Clifton Library

THE CLIFTON LIBRARY

APRODUCTION

RESIDENTIAL

RESTAURANTS/ CAFES

RETAIL

BANKS

SERVICES/MEDICAL

ENTERTAINMENT

BUILDING USESCLIFTON LIBRARY

ANALYSISCITY WITHIN A CITY

PUBLIC V PRIVATE

Existing Private Spaces(north side of building)

Existing Public Spaces(south side of building)

Fourth Floor Ground Floor

Third Floor

circulation divides public/private

Circulation

Private Study

Office

Bathroom

Public

Private

PUBLIC V PRIVATE

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DROPPED CEILING FORACOUSTIC CONTROL

PARTITION WALL FORCOMPUTER LAB

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CEILING

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SOUTH-FACING SECTION

STRUCTURAL CANTILEVERFOR STAIRS


PUBLIC V PRIVATE

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Study

Teen

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Children’s

Periodicals

FUNCTION

seperate nooks and “communities” within the library.

Stacking office zoneson each floor createsconsistency supportsthe function of each

floor.

public private

circulation

FUNCTION

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Children’s

Adult

Periodicals

Multipurpose Room

Meeting

Study

Reference

Reading Room

Stacks

Digital

Lobby

Teen

Support

ShippingLounge

Lift

FUNCTION

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Digital

ACCESSIBILITYstairs take up little window space

Street FacadeThe space that communicateswith Ludlow through a glass facade lacks.

MATERIALS

Use of horizontal wood strips blurs the boundaries between separate spaces and provides lighting control.

Concrete brings the exterior into the interior, blurring more boundaries. Unpolished concrete designates aisles for travel, whilepolished concrete designates destinations in the “city within a city.”

Frosted glass diffuses overheadlighting in the entry space and allows light to enter the multipurpose room by blending with the sidewalk on the exterior of the building.

ACCESSIBILITY

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Lobby

Support

ShippingLounge

Lift

ACCESSIBILITY

ACCESSIBILITY

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Reading Room

Stacks

INNOVATION

Mezzanine: easy accessto digital reference, views

to entry to enhancetransparencies, separate

context within rest of libraryHow: open views to below,

viewing rooms, how-to sessions,device rental

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feet

SOUTH-FACING SECTION



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Digital

INNOVATION

INNOVATION

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Lobby

Support

ShippingLounge

Lift

INNOVATION

UP

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Multipurpose Room

Meeting

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UP

UP

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UP

UP

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UP

Multipurpose Room

Meeting

Digital

Lobby

Support

ShippingLounge

Lift

DN

UP

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UP

UP

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UP

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UP

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UP

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Children’s Adult

PeriodicalsStudy

Reference

Reading Room

Stacks

Teen

0 3 6 12 30

feet

WEST-FACING SECTION


PARTITION WALL FORCOMPUTER LAB

EXPOSED BEAMSBEYOND DROPPED

CEILING

0 3 6 12 30

feet

0 3 6 12 30

feet

SOUTH-FACING SECTION NORTH-FACING SECTION



STRUCTURAL COLUMN


WEST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION

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