Plans and Sections Edited

I have been working on trace and kept coming up with new ideas of improvements. We decided to have our final pinup before the final and see our progress. After a couple of weeks working on them, these are the new plans and sections I have come up with.

Since the mid review, I have moved my circulation ramp to the east and all my programs are aligned to the west. This created the middle section of the building to be open throughout and an opportunity to frame views. On the underground floor, this feature allow the view into the garden from the library.

And from the second floor, the view towards the administration building to the south is framed, and visitors can look down into the garden as well. Throughout the ramp to the second floor and south side of the middle section of the building are framing devices. That allow people to see only certain exterior space as they walk by. This is the movie feature from the exterior space from previous design which I have reused in this and made it a part of architecture. The whole wall around the ramp is formed by these screening devices.

The position of the theaters are unique as well. Not only do they overhang above the entrance, they create a V-shape ceiling, as seen in section. So, as you are walking towards the building to the entrance, you start out at a higher ceiling and the height gets shorter and shorter, in a way, suggesting you that you are getting into an enclosed area soon.

A new concept that I have added is the anchor that holds the theaters. Archival space should have easy access to the theaters because that is where the movies are going to be accessed from. Therefore I started thinking the archival space as a vertical space which is on multiple floors, rather than just where the library is. So I planned out the archival space accordingly and you can refer to the bottom section of the image above.