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Project Description

Option 1: A Public Library

This project will consist of designing a public library for the town of Jounieh, composed of the following functions:

A multi-purpose hall/theater for 30-40 persons
Reading areas
Stacks
Computer zone
Children library
Café
in addition to the required service areas [lobby areas, restrooms, storage, circulation etc.]

Option 2: School of Dance

This project will involve designing a School of Dance including a performance theater, in the city of Jounieh. The building should include:

A multi-purpose hall/theater for 80 persons
Café/Lobby
Dance practice areas
in addition to the required service areas [lobby, restrooms, showers, storage, circulation etc.]

Common Directives

The Main objective is to develop a space that is inviting, functional and interesting yet contextual [respecting the areas around it in terms of scale and patterns].
Every student is required to do his/her research on examples that could be useful in the elaboration of the project [Aalto, Siza, Koolhaas, Holl etc.] and in developing their program with these examples in mind.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Municipal Library Elsa Morante


Another relevant example is the Municipal Library Elsa Morante in Lonate Ceppino. The library is a monument that was renovated… The information below is from the following site: http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Italy/Lonate%20Ceppino/Municipal%20Library%20Elsa%20Morante

The Municipal Library Elsa Morante is the result of the restoration of the former Oratory of San Michele and its extensions. The key to interpreting the project lies in the dialectic between the existing structure and the new building, the theme that guided all the project choices. The relationship between the two presences opposed tactility with lightness, opacity with refraction: the contrast stresses the distinctive features of the two volumes. The historical building was retrieved while respecting the existing structures, through sensitive exploitation of its original features.






The Municipal Library Elsa Morante has also won the European Aluminum in Renovation Award 2009 in Brussels, in the non-residential category. The prize is awarded according to the buildings'

- Significant use of aluminum
- Energy efficiency
- Life-cycle thinking
- Contemporary design
- Socio-economic impact
- Value added to the original building

http://www.aluminium-award.eu/


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