs I have investigated some room arrangements.  Below are 2 images with 2 options.  The first being desk arrangements, the second being how these desk arrangements could be used in a room. 

Image 1: Desk arrangements

 

Image 2: Room arrangements



W.U.C.E. - Spatial Requirements

It was required to gain an understanding of the overall ground floor area as well as height requirements.  This enabled me to get an idea of the number of students who could use this service.  The sketch below has the building split into it's 3 components with a total ground floor area of 1180m2.

Image 1: Ground floor plate

W.U.C.E. - Initial planning

From investigating precedents I have determined there to be 3 key areas within a library.  The mixing room, services and work areas make up the required spaces.  Locating this areas in a sequence becomes challenging and how these areas access the surrounds are also vital.

The mixing room:

- Librarian support

- Cafe

- IT support

- informal student meeting place

Services:

- Toilets

- Lift

- Stairs

- Printing

Work Areas (Flexible Compartments):

- Individual space

- Group space

- Formal space

- Informal Space

Image 1: Spatial planning

Image 2: Entry sequence

Image 3: Spatial planning

Image 4: Site planning



W.U.C.E. - Preliminary Concepts

With a rough masterplan completed each group member has chosen a building and it's location to further investigate.  The building chosen by myself is the University Library, located north-west of Clyde's Pond.

Image 1: Proposed library location

Once a site had been located I was able to undertake some initial investigations.

Image 1: Site planning

Image 2: Key relationships

Image 3: Surrounding buildings

The chosen site provides some great oppurtunities in relation to the surrounding natural environment, as well as a key destination within the university plan and festival.