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ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS While many aspects of the Library’s public programs have changed throughout its history of alterations, the existing floor plans reveal a spatial ‘DNA’ that remains legible and embedded in the bones of the building. The origi
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SPACE PLANNING STUDIES As part of the planning phase of the project, research was done to better understand the existing program, circulation, staff interactions, public movement, and material flow within the building. Diagrams were then created to
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INTERNAL CORE REWORK We proposed a reworking of the core based upon an understanding of the existing spatial ‘DNA’ and current building infrastructure. The core footprint has grown to over 40% of its original size. The dimensions of corridors and s
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THE POORVU GALLERY The Lia Gellen Poorvu Gallery is the public face of the archive and its gallery space is suited to display both original physical artifacts and digital media. The design incorporated the gallery infrastructure into a flexible cei
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GALLERY ‘TOOL BOX’ The gallery ‘tool box’ is a free-floating enclosure which contains support infrastructure including display cases, movable walls, and AV equipment. The south face of the ‘tool box’ is an important display and projection surface f
CLASSROOM The addition of a classroom and learning space was identified early on in the planning space stage to continue the sharing, education, and reproduction of the Library’s archival materials. The goal of the classroom was to create a space
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