Drawing the library in the Eixample
was a very important part of understanding the experiential aspect of the
building. The building connects
itself to the courtyard in a very interesting way. The library’s rear façade is broken into two towers with a
connecting bridge. From the
courtyard this element creates a kind of gateway marking the entrance and exit
to the interior of the Cerda block.
When entering the courtyard the
ground floor extends to wrap around the public space. Its façade is clad with
an offset screen of steel. This creates a type of hallway along the side of the
building.
There is also an overhang that
creates a shelter in rain and a place to observe the courtyard from the edge.
Drawing this space allowed me to
really break down the space and think about how it works. The perspective shows
how the building towers over the space and dominates the focus of the area. The
feeling of a gateway that the building creates makes the space seem like a
safer more isolated area rather than simply a space that exists because of a
lack of building.
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