Friday, April 27, 2012

Library Perspective


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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